Preface
1 The Xunantunich Archaeological Project, 1991–1997
Richard M. Leventhal, Wendy Ashmore, Lisa J. LeCount, and Jason Yaeger
2 Provincial Politics and Current Models of the Maya State
Lisa J. LeCount and Jason Yaeger
3 Antecedents, Allies, Antagonists: Xunantunich and Its Neighbors
Wendy Ashmore
Part I: Xunantunich
A Brief Description of Xunantunich
Lisa J. LeCount and Jason Yaeger
4 Changing Places: The Castillo and the Structure of Power at Xunantunich
Richard M. Leventhal
5 The Carved Monuments and Inscriptions of Xunantunich: Implications for Terminal Classic Sociopolitical Relationships in the Belize Valley
Christophe Helmke, Jaime Awe, and Nikolai Grube
6 Monumental Building Programs and Changing Political Strategies at Xunantunich
Thomas R. Jamison
7 Shifting Political Dynamics as Seen from the Xunantunich Palace
Jason Yaeger
8 Elite Craft Production of Stone Drills and Slate at Group D, Xunantunich
Jennifer B. Braswell
9 The Social Construction of Roads at Xunantunich, from Design to Abandonment
Angela H. Keller
10 Mount Maloney People? Domestic Pots, Everyday Practice, and the Social Formation of the Xunantunich Polity
Lisa J. LeCount
Part II: The Xunantunich Hinterlands
Landscapes of the Xunantunich Hinterlands
Jason Yaeger
11 Population, Intensive Agriculture, Labor Value, and Elite-Commoner Political Power Relations in the Xunantunich Hinterlands
L. Theodore Neff
12 Integration and Interdependence: The Domestic Chipped-Stone Economy of the Xunantunich Polity
Jon C. VandenBosch, Lisa J. LeCount, and Jason Yaeger
13 A Community to Be Counted: Chaa Creek and the Emerging Xunantunich Polity
Samuel V. Connell
14 Living in the Hinterlands of a Provincial Polity
Cynthia Robin, Jason Yaeger, and Wendy Ashmore
Part III: Summary and Discussion
15 Conclusions: Placing Xunantunich and Its Hinterland Settlements in Perspective
Lisa J. LeCount and Jason Yaeger
16 Provincial Politics at Xunantunich: Power, Differentiation, and Identity in a Classic-Period Maya Realm
Edward Schortman
References Cited
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index