Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Tables xiii
5. Contributors xiv
6. Foreword xvii
7. Preface and Acknowledgments xix
8. Introduction
9. 1. The Origins of Maya States: Problems and Prospects 1
10. 2. Maya States: The Theoretical Background in Historical Overview 33
11. Part One: The Mesoamerican Context
12. 3. Preclassic Central Mexico: The Uncertain Pathway from Tlatilco to Teotihuacan 59
13. 4. The Early Preclassic Olmec: An Overview 83
14. 5. Western Kingdoms of the Middle Preclassic 123
15. Part Two: The Maya Area
16. 6. Regional and Interregional Interactions and the Preclassic Maya 225
17. 7. Early States in the Southern Maya Region 271
18. 8. Cultural and Environmental Components of the First Maya States: A Perspective from the Central and Southern Maya Lowlands 329
19. Part Three: Theoretical Contexts
20. 9. Rethinking the Role of Early Economies in the Rise of Maya States: A View from the Lowlands 417
21. 10. Middle Preclassic Maya Society: Tilting at Windmills or Giants of Civilization? 461
22. 11. Ideology and the Early Maya Polity 507
23. References 545