Contents
Preface
1. Introduction to the Archaeology of the Gulf Lowlands / Barbara L. Stark and Philip J. Arnold III
Part 1. Local Scales: Residence, Shrine, and Community
Introduction to Part 1 / Barbara L. Stark
2. The Spatial Structure of Formative Houselots at Bezuapan / Christopher A. Pool
3. Olmec Ritual and Sacred Geography at Manatí / María del Carmen Rodríguez and Ponciano Ortíz Ceballos
4. Olmec Architecture at San Lorenzo / Ann Cyphers
5. Spindle Whorls and Cotton Production at Middle Classic Matacapan and in the Gulf Lowlands / Barbara Ann Hall
Part 2. Regional Scales: Patterns in Settlement and Style
Introduction to Part 2 / Philip J. Arnold III
6. Settlement System and Population Development at San Lorenzo / Stacey C. Symonds and Roberto Lunagómez
7. Formative Period Settlement Patterns in the Tuxtla Mountains / Robert S. Santley, Philip J. Arnold III, and Thomas P. Barrett
8. Settlement History in the Lower Cotaxtla Basin / Annick Daneels
9. The Geoarchaeology of Settlement in the Grijalva Delta / Christopher von Nagy
10. Gulf Lowland Ceramic Styles and Political Geography in Ancient Veracruz / Barbara L. Stark
11. Gulf Lowland Settlement in Perspective / Philip J. Arnold III and Barbara L. Stark
References Cited
List of Contributors
Index