Books in Brief

The editorial office has received a number of edited volumes that will be of interest to our readership. These works tend to be less suitable for unified reviews than monographs, and thus a considerable backlog has developed. To introduce these volumes, we occasionally list in this section the publication information and tables of contents entries. The five volumes selected for this issue examine archaeology and history in Latin America.

Bridging the Gaps: Integrating Archaeology and History in Oaxaca, Mexico. Edited by Danny Zborover and Peter C. Kroefges. Boulder: University of Colorado Press, 2015. Pp. 416. Illustrations, Index. $75.00 cloth.

From “1-Eye” to Bruce Byland: Literate Societies and Integrative Approaches in Oaxaca
Danny Zborover

The Convergence of History and Archaeology in Mesoamerica
Ronald Spores

Bruce Edward Byland, PhD: 1950–2008
John M.D. Pohl

Multidisciplinary Fieldwork in Oaxaca
Viola König

Mythstory and Archaeology: Of Earth Goddesses, Weaving Tools, and Buccal Masks
Geoffrey G. McCafferty and Sharisse D. McCafferty

Reconciling Disparate Evidence between the Mixtec Historical Codices and Archaeology: The Case of “Red and White Bundle” and “Hill of the Wasp”
Bruce E. Bylan

Mixteca-Puebla Polychromes and the Codices
Michael D. Lind

Pluri-Ethnic Coixtlahuaca’s Longue Durée
Carlos Rincón Mautner

The Archaeology and History of Colonialism, Culture Contact, and Indigenous Cultural Development at Teozacoalco, Mixteca Alta
Stephen L. Whittington and Andrew Workinger

Salt Production and Trade in the Mixteca Baja: The Case of the Tonalá-Atoyac-Ihualtepec Salt Works
Bas van Doesburg and Ronald Spores

Integrating Oral Traditions and Archaeological Practice: The Case of San Miguel el Grande
Liana I. Jiménez Osorio and Emmanuel Posselt Santoyo

Decolonizing Historical Archaeology in Southern Oaxaca, and Beyond
Danny Zborover

Prehispanic and Colonial Chontal Communities on the Eastern Oaxaca Coast on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest
Peter C. Kroefges

Locating the Hidden Transcripts of Colonialism: Archaeological and Historical Evidence from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Judith Francis Zeitlin

Using Nineteenth-Century Data in Contemporary Archaeological Studies: The View from Oaxaca and Germany
Viola König and Adam T. Sellen

Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica. Edited by Anne S. Dowd and Susan Milbrath. Boulder: University of Colorado Press, 2015. Pp. 440. Illustrations, Index. $80.00 cloth.

Foreword

Astronomy, Anthropology, and Anthony Aveni
E.C. Krupp

I. Introduction

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy
Susan Milbrath and Anne S. Dowd

II. Horizon-Based Astronomy

Pyramids Marking Time: Anthony F. Aveni’s Contribution to the Study of Astronomical Alignments in Mesoamerican Architecture
Ivan Šprajc

Maya Architectural Hierophanies
Anne S. Dowd

Mountain of Sustenance: Site Organization at Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl and Mesoamerican Concepts of Space and Time
Ronald K. Faulseit

III. Cosmological Principles

The North Celestial Pole in Ancient Mesoamerica
Clemency Coggins

A Seasonal Calendar in the Codex Borgia
Susan Milbrath

Iconography and Metaphorical Expressions Pertaining to Eclipses: A Perspective from Postclassic and Colonial Maya Manuscripts
Gabrielle Vail

The Maya Deluge Myth and Dresden Codex Page 74: Not the End but the Eternal Regeneration of the World.
John B. Carlson

IV. Calendar Records

The Ancient Maya Moon: Calendar and Character
Flora Simmons Clancy

Pecked Circles and Divining Boards: Calculating Instruments in Ancient Mesoamerica
David A. Freidel and Michelle Rich

The “Las Bocas Mosaic” and Mesoamerican Astro-Calendrics: “Calculator” or Hoax?
Prudence M. Rice

Some Alternative Eclipse Periodicities in Maya Codices
Victoria R. Bricker and Harvey M. Bricker

Modeling Indigenous Mesoamerican Eclipse Theory
John Justeson

V. Conclusion

Maya Books and Buildings at Baktun’s End.
Anthony F. Aveni

Life and Politics at the Royal Court of Aguateca: Artifacts, Analytical Data, and Synthesis. Edited by Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2014. Pp. 356. Appendix, Illustrations, Index. $60.00 cloth.

Introduction

Takeshi Inomata

I. Artifacts, Ecological Studies, and Conservation

Figurines
Daniela Triadan

Worked Sherds and Other Ceramic Artifacts
Takeshi Inomata

Spindle Whorls
Takeshi Inomata

Griding Stones and Related Artifacts
Takeshi Inomata

Stone Ornaments and Other Stone Artifacts
Takeshi Inomata and Markus Eberl

Ceramic Laminates
Harriet F. Beaubien

Bone and Shell Artifacts...