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ix david r. Abbott, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 (David.Abbott@asu.edu) richard e. Blanton, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (blantonr@purdue.edu) geoffrey e. Braswell, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, MC 0532, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0532 (gbraswell@ ucsd.edu) lane F. Fargher, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, and Departmento de Ecología Humana, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Unidad Mérida), Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, 97130 (lfargher@purdue.edu) gary M. Feinman, Department of Anthropology, Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 (gfeinman@fieldmuseum.org) Jeffrey B. fleisher, Department of Anthropology, 582 Sewell Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251 (jfleisher@rice.edu) christopher p. garraty, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, and Statistical Research, Inc., 6099 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, Arizona 85712 (cpgarraty@yahoo.com) Contributors ContribUtors x kenneth g. hirth, Department of Anthropology, 409 Carpenter Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (kgh2@psu.edu) linda M. nicholas, Department of Anthropology, Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 (lnicholas@fieldmuseum.org) Alanna ossa, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287 (aeossa@asu.edu) Michael e. smith, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 (mesmith9@asu.edu) charles stanish, Department of Anthropology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 (stanish@anthro.ucla.edu) Barbara l. stark, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287 (blstark@asu.edu) ...

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