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Contents List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xix 1. Introduction Andrea Stone 1 2. Reaching for the Stars: Linda Schele’s Contributions to Maya Astronomy Anthony Aveni 13 3. Creation and the Ritual of the Bacabs Linda Schele (edited by Barbara MacLeod and Andrea Stone) 21 4. The Landscape of Creation: Architecture, Tomb, and Monument Placement at the Olmec Site of La Venta F. Kent Reilly III 34 5. Carved in Stone: The Cosmological Narratives of Late Preclassic Izapan-Style Monuments from the Paci¤c Slope Julia Guernsey Kappelman 66 6. Gardening with the Great Goddess at Teotihuacan Annabeth Headrick 83 7. Terminal Classic Sacred Place and Factional Politics at El Tajin, Veracruz Rex Koontz 101 8. The Planet of Kings: Jupiter in Maya Cosmology Susan Milbrath 118 9. Ritual Circuits as Key Elements in Maya Civic Center Design Kathryn Reese-Taylor 143 10. The Toponyms of El Cayo, Piedras Negras, and La Mar Marc Zender 166 11. Quirigua Zoomorph P: A Water Throne and Mountain of Creation Matthew G. Looper 185 12. New Dance, Old Xius: The “Xiu Family Tree” and Maya Cultural Continuity after European Contact Constance Cortez 201 13. The Workshops on Maya History and Writing in Guatemala and Mexico Nikolai Grube and Federico Fahsen 216 14. The Schele Icon and Maya Mania: The Growth of Public Interest in Maya Epigraphy Elin C. Danien 238 Appendix 1. Bibliography of Linda Schele’s Publications Andrea Stone 247 Appendix 2. Schele-ana: Memories of Linda Schele 261 The Living Maya, the Mukta Antz Chingón, and Me: A Tale of Life and Death Duncan Earle 261 This Will Blow Your Mind Gillett Grif¤n 264 The Rabbit Woman Elizabeth P . Benson 266 viii contents Working with Linda David Kelley 268 Writing on Through with Linda David Freidel 270 Spider Eyes Merle Greene Robertson 272 The Age of Schele Michael D. Coe 276 Remembrances of Linda Schele at the University of Texas at Austin Dorie Reents-Budet 279 Remembering the Blood of Kings Mary Ellen Miller 282 Linda Scholastica David Schele 287 References 291 Contributors 327 Index 331 contents ix ...

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