19. The Role of Commercial Agriculture in Early Post classic Developments in Central El Salvador: The Rise and Fall of Cihuatan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. PART I. COPAN AND QUIRIGUA
5. 2. Iconography and History at Copan 17
6. 3. Archaeological Investigations in the Site Core of Quirigua, Guatemala 27
7. 4. Peten Cosmology in the Maya Southeast: An Analysis of Architecture and Settlement Patterns at Classic Quirigua 35
8. 5. Construction Activity as a Measurement of Change at Copan, Honduras 50
9. 6. History and Characteristics of Settlement in the Copan Valley, and Some Comparisons with Quirigua 72
10. 7. Late Classic Relationship between Copan and Quirigua: Some Epigraphic Evidence 94
11. 8. Survey in the Outlying Areas of the Copan Region, and the Copan-Quirigua "Connection" 102
12. 9. Interaction between the Maya and Non-Maya along the Late Classic Southeast Maya Periphery: The View from the Lower Motagua Valley, Guatemala 114
13. 10. A Reexamination of Stela Caches at Copan: New Dates for Copador 138
14. 11. Compositional Analysis of Copador and Related Pottery in the Southeast Maya Area 143
15. 12. Copan, Quirigua, and the Southeast Maya Zone: A Summary View 168
16. PART II. THE GREATER SOUTHEAST
17. 13. The Periphery Problem and Playa de los Muertos: A Test Case 179
18. 14. Late Preclassic Ceramic Spheres, Culture Areas, and Cultural Evolution in the Southeastern Highlands of Mesoamerica 194
19. 15. Natural Hazards, Natural Disasters, and Research in the Zapotitan Valley of El Salvador 224
20. 16. A Typological Study of Prehistoric Settlement of the Eastern Alluvial Fans, Sula Valley, Honduras: Comparison to Maya Settlement Forms 239
21. 17. Late Classic Settlements in the Comayagua Valley 262
22. 18. Precolumbian Settlement in the Naco Valley, Northwestern Honduras 275
23. 19. The Role of Commercial Agriculture in Early Post classic Developments in Central El Salvador: The Rise and Fall of Cihuatan 296
24. 20. Naco, Honduras—Some Aspects of a Late Precolumbian Community on the Eastern Maya Frontier 313
25. 21. Southeast Mesoamerican Periphery Summary Comments 333
26. 22. Summary of Southeastern Periphery Papers 338
27. Bibliography 347
28. Index 387