Contents

List of Figures

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Foreword

Jonathan D. Hill

Chapter 1. Introduction: On Constructing a Shared Understanding of Historical Pasts and Nearing Futures

Bethany J. Beyyette

Part I: Maya Identities of the Present and the Ethnographic Past

Chapter 2. Reimaging the World: Maya Religious Practices and the Construction of Ethnicity in a Mesoamerican Frame

C. Mathews Samson

Chapter 3. Ethnoexodus: Escaping Mayaland

Juan Castillo Cocom, Timoteo Rodriguez, and Mccale Ashenbrener

Chapter 4. Itzaj and Mopan Identities in Petén, Guatemala

Charles Andrew Hofling

Chapter 5. Maya Ethnogenesis and Group Identity in Yucatán, 1500–1900

Matthew Restall and Wolfgang Gabbert

Chapter 6. Differentiation among Mayan Speakers: Evidence from Comparative Linguistics and Hieroglyphic Texts

Martha J. Macri

Part II: Archaeological Explorations of Identity Construction

Chapter 7. Establishing the Preconditions for Ethnogenesis among the Classic Maya of the Upper Belize River Valley

Lisa J. Lecount

Chapter 8. He’s Maya, but He’s Not My Brother: Exploring the Place of Ethnicity in Classic Maya Social Organization

Damien B. Marken, Stanley P. Guenter, and David A. Freidel

Chapter 9. Considering the Edge Effect: Ethnogenesis and Classic Period Society in the Southeastern Maya Area

Marcello A. Canuto and Ellen E. Bell

Chapter 10. Copán, Honduras: A Multiethnic Melting Pot during the Late Classic?

Rebecca Storey

Chapter 11. Conclusion: Identity, Networks, and Ethnicity

Edward Schortman

List of Contributors

Index