Chapter One. Introduction: Substance of the Ancient Maya
Andrew K. Scherer and Thomas G. Garrison
Part I. Kingdoms and Communities
Chapter Two. Classic Maya Royal Courts, Gender, Personhood, and Moral Authority
Patricia A. McAnany
Chapter Three. Revisiting the Moral Community: Holy Lords, Patron Deities, Origins, and Collapse at Piedras Negras and Beyond
Charles Golden and Takeshi Inomata
Chapter Four. Negotiating Ancient Maya Identity: Ethnicity, Community, and the Fostering of Loyalty in Classic Period Kingdoms
Thomas G. Garrison and Edwin Román
Chapter Five. Maya Populations, Proxies, and Puzzles
David Webster
Chapter Six. The Long Twilight of the Tikal Dynasty: What Ninth Century Tikal, Zacpeten, Ixlu, and Jimbal Tell Us About the Classic Maya Collapse
Simon Martin
Chapter Seven. Revisiting the Architectural Settings of Bonampak: A World on Fire
Mary Miller
Part II. Objects and Beings
Chapter Eight. Proper Names and the Origins of Writing
David Stuart
Chapter Nine. The Olmec Double Merlon Motif: A Middle Formative Sign for Green
Karl A. Taube
Chapter Ten. Setting the Story in Motion: Dedicatory Texts on 4th–6th Century Maya Vases
Claudia Brittenham
Chapter Eleven. Supporting Roles: Wood and Helper Figures in Ancient Maya Art
James Doyle
Chapter Twelve. The Death Within: Maya Perspectives on Bone, Material, and Being
Andrew K. Scherer
Chapter Thirteen. Animal Sacrifice in Mesoamerica: Imitation, Incorporation, and Intimacy
Sarah E. Newman and Franco D. Rossi
Part III. End Matters
Chapter Fourteen. Unfinished Business
Stephen Houston
