Title: Twin Tollans : Chichén Itzá, Tula, and the Epiclassic to Early Postclassic Mesoamerican world /
Authors: Kowalski, Jeff Karl, 1951-; Kristan-Graham, Cynthia.; Dumbarton Oaks.
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Indians of Mexico Antiquities Congresses; Indian architecture Mexico Congresses.; Excavations (Archaeology) Mexico Congresses.; Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico) Congresses.; Tula Site (Tula de Allende, Mexico) Congresses.; Mexico Antiquities Congresses.
Contents: Chichén Itzá, Tula, and Tollan : changing perspectives on a recurring problem in Mesoamerican archaeology and art history / Cynthia Kristan-Graham and Jeff Karl Kowalski -- Toltecs, Tula and Chichén Itzá : the development of an archaeological myth / Susan D. Gillespie -- Chichén Itzá, Tula, and the Epiclassic/Early Postclassic Mesoamerican world system / Susan Kepecs -- Birds, ceramics, and cacao : new excavations at Chichén Itzá, Yucatan / Peter J. Schmidt -- Reading between the lines : hieroglyphic texts from Chichén Itzá and its neighbors / Nikolai Grube and Ruth J. Krochock -- What's "Toltec" at Uxmal and Chichén Itzá? / Merging Maya and Mesoamerican worldviews and world systems in Terminal Classic to Early Postclassic Yucatan / Jeff Karl Kowalski -- Multepal or centralized kingship? New evidence on governmental organization at Chichén Itzá / Rafael Cobos -- War and statecraft in the northern Maya lowlands : Yaxuna and Chichén Itzá / David Freidel -- From the bottom up : the timing and nature of the Tula-Chichén Itzá exchange / George J. Bey III and William M. Ringle -- New perspectives on Tula's obsidian industry and its relationship to Chichén Itzá / Dan M. Healan -- So what else is new? A Cholula-centric perspective on lowland/highland interaction during the Classic/Postclassic transition / Geoffrey G. McCafferty -- The Epiclassic period in the Tula region beyond Tula Chico / Patricia Fournier and Victor H. Bolaños -- Structuring identity at Tula : the design and symbolism of colonnaded halls and sunken spaces / Cynthia Kristan-Graham -- Tula and Chichén Itzá : are we asking the right questions? / Michael E. Smith -- Tula, Chichén Itzá : a historiographic afterward / Mary Miller.