and adjacent portions of northeastern Guatemala, a study area known as the Three Rivers
Region (Figure 1). Rio Azul, Guatemala is the most extensive ruin in the region, but La Milpa—
the third largest site in Belize—may have been the largest Late Classic site in the area
(Adams 1999; Adams et al. 2004; Houk 1996; Robichaux 2002: 3). Hieroglyphic texts in the
region are uncommon, and the names of individual rulers are known from only a handful of …