Prehistoric Maya Settlements in the Belize Valley

PREFACE ......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ......Page 12
CONTENTS ......Page 15
PART  ONE:  THE  PROBLEM  OF  ANCIENT  MAYA SETTLEMENT ......Page 35
CHAPTER  I.  SETTLEMENT  AS  A  BASIS  FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL  INFERENCE  (Gordon  R. Willey) ......Page 37
CHAPTER  II.  BACKGROUND  FOR  PREHISTORIC. MAYA  SETTLEMENT  STUDIES  (Gordon  R. Willey) ......Page 39
CHAPTER  III.  THE  PRESENT  STUDY  (Gordon  R. Willey) ......Page 47
PART  TWO:  ARCHAEOLOGICAL  SITES  IN  THE BELIZE  VALLEY ......Page 51
CHAPTER  IV.  THE  NATURAL  SETTING  OF  THE BELIZE  VALLEY  (William  R.  Bullard,  Jr.) ......Page 53
CHAPTER  V.  AN  ARCHAEOLOGICAL  AND  HISTORICAL  FRAME  OF  REFERENCE  FOR  THE BELIZE  VALLEY  (Gordon  R.  Willey) ......Page 57
Appendix  to  Chapter  V.  Radiocarbon  determinations from  Barton  Ramie  (John  K.  Kirby  with  comments by  Gordon  R.  Willey) ......Page 61
CHAPTER  VI.  SURVEY  AND  EXCAVATIONS ......Page 62
PART  THREE:  AN  ANALYSIS  OF  THE  ARCHAEOLOGICAL  FINDS ......Page 349
CHAPTER  VII.  CERAMICS  (James  C.  Gifford ......Page 351
CHAPTER  VIII.  ARTIFACTS  (Gordon  R.  Willey) ......Page 423
CHAPTER IX.  ANIMAL  AND  PLANT REMAINS  (Gordon  R.  Willey) ......Page 555
CHAPTER  X.  HUMAN  BURIALS  (Cordon  R.  Willey) ......Page 562
PART  FOUR:  CONCLUSIONS  AND  REFLECTIONS ......Page 591
Introduction:  the  ruin  mounds  of  the  Belize  Valley ......Page 593
An  archaeological  reconstruction  of  culture  history at  Barton  Ramie ......Page 594
Settlements  and  their  implications  for  community organization ......Page 603
BIBLIOGRAPHY ......Page 615
MAP OF RUIN MOUNDS OF BARTON RAMIE ESTATE ......Page 631