Contents
1. The Terminal Classic and the "Classic Maya Collapse" in Perspective. Prudence M. Rice, Arthur A. Demarest, and Don S. Rice............................................................ 1
2. Hermeneutics, Transitions, and Transformations in Classic to Postclassic Maya Society. Diane Z. Chase, Arlen F. Chase.................................................................. 17
3. Terminal Classic-Period Lowland Ceramics. Prudence M. Rice and Donald Forsyth... 43
4. The Last Hurrah: Continuity and Transformation at Seibal. Gair Tourtellot and Jason J. González ............................................................................................. 78
5. Settlement and Late Classic Political Disintegration in the Petexbatun. Matt O'Mansky and Nicholas P. Dunning................................................................................ 107
6. After the Maelstrom: The Classic Maya Collapse and the Terminal Classic in the Western Peten. Arthur A. Demarest........................................................................ 132
7. Late Classic-to-Postclassic Transformation in the Petén Lakes Region, Guatemala. Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice........................................................................... 161
8. Disaster in Sight: The Terminal Classic at Tikal and Uaxactun. Juan Antonio Valdés and Federico Fahsen..................................................................................... 183
9. Defining the Terminal Classic at Calakmul, Campeche. Geoffrey E. Braswell, Joel D. Gunn, María Del Rosario Domínguez Carrasco, William J. Folan, Laraine A. Fletcher, Abel Morales López, And Michael D. Glascock................................................................ 210
10. Terminal Classic Settlement and Polity in the Mopán Valley, Petén, Guatemala. Juan Pedro Laporte................................................................................................ 253
11. Dating Copan Culture History: Implications for the Terminal Classic and the Collapse. David Webster, Anncorinne Freter, and Rebecca Storey...................................... 291
12. Political Decentralization, Dynastic Collapse, and the Early Postclassic in the Urban Center of Copán, Honduras. William L. Fash, E. Wyllys Andrews, and T. Kam Manahan...... 327
13. Out with a whimper: La Milpa in the Terminal Classic. Norman Hammond and Gair Tourtellot............................................................................................. 364
14. Commoner Sense: Late and Terminal Classic Social Strategies in the Xunantunich Area. Wendy Ashmore, Jason Yaeger, and Cynthia Robin.......................................... 379
15. Transformations, Periodicity, and Urban Development in the Three Rivers Region. R.E.W. Adams, H. R. Robichaux, Fred Valdez, Jr., Brett A. Houk, and Ruth Mathews.......... 408
16. Terminal Classic Status-Linked Ceramics and the Maya "Collapse:" De Facto Refuse at Caracol, Belize. Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase.......................................... 428
17. Maya Cultural Adaptations from the Terminal Classic to Postclassic Period at Lagoon Sites in Northern Belize as Reflected in Changing Ceramic Industries. Marilyn A. Masson and Shirley Boteler Mock.............................................................................. 454
18. Out of Sight: The Postclassic and Early Colonial Periods at Chau Hiix. Christopher R. Andres and K. Anne Pyburn....................................................................... 490
19. High Times in the Hill Country: A Perspective from the Terminal Classic Puuc Region. Kelli Carmean, Nicholas Dunning, and Jeff Karl Kowalski.................................. 516
20. The Rise and Fall of Terminal Classic Yaxuna, Yucatan, Mexico. Charles Suhler, Traci Ardren, David Freidel, Dave Johnstone......................................................... 551
21. The Decline of the East: The Classic-to-Postclassic Transition at Ek Balam, Yucatán. William M. Ringle, George J. Bey III, Tara Bond Freeman, Craig A. Hanson, Charles W. Houck, and J. Gregory Smith..................................................................... 588
22. Chich'en Itza: Settlement and Hegemony during the Terminal Classic Period. Rafael Cobos Palma................................................................................................. 634
23. The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Assessing Collapses, Terminations, and Transformations. Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice, and Don S. Rice............... 667
References............................................................................................... 710
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Mayas History, Mayas Politics and government, Mayas Antiquities, Social archaeology Central America, Demographic archaeology Central America, Central America Antiquities