The Southern Maya in the Late Preclassic

From 400 BC to AD 250, the southern Maya region was one of most remarkable civilizations of the ancient Americas. Filled with great cities linked by flourishing long-distance trade, shared elite ideologies, and a vibrant material culture, this region was pivotal not only for the Maya but for Mesoamerica as a whole. Although it has been of great interest to scholars, gaps in the knowledge have led to debate on the most vital questions about the southern region. Recent research has provided a wealth of broadly based new data that have expanded the understanding of this region and its influence on greater Mesoamerica. In The Southern Maya in the Late Preclassic, prominent contributors debate whether the southern region was indeed "Maya" or instead a region of intense multiethnic interaction, with speakers of many languages and many sources of identity. The chapters address a host of advanced developments to which this area can lay claim--urbanism and city-states, the earliest Maya writing, and the origin of the Maya calendar--as well as additional issues including the construction of social and cultural identities, economic networks of early complex societies, relationships between the Maya and the Olmec, and a comprehensive discussion of the ancient city of Kaminaljuyu and its relationship to other cities in the region.

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xiii
List of Contributors	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Patterns of Interaction
Critical Issues in the Southern Maya Region and the Late Preclassic Period	p. 3
Revisiting the Mixe-Zoque: A Brief History of the Preclassic Peoples ofChiapas	p. 25
Cities, States, and City-State Culture in the Late Preclassic SouthernMaya Region	p. 47
The People with No Name: Some Observations about the Plain Stelae of Pacific Guatemala, El Salvador, and Chiapas with Respect to Issues of Ethnicity and Rulership	p. 77
Signifying Late Preclassic Rulership: Patterns of Continuity from theSouthern Maya Zone	p. 115
Languages And Texts
Languages of the Preclassic Period along the Pacific Coastal Plains ofSoutheastern Mesoamerica	p. 141
Late Preclassic Texts from Mexico and Guatemala with Reference toSouthern Guatemala	p. 175
Kaminaljuyu And Its Neighbors
Late Preclassic Developments at Takalik Abaj	p. 203
Miraflores Kaminaljuyu; Corpse and Corpus Delicti	p. 237
The Eastern Caqchiquel Highlands during the Preclassic Period:Interaction, Growth, and Depopulation	p. 287
Before the Classic in the Southeastern Area: Issues of Organizationaland Ethnic Diversity in the Copan Region, Western Honduras	p. 317
Synthesis And Conclusions
The Political, Economic, and Cultural Correlates of Late PreclassicSouthern Highland Material Culture: Evidence, Analyses, and Controversies	p. 345
Conclusion: The Southern Maya Region and the Problem of Unities	p. 387
References Cited	p. 413
Index	p. 495
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