This paper focuses on the discoveries of the last decade in Maya archaeology, and
assesses their impact on previous models and synthetic frameworks. Although the …

Archaeological excavations begun at Mayapan in 1996 require re-evaluation of this site,
sometimes disparaged as representing “decadent” Postclassic Maya culture. New …

The modeling of ancient Maya economies has been a dynamic area of archaeological
research in the past few decades, but in most cases there has been little attention on how …

Nearly two decades of research at Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico documented a thriving
city of 40,000 people without the powerful kings and massive temples seen at other Maya …

The neo-materialist ontology outlined by the philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Manuel
DeLanda has several implications for archeology. This text primarily discusses their …

LiDAR coverage of a large contiguous area within the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin
(MCKB) of northern Guatemala has identified a concentration of Preclassic Maya sites (ca …

The ancient city of Chichén Itzá in Yucatán, Mexico, was one of the largest and most
influential Maya settlements during the Late and Terminal Classic periods (ad 600–1000) …

The history of the ancient Maya city of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, has been a subject of
debate in archaeology, epigraphy, and art history for more than a century. Despite abundant …

Stone raw material in the past was often extracted, processed, and used by different
individuals. The relationships among these practices make quarries important spaces for …

This article examines the significance of outlying groups in the spatial organization of
Classic Maya settlements. The relative scarcity of textual records concerning outlying groups …