Maya Calendar Origins: Monuments, Mythistory, and the Materialization of Time Book

List of Figures and Tables Note on Orthography and Dates Preface Acknowledgments
1. Introduction Popol Vuh, a Maya Creation Myth Time and Preclassic Mesoamerica Chiefdoms and Cycles The Early Maya and the Isthmian Region
2. In the Beginning: Early Mesoamerican Prehistory Early Occupation: The Paleoindian or Lithic Stage The Archaic Stage The Archaic-to-Formative Transition The Early Mesoamerican Tradition Discussion
3. Mesoamerican Calendrics: Time and Its Recording The 260-day Calendar The 360- and 365-day Calendars The Long Count and the May Origins of the Mesoamerican Calendars Recording Time Discussion
4. Maya Calendar Developments in Broader Context Originally Thirteen Months?
Beginnings and Endings The Months and the Day Names: A Derivational Model Calendrical Origins and the Popol Vuh
5. Middle and Late Preclassic: The Gulf Coast Olmec and Epi-Olmec Architectural Patterns Monuments, Iconography, and Themes Discussion: Calendrical Implications The Epi-Olmec Discussion
6. Late Preclassic: Izapa and Kaminaljuyú
Izapa, Chiapas Kaminaljuyú and Related Sites Discussion: Calendrical Implications
7. The Early Maya Lowlands: Origins and Settlements Origin Myths Archaeology: The Earliest Lowland Settlers and Their Languages Archaeology and Architecture Archaeology and Exchange Discussion
8. Early Lowland Maya Intellectual Culture: Writing, Stelae, and "Government"
Writing Systems The Stela "Cult" and Calendrics Ties to the Isthmus Leadership, Politics, and Government
9. The Materialization and Politicization of Time Development of the Calendars The Popol Vuh and Calendars Pilgrimages and Tollans Cycling: Chiefly and Calendrical Maya Calendars: Order, Legitimacy, and Wealth Notes References Cited Index