Lowland Maya Civilization in the Eighth Century A.D.

I.  OVERVIEW  AND  BACKGROUND
 1.  Introduction   JEREMY  A.  SABLOFF  AND  JOHN  S.  HENDERSON
 2.  Eighth-Century  Physical  Geography,  Environment,  and Natural  Resources  in  the  Maya  Lowlands   don  s.  RICE
 II.  ORGANIZATION  OF  ANCIENT  MAYA  SOCIETIES
 3.  The  Economics  of  Social  Power  and  Wealth  among  Eighth-Century  Maya  Households   PATRICIA  A.  MCANANY
 4.  The  Social  Organization  of  the  Late  Classic  Maya:  Problems  of  Definition  and  Approaches   ROBERT  J.  SHARER
 5.  Ancient  Maya  Political  Organization   JOYCE  MARCUS
 6.  The  Topography  of  Ancient  Maya  Religious  Pluralism:  A  Dialogue  with  the  Present   GARY  H.  GOSSEN  AND  RICHARD  M.  LEVENTHAL
III.  TOPICS  AND  THEMES
 7.  A  View  of  Ancient  Maya  Settlements  in  the  Eighth  Century   GAIR  TOURTELLOT
 8.  Pottery,  Potters,  Palaces,  and  Polities:  Some  Socioeconomic and  Political  Implications  of  Late  Classic  Maya  Ceramic Industries   JOSEPH  W.  BALL
 9.  Analytical  Approaches  to  Late  Classic  Maya  Lithic  Industries   DANIEL  R.  POTTER
 10.  Architecture  and  Social  Change  in  Late  Classic  Maya  Society: The  Evidence  from  Mundo  Perdido,  Tikal   JUAN  PEDRO  LAPORTE
 11.  Historical  Inscriptions  and  the  Maya  Collapse   DAVID  STUART
 12.  On  the  Eve  of  the  Collapse:  Maya  Art  of  the  Eighth  Century   MARY  ELLEN  MILLER
 13.  The  Study  of  Maya  Warfare:  What  It  Tells  Us  about  the  Maya  and  What  It  Tells  Us  about  Maya  Archaeology   DAVID  WEBSTER
 IV.  SUMMARY
 14.  Reconceptualizing  the  Maya  Cultural  Tradition: Programmatic  Comments  JOHN  S.  HENDERSON  AND  JEREMY  A.  SABLOFF
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