This volume compares two of the most famous cases of civilizational collapse, that of the
Roman Empire and the Classic Maya world. First examining the concept of collapse, and …

Drawing on a case study from the Maya site of Actuncan, Belize, this article presents
collective remembering as a way to conceptualize the relational construction of memory by …

The lowland Mayas are seldom mentioned in discussions of early Mesoamerican
interactions, which commonly focus on the Gulf coast Olmecs. But such connections are …

Households, communities, and society exist in a mutually constituting relationship, shaping
and being shaped by one another. Daily life within households can have political …

How leaders persuade or coerce others to accept subordinate status and how social
inequality becomes institutionalized are topics of persistent interest among social scientists …

While Maya public rituals are often assumed to have developed from domestic practices,
caches at Ceibal in Guatemala demonstrate the concurrent emergence of distinct domestic …

This research focuses upon the intersection of social complexity and leadership among
commoners in complex societies as expressed through mortuary ritual. I study how ideology …

This dissertation focuses on a study of political reorganization at the ancient Maya site of
Actuncan, Belize following the 9th century collapse of Classic Maya society. During the …

Ancient Maya mortuary practices provide crucial insight into how communities created and
reproduced social memory and identity. In this chapter, I critically evaluate the concept of …

This article examines Middle and Late Preclassic period ritual activity and caches
discovered in the Central E Group complex at the ancient Maya site of Cival, which is …