Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. 1 Characterizing an archaeology of coloniality in the maya lowlands 3
5. Part I Colonial lives
6. 2 A livelihoods approach to colonial period farming strategies at tahcabo, yucatán 32
7. 3 Excavating the third root 58
8. 4 Piracy and smuggling on the eastern colonial frontier of the yucatán peninsula during the eighteenth century 81
9. Part II (Post)colonial lives
10. 5 Confronting violence in the layered landscapes of east-central quintana roo 108
11. 6 Traces of power 128
12. 7 Living on the edge 147
13. 8 The final frontier 171
14. 9 Landed and landless 192
15. Part III Futures for recent maya history
16. 10 Preserving the nineteenth century in the throes of twenty-first-century development 216
17. 11 The cycle of the living dead 237
18. 12 Histories for the maya present 250
19. 13 Engaging archaeology with the histories, cultures, and political legacies of the lowland maya 264
20. Index 279
21. About the authors 291