8 The Cave and the Skirt

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1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Tables xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Introduction to Night and Darkness in Ancient Mesoamerica 3
7. 1 Classic Maya Social Distinctions and Political Power 39
8. 2 Mesoamerican Plants of the Night 59
9. 3 Extending the Notion of Night and Darkness 79
10. 4 Illuminating Darkness in the Ancient Maya World 103
11. 5 Teotihuacan at Night 141
12. 6 The Sounds in the Dark of the Temazcal at Cerén, El Salvador 158
13. 7 The Heat of the Night 174
14. 8 The Cave and the Skirt 201
15. 9 Night and the Underworld in the Classic Period Ulúa Valley, Honduras 225
16. 10 The Light Burned Brightly 257
17. 11 Under Cover of Darkness 281
18. 12 Nighttime and Darkness 326
19. Index 335
20. Contributors 349