Night and Darkness in Ancient Mesoamerica

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Preface
Introduction to Night and Darkness in Ancient Mesoamerica
David M. Reed and Nancy Gonlin
1. Classic Maya Social Distinctions and Political Power: Inserting a Nocturnal Dimension into the Hierarchy of Consumption
David M. Reed, W. Scott Zeleznik, and Nancy Gonlin
2. Mesoamerican Plants of the Night: Ethnographic and Paleoethnobotanical Perspectives
Venicia Slotten
3. Extending the Notion of Night and Darkness: Volcanic Eruptions in Ancient Mesoamerica
Rachel Egan
4. Illuminating Darkness in the Ancient Maya World: Nocturnal Case Studies from Copan, Honduras, and Joya de Cerén, El Salvador
Nancy Gonlin and Christine C. Dixon-Hundredmark
5. Teotihuacan at Night: A Classic Period Urban Nocturnal Landscape in the Basin of Mexico
Randolph J. Widmer
6. The Sounds in the Dark of the Temazcal at Cerén, El Salvador
Payson Sheets and Michael Thomason
7. The Heat of the Night: Duality in Aztec Health and Nocturnal Healing Activities with a Focus on the Temazcal
Jan Marie Olson
8. The Cave and the Skirt: A Consideration of Classic Maya Ch’een Symbolism
Jeremy D. Coltman
9. Night and the Underworld in the Classic Period Ulúa Valley, Honduras
Jeanne Lopiparo
10. The Light Burned Brightly: Postclassic New Fire Ceremonies of the Aztec and at Xaltocan in the Basin of Mexico
Kirby Farah
11. Under Cover of Darkness: Blindfolds and the Eternal Return in Late Postclassic Mexican Art
Cecelia F. Klein
12. Nighttime and Darkness: Activities, Practices, Customs, and Beliefs
Julia A. Hendon
Index
Contributors