University of Texas Press, 1985 Paper: 978-1-4773-0258-3 | Cloth: 978-0-292-74643-5 | eISBN: 978-1-4773-0259-0 Library of Congress Classification F1435.L86 1985 Dewey Decimal Classification 972.8101
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This collection represents a major step forward in understanding the era from the end of Classic Maya civilization to the Spanish conquest.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Arlen F. Chase is Associate Dean and Pegasus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Prudence M. Rice is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, and Director of the Office of Research Development and Administration at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Postclassic Temporal and Spatial Frames for the Lowland Maya: A Background, by Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
The Northern Lowlands
The Postclassic Sequence of Tancah and Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, by Arthur G. Miller
Littoral-Marine Economy at Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, by Alfredo Barrera Rubio
Chichen Itza and Coba: An Itza-Maya Standoff in Early Postclassic Yucatan, by Anthony P. Andrews and Fernando Robles C.
The Postclassic That Wasn’t: The Thirteenth- through Seventeenth-Century Archaeology of Central Eastern Campeche, Mexico, by Joseph W. Ball
Lamanai Postclassic, by H. Stanley Loten
Lamanai, Belize: An Updated View, by David M. Pendergast
Ganned But Not Forgotten: Late Postclassic Archaeology and Ritual at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize, by Diane Z. Chase
Revitalization Movements among the Postclassic Lowland Maya, by Robert E. Fry
The Southern Lowlands
Postclassic Maya Site Structure at Topoxte, El Peten, Guatemala, by Jay K. Johnson
Topoxte, Macanche, and the Central Peten Postclassic, by Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice
Postclassic Peten Interaction Spheres: The View from Tayasal, by Arlen F. Chase
Archaeology and Ethnohistory on a Spanish Colonial Frontier: An Interim Report on the Macal-Tipu Project in Western Belize, by Elizabeth A. Graham, Grant D. Jones, and Robert R. Kautz
Facets of Terminal to Postclassic Activity in the Stann Creek District, Belize, by Elizabeth A. Graham
The Peripheries
The Postclassic Archaeology of the Western Gulf Coast: Some Initial Observations, by Joseph W. Ball
Terminal Events in the Southeastern Lowlands: A View from Quirigua, by Robert J. Sharer
The Land of Ulua: Postclassic Research in the Naco and Sula Valleys, Honduras, by Anthony W. Wonderley
Postclassic Relationships between the Highland and Lowland Maya, by Kenneth L. Brown
Conclusion
New Light on the Dark Age: A Summary of Major Themes, by David A. Freidel
