Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Tables xiii
5. Preface xv
6. 1 Framing complexity 3
7. 2 Heterarchy and the emergence of social complexity in early formative period coastal oaxaca, mexico 19
8. 3 Pottery and society during the preclassic period at yaxuná, yucatán 55
9. 4 The emergence of complex imagery on late terminal formative gray ware pottery from coastal oaxaca, mexico 86
10. 5 The Beginnings of Complexity in the Central Petén Lakes Area 117
11. 6 Shifting ceramic styles in the formative period basin of mexico 144
12. 7 Urban organization and origins of complexity in the puuc region of northern yucatán 170
13. 8 The role of monumental architecture and landscape modification in the development of complexity at early xunantunich, belize 201
14. 9 The complexity of figurines 226
15. 10 From shell beads to symbolic royal bodies 251
16. 11 Why the mesoamerican formative period matters 280
17. Index 307
18. About the authors 313