Understanding Early Classic Copan

The first volume to focus on the Early Classic context (AD 400-650) of the Maya city of Copan combines and synthesizes many different research methods and disciplines, interpreting data that contradict, enhance, and supplement previous work.

Ellen E. Bell received her Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. Marcello A. Canuto is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Yale University. Robert J. Sharer is Professor of Anthropology and Curator of the American Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Illustrations

x

Preface

xv

Chronology

xvi

Abbreviations

xvii

Understanding Early Classic Copan: A Classic Maya Center and Its Investigation

1

(16)

Marcello A. Canuto

Ellen E. Bell

Robert J. Sharer

I SETTLEMENT AND LANDSCAPE

The Early Classic Copan Landscape: A View from the Preclassic

17

(12)

Jay Hall

Rene Viel

The Rural Settlement of Copan: Changes Through the Early Classic

29

(24)

Marcello A. Canuto

II ARCHITECTURE AT EARLY CLASSIC COPAN

Redesigning Copan: Early Architecture of the Polity Center

53

(12)

Loa P. Traxler

Setting the Stage: Origins of the Hieroglyphic Stairway Plaza on the Great Period Ending

65

(20)

William L. Fash

Barbara W. Fash

Karla L. Davis-Salazar

Initial Stages in the Formation of the Copan Acropolis

85

(16)

David W. Sedat

Fernando Lopez

Rosalila, Temple of the Sun-King

101

(12)

Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle

Measures of Power: The Energetics of Royal Construction at Early Classic Copan

113

(18)

Christine W. Carrelli

III Early Classic Tombs at Copan and Their Investigation

Tombs and Burials in the Early Classic Acropolis at Copan

131

(28)

Ellen E. Bell

Robert J. Sharer

Loa P. Traxler

David W. Sedat

Christine W. Carrelli

Lynn A. Grant

Early Classic Ceramic Offerings at Copan: A Comparison of the Hunal, Margarita, and Sub-Jaguar Tombs

159

(32)

Dorie Reents-Budet

Ellen E. Bell

Loa P. Traxler

Ronald L. Bishop

Tombs from the Copan Acropolis: A Life History Approach

191

(24)

Jane E. Buikstra

T. Douglas Price

Lori E. Wright

James A. Burton

IV The Epigraphy and Iconography of Early Classic Copan

The Beginnings of the Copan Dynasty: A Review of the Hieroglyphic and Historical Evidence

215

(34)

David Stuart

Early Classic Sculptural Development at Copan

249

(16)

Barbara W. Fash

Structure 10L-16 and Its Early Classic Antecedents: Fire and the Evocation and Resurrection of K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo'

265

(32)

Karl Taube

V Early Classic Copan from a Regional Perspective

External Interaction at Early Classic Copan

297

(22)

Robert J. Sharer

Marching Out of Step: Early Classic Copan and Its Honduran Neighbors

319

(18)

Edward M. Schortman

Patricia A. Urban

The Early Classic and Its Antecedents at Kaminaljuyu: A Complex Society with Complex Problems

337

(20)

Juan Antonio Valdes

Lori E. Wright

Primary and Secondary State Formation in Southern Mesoamerica

357

(18)

Joyce Marcus

Bibliography

375

(56)

Contributors

431

(2)

Index

433

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