The Lowland Maya Postclassic

Arlen F. Chase (Edited by), Prudence M. Rice (Edited by)

9781477302583, University of Texas Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 March 1985

370 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.454 kg

This collection represents a major step forward in understanding the era from the end of Classic Maya civilization to the Spanish conquest.

• Preface
• Introduction
  • Postclassic Temporal and Spatial Frames for the Lowland Maya: A Background, by Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
• The Northern Lowlands
  • The Postclassic Sequence of Tancah and Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, by Arthur G. Miller
  • Littoral-Marine Economy at Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, by Alfredo Barrera Rubio
  • Chichen Itza and Coba: An Itza-Maya Standoff in Early Postclassic Yucatan, by Anthony P. Andrews and Fernando Robles C.
  • The Postclassic That Wasn’
    t: The Thirteenth- through Seventeenth-Century Archaeology of Central Eastern Campeche, Mexico, by Joseph W. Ball
  • Lamanai Postclassic, by H. Stanley Loten
  • Lamanai, Belize: An Updated View, by David M. Pendergast
  • Ganned But Not Forgotten: Late Postclassic Archaeology and Ritual at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize, by Diane Z. Chase
  • Revitalization Movements among the Postclassic Lowland Maya, by Robert E. Fry
• The Southern Lowlands
  • Postclassic Maya Site Structure at Topoxte, El Peten, Guatemala, by Jay K. Johnson
  • Topoxte, Macanche, and the Central Peten Postclassic, by Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice
  • Postclassic Peten Interaction Spheres: The View from Tayasal, by Arlen F. Chase
  • Archaeology and Ethnohistory on a Spanish Colonial Frontier: An Interim Report on the Macal-Tipu Project in Western Belize, by Elizabeth A. Graham, Grant D. Jones, and Robert R. Kautz
  • Facets of Terminal to Postclassic Activity in the Stann Creek District, Belize, by Elizabeth A. Graham
• The Peripheries
  • The Postclassic Archaeology of the Western Gulf Coast: Some Initial Observations, by Joseph W. Ball
  • Terminal Events in the Southeastern Lowlands: A View from Quirigua, by Robert J. Sharer
  • The Land of Ulua: Postclassic Research in the Naco and Sula Valleys, Honduras, by Anthony W. Wonderley
  • Postclassic Relationships between the Highland and Lowland Maya, by Kenneth L. Brown
• Conclusion
  • New Light on the Dark Age: A Summary of Major Themes, by David A. Freidel
• Bibliography
• Index