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Marilyn A. Masson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Albany. She is a Mesoamerican archaeologist currently focusing on the Postclassic period of the Maya lowlands under the auspices of the Belize Postclassic Project, formed in 1996. She is co-editor of The Belize Postclassic Project 1998: Investigations at Progresso Lagoon (1999).
Notes on Contributors | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Introduction: Mesoamerican Civilizations | |
The Organization of Society | |
Editors' Introduction | |
Analyzing Household Activities | |
Distinguishing the High and Mighty from the Hoi Polloi at Tikal, Guatemala | |
On the Nature of the Mesoamerican City | |
Corporate Groups and Domestic Activities at Teotihuacan | |
Economic Organization | |
Editors' Introduction | |
Landscapes of Cultivation in Mesoamerica on the Eve of the Conquest | |
Lithic Craft Specialization and Product Distribution at the Maya Site of Colha, Belize | |
Economic Change in the Lowland Maya Late Classical Period | |
Imports and Exports in Classic Mesoamerican Political Economy | |
Principles of Regional and Long-distance Trade in the Aztec Empire | |
New Perspectives on Prehispanic Highland Mesoamerica: A Macroregional Approach | |
Rural Economy in Late Postclassic Morelos: An Archaeological Study | |
Political Organization | |
Editors' Introduction | |
The Power of Prestige: Competitive Generosity and the Emergence of Rank Societies in Lowland Mesoamerica | |
Classic Maya Emblem Glyphs | |
Ideology in Ancient Maya Cultural Evolution: The Dynamics of Galactic Policies | |
State and Society at Teotihuacan, Mexico | |
Militarism and Social Organization at Xochicalco, Morelos | |
The Four Priests: Political Stability | |
Religion and ideology | |
Editors' Introduction | |
Art, Ritual, and Rulership in the Olmec World | |
Ancient Zapotec Ritual and Religion: An Application of the Direct Historical Approach | |
Kingship in the Late Preclassic Lowlands: The Instruments and Places of Ritual Power | |
Postclassic Maya Ritual at Laguna de On Island, Belize | |
Figurines and the Aztec State: Testing the Effectiveness of Ideological Domination | |
Living with the Ancestors: Kinship and Kingship in Ancient Maya Society | |
Index | |
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