CHAPTER 11 Maya Commoners: The Stereotype and the Reality

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. CHAPTER 1 Examining Ancient Maya Commoners Anew 1
5. CHAPTER 2 Daily Life in a Highland Maya Community: Zinacantan in Mid-Twentieth Century 23
6. CHAPTER 3 The Role of Pottery and Food Consumption among Late Preclassic Maya Commoners at Lamanai, Belize 49
7. CHAPTER 4 Of Salt and Water: Ancient Commoners on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala 73
8. CHAPTER 5 Down on the Farm: Classic Maya ‘‘Homesteads’’ as ‘‘Farmsteads’’ 97
9. CHAPTER 6 Intra-Site Settlement Signatures and Implications for Late Classic Maya Commoner Organization at Dos Hombres, Belize 117
10. CHAPTER 7 Heterogeneous Hinterlands: The Social and Political Organization of Commoner Settlements near Xunantunich, Belize 147
11. CHAPTER 8 The Spatial Mobility of Non-Elite Populations in Classic Maya Society and Its Political Implications 175
12. CHAPTER 9 Commoners in Postclassic Maya Society: Social versus Economic Class Constructs 197
13. CHAPTER 10 Methods for Understanding Classic Maya Commoners: Structure Function, Energetics, and More 225
14. CHAPTER 11 Maya Commoners: The Stereotype and the Reality 255
15. Contributors 285
16. Index 287