The earliest complex societies and a distinctive set of pan-regional social, political, and
economic institutions appeared in the southern Maya lowlands during the Preclassic period …

Large, low-density settlements of the tropical world disintegrated during the first and second
millennia of the CE. This phenomenon, which occurred in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and …

This study addresses the role of prehistoric ethnopolitical divisions, factionalism, and
alliances in macroregional economic models. The Mesoamerican Late Postclassic period …

Altica is a rare first-farming village site in the Basin of Mexico that has survived to modern
times. Thus, it provides a glimpse into life during the Early–Middle Formative period. While …

Mobility and Migration in Ancient Mesoamerican Cities is the first focused book-length
discussion of migration in central Mexico, west Mexico and the Maya region, presenting …

Abstract This article addresses Postclassic Maya population recovery in the aftermath of the
collapse of Terminal Classic period political centers by 1100 CE in northern Yucatan …

During the Colonial Period, Maya communities underwent significant social and religious
transformations. This paper investigates how the Maya communities of Lamanai, Belize …

This paper explores the spatial distribution of the built environment in the 10th and 11th
centuries ad in the periphery of Lamanai, a Precolumbian Maya site in northern Belize …

We report a study of central Maya lowland dynastic information networks, ie, six cities'
external elite ceramic influences, and how they reflect the decision-making practices of …

This study presents the results of an investigation into fine-ware production in the eastern
Maya lowlands during the Classic to Postclassic transition (ca. ad 800–1250), a period …