Figures

1.1. Map of Mesoamerica showing locations of case studies from this volume by chapter number: (2) Ceibal, Guatemala; (3) coastal Oaxaca; (4) central Jalisco; (5) La Corona, Guatemala; (6) Teotihuacan; (7) Maya area and Mixteca Alta; (8) central Michoacán

2.1. Map showing the location of Ceibal

2.2. Map of Ceibal, 1 meter contours

2.3. Map of La Libertad, Chiapas, as an example of the Middle Formative Chiapas pattern

2.4. A carved shell pendant representing a decapitated head, from Ceibal Cache 108 (ca. 800 bce)

3.1. Map of the lower Río Verde, showing archaeological sites mentioned in the text

3.2. Terminal Formative Period ritual offerings in public buildings and at Cerro de la Virgen

3.3. Plan of the acropolis at Río Viejo

3.4. Adobe retaining wall on the western end of the acropolis with bricks made from three different clay sources

3.5. Offering in Structure 1 from Cerro de la Virgen with stone rain deity mask

3.6. Photo of a section of the earth oven on the acropolis at Río Viejo

3.7. Late Terminal Formative iconographic gray wares

4.1. Map of western highland Mexico, indicating the groups discussed in chapter 4

4.2. Examples of each of the forms of built space proposed, as associated with specific social institutions and strategies

4.3. Ceramic model depicting a burial procession, with pallbearers carrying the dead

4.4. A design within a votive bowl used in Náyari temples and the explicit symbolism embodied in the design

5.1. Map of the Maya area showing the location of La Corona

5.2. Map of the Coronitas group

5.3. The family tree of La Corona’s main royal lineage and other La Corona rulers

5.4. South profile of Structure 13R-2 showing principal phases of construction

6.1. Location of architectural complexes mentioned in the text

6.2. Diachronic changes in total labor costs for the central precinct

6.3. Feathered Serpent Pyramid at the Ciudadela

6.4. Diachronic changes in labor costs for major pyramids and administrative/residential structures within the central precinct

6.5. Human representations during the Xolalpan-Metepec phases

6.6. Layout of some apartment compounds

6.7. Plan of the Street of the Dead Complex

7.1. Map of the Maya area

7.2. Detail map of Oaxaca showing selected sites in the Mixteca Alta

7.3. Map of the region between Piedras Negras, Guatemala, and Yaxchilan, Mexico, showing border sites and fortifications along the northern border of the Yaxchilan kingdom

7.4. Detail from page 22 of the Codex Zouche-Nuttall showing the toponyms of subsidiary and border settlements inside of the glyph for the ñuu

7.5. Detail of the Lienzo de Ocotepec, an early Colonial document showing the boundaries between Santo Tomas Ocotepec and Santa Maria Cuquila

8.1. Extent of the Tarascan empire and major lake basins referred to in text

8.2. Major Late Postclassic urban sites in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin

8.3. Local elite identity in burial 9 at Urichu. Spouted polychrome vessel and several bronze and shell earrings

8.4. Ritual center of Ihuatzio