The Nature of an Ancient Maya City: Resources, Interaction, and Power at Blue Creek, Belize

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Acrobat pendant, 78, 116 Agency, 70, 118, 119 Agricultural Systems, extent, 64–65, 92–100 Aguas Turbias Ceramic Complex, 12, 13, Aguila Orange ceramics, 30, 33, 40 Ahau Masks, 37–40, 84–85 Ah Pop, 79 Altun Ha archaeological site, 40, 80, 107, 128 Ambergris Caye, 3, 102 Ancestor Reverence and Shrines, 80, 83 Ashmore, Wendy, 20, 51 Atahuallpa, 120 Axis mundi (or World Tree), 33, 72, 80, 127 Bajos (and bajitos), 50 Baker, Jeff, 118 Baking Pot archaeological site, 123, 124 Ball, Joseph, 107 Ball game, 21, 36–37 Barrett, Jason, 122 Beach, Tim, 118 Becan archaeological site, 123–124 Bedrock archaeological site, 14, 15, 16 Belize City, 3 Bib-head pendants, 84, 106–107, 115 Big Man Systems, 70, 86–87 Blue Creek, Mennonite Community, 3, 6 Bone artifacts, 22, 84 Booth Swamp, 9 Bourdieu, Pierre, 70 Bozarth, Steve, 125 Bowen, Barry, 3 Bravo Escarpment, 4–7, 9, 20, 100 Burials, 72–74, 76–79, 80–81, 82, 83–88 Buttles, Palma, 112 Cacao, 22, 92 Caches: dedicatory, 25, 26, 28, 29–35, 46, 125; other, 78 Cahal Pech archaeological site, 123 Calakmul, archaeological site, 108 Caldero Buff Polychrome ceramic type, 30 Candalerio Appliqued (ring stands) ceramic type, 31, 33 Canuto, Marcella, 130 Caracol archaeological site, 16 Causeways (sacbeob), 122–123 Ceramic Chronology, 10–14 Cerros archaeological site, 3, 14, 20, 33, 35, 52, 84, 107, 112, 130 Chalcatzingo archaeological site, 106 Chan Chan archaeological site, 51 Chan Chich archaeological site, 14, 21, 27, 36, 53, 84, 107, 122–123 Chert artifacts, 28, 30, 36, 84 Chetumal, colonial site, 94 Chetumal Bay, 3, 6, 102–103 Chicanna archaeological site, 123–124 Chichen Itza archaeological site, 122 Chocoha archaeological site, 9, 14, 15 Chultun, 14, 45, 75 Coe, Michael, 77, 107 Colha archaeological site, 104, 112, 130 Copan archaeological site, 39, 78, 92, 106 Coral artifacts, 28, 41, 80 Corozal Bay, 3, 103 Cosmos, Maya, 23, 33, 46 Cultural Materialism, 91 De Landa, Diego, 77 De Perigny, Maurice, 14 Diamond, Jared, 119–120 Dock and Dam complex, 7 Dos Bocas Ceramic Complex, 12, 13 Dos Pilas archaeological site, 126 Driver, David, 28 Dumbbell Bajo, 9, 16 Durkheim, Emile, 124–125 Dzibanche archaeological site, 123–124 Index 168 Index E-Group (and Pseudo E-Group) architecture complexes, 27–28 Edzna archaeological site, 52 Ek Balam archaeological site, 16 El Mirador archaeological site, 14, 38 Field Museum, Chicago, 14 Freidel, David, 3, 20, 107, 127 Gallon Jug agribusiness, 3 Gallopin, G., 100 Garber, James, 3, 33, 39, 112 Glassman, David, 3 Gran Cacao archaeological site, 14, 17 Greenstone artifacts (excluding jade), 22, 23 Grube, Nikolai, 38, 39 Hammond, Norman, 16, 84, 106, 115 Hematite artifacts, 22 Hero Twins, 19, 21 Hewlett Bank Unslipped ceramics, 30 Hith, Kenneth and Susan Hirth, 112 Hopewell culture, 87 Huaca de la Luna archaeological site, 51 Hunalpa, 19 Indian Creek archaeological site, 14, 17, 107 Installation of first king, 29, 45 Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 17 Jade, 18, 25, 26, 28, 29–35, 41, 45–46, 77–78, 81, 84, 88, 89, 102, 104–118 K’anjobal Maya, 80 Kakabish archaeological site, 4, 9, 14, 17, 40, 84, 128 Killion, Thomas, 98 Kinich Ahau, 28, 84, 113 Lamanai archaeological site, 14, 16, 17, 40 La Milpa archaeological site, 14–17, 40, 42, 50, 4, 100, 107, 124 La Milpa East archaeological site, 16 La Venta archaeological site, 20, 106 Levi, Laura, 124 Lichtenstein, Robert, 53 Linda Vista Ceramic Complex, 11, 12, 13 Lohse, Jon, 2, 15 Lords of the Underworld, 19, 21 Luzzadder-Beach, Sheryl, 118 MacAnany, Patricia, 70–71, 107, 119 Maáx Na archaeological site, 16 Maize God, 85 Malinowski, Bronislaw, 86 Marco Gonzalez archaeological site, 17 Marcus, Joyce, 51, 52, 67 Maxwell, David, 107 May, seating of, 28, 127 Moholy-Nagy, Hatula, 107, 112 Motagua Valley, 106 Nakbé archaeological site, 13 Neivens, Mary, 44 New River, 17, 102 Nohmul archaeological site, 20, 84, 107 Obsidian artifacts, 22, 28, 84 Olmec, 13, 20, 78 Orange Walk town, 3 Palenque archaeological site, 21, 28, 53 Parker, Joy, 20 Pastrana, Dale, 35–36, 113 Pendergast, David, 17 Pizarro, Francisco, 120 Puleston, Dennis, 52 Phytoliths, 22, 93, 125 Popul Na, 39, 78 Popul Vuh, 19, 21, 125 Primordial Sea, 19, 20, 22, 26, 33, 125 Programme for Belize Archaeological Project , 17 Proskrouriakoff, Tatiana, 115 Punta de Cacao archaeological site, 122– 123 Quiche Maya, 80 Radio carbon dates, 31, 43, 72, 113 Rathje, William, 70, 107 Reilly, Kent, 20, 35, 39 Research Designs, 2–4 Residential...