Cultural Change on a Temporal and Spatial Frontier: Ceramics of the Terminal Classic to Postclassic transition in the Upper Belize River Valley: Ceramics of the Terminal Classic to Postclassic transition in the Upper Belize River Valley

The decline of ancient Maya civilization has resonated in both the popular and archaeological imagination. Over the years archaeologists have questioned this "collapse" with increasing detail in some parts of the Maya area, but in the Belize Valley the era remains virtually unknown. Front Cover Title Page Copyright ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER ONE: THEORETICAL AND CULTURE-HISTORICAL ISSUES CHAPTER TWO: THE TERMINAL CLASSIC-EARLY POSTCLASSIC TRANSITION IN THE MAYA AREA CHAPTER THREE: SITES OF THE TERMINAL CLASSIC-EARLY POSTCLASSIC IN THE BELIZE VALLEY CHAPTER FOUR: PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION AMONG SITES AND THROUGH TIME CHAPTER FIVE: ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE CHAPTER SIX: AN OVERVIEW OF THE TERMINAL CLASSIC-EARLY POSTCLASSIC TRANSITION IN THE BELIZE VALLEY APPENDIX A: MOLDED-CARVED SHERDS FROM ONTARIO VILLAGE AND BLACKMAN EDDY APPENDIX B: TYPE TOTALS AT BARTON RAMIE APPENDIX C: TYPE TOTALS AT TIPU APPENDIX D: TYPE TOTALS AT BAKING POT REFERENCES CITED