"The ancient Maya shaped their world with stone tools. Lithic artifacts helped create the cityscape, were central to warfare and hunting, were key to craft activities, were used to process food, and were employed in ritual performance. This volume expands our understanding of the past by considering Maya lithic artifacts made of chert, obsidian, silicified limestone, and jade. Using these as sources of data, lithic specialists examine th ..."
"Chapters include: High Resolution Documentation of the Murals of San Bartolo, Guatemala, by William Saturno....Strontium Isotopic Identification of an Early Classic Migrant to Punta de Chimino, Guatemala, by Lori E. Wright and Bruce R. Bachand....Communal and Personal Hunting Shrines Around Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, by Linda A. Brown....The Discovery of Plan de Ayutla, Mexico, by Luis Alberto Martos López....Painted Lithic Artifacts f ..."
"In Archaeology at Colha, Belize: The 1981 Interim Report, edited by T. R. Hester,
H. J. Shafer, and J. D. Eaton, pp. 31-38. Center for Archaeological Research,
University of Texas, San Antonio. — 1982b. A Preliminary Report on the Lithic
Technology at Kichpanha, Belize. In Archaeology at Colha, Belize: The 1981
Interim Report, edited by T. R. Hester, H. J. Shafer, and J. D. Eaton, pp. 167-181.
Center for Archaeological Research, Un ..."
"The contributions to this volume are introduced via a critical review of terms and concepts used in craft production studies today. Recent detailed contextual and technological analyses of artifacts from all aspects of complex societies have revealed interesting patterns that are difficult to conceptualize using a purely economic framework. Furthermore, interest in practice theory, and sociocultural theory in general, has shifted some f ..."