Ancient Maya Commoners

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix 1. Examining Ancient Maya Commoners Anew 1 jon c. lohse and fred valdez, jr. 2. Daily Life in a Highland Maya Community: Zinacantan in Mid-Twentieth Century 23 evon z. vogt 3. The Role of Pottery and Food Consumption among Late Preclassic Maya Commoners at Lamanai, Belize 49 terry g. powis 4. Of Salt and Water: Ancient Commoners on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala 73 bárbara arroyo 5. Down on the Farm: Classic Maya ‘‘Homesteads’’ as ‘‘Farmsteads’’ 97 nicholas dunning 6. Intra-Site Settlement Signatures and Implications for Late Classic Maya Commoner Organization at Dos Hombres, Belize 117 jon c. lohse 7. Heterogeneous Hinterlands: The Social and Political Organization of Commoner Settlements near Xunantunich, Belize 147 jason yaeger and cynthia robin viii Contents 8. The Spatial Mobility of Non-Elite Populations in Classic Maya Society and Its Political Implications 175 takeshi inomata 9. Commoners in Postclassic Maya Society: Social versus Economic Class Constructs 197 marilyn a. masson and carlos peraza lope 10. Methods for Understanding Classic Maya Commoners: Structure Function, Energetics, and More 225 nancy gonlin 11. Maya Commoners: The Stereotype and the Reality 255 joyce marcus Contributors 285 Index 287 ...