Ritual and trade in the Pasión-Verapaz region, Guatemala
By: Brent Woodfill
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology -- v. 6; Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology (Series) -- v. 6.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780826516480
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Vanderbilt University.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-344).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Setting and methodology; title: Caves and sites of the Pasión-Verapaz region; title: Laboratory methodology; title: The nature of the Preclassic at the highland-lowland transition; title: The Early Classic : the golden age of shrine use; title: The Late Classic to Early Postclassic : regionalism and decline; title: A genealogy of Maya ritual studies; title: Ritual activity in the Pasión-Verapaz region; title: Conclusions.