The Sowing and the Dawning: Termination, Dedication, and Transformation in Archaeological and Ethnographic Record of Mesoamerica Book

1	Prelude	3
Pt. 1	Ethnographic Evidence from Mesoamerica
2	Zinacanteco Dedication and Termination Rituals	21
3	Seven Ingredients in Mesoamerican Ensoulment: Dedication and Termination in Tenejapa	31
4	The Lacandon Incense Burner Renewal Ceremony: Termination and Dedication Ritual among the Contemporary Maya	41
5	Dedication: Ritual or Production?	47
Pt. 2	Archaeological Evidence from the Maya
6	Intercessions with the Gods: Caches and Their Significance at Altun Ha and Lamanai, Belize	55
7	Maya Dedications of Authority	65
8	Smashed Pots and Shattered Dreams: The Material Evidence for an Early Classic Maya Site Termination at Cerros, Belize	81
9	The Blue Creek Jade Cache: Early Classic Ritual in Northwestern Belize	101
10	The Defaced and the Forgotten: Decapitation and Flaying/Mutilation as a Termination Event at Colha, Belize	113
11	Bloody Bowls and Broken Pots: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Maya House	125
12	Termination Ritual Deposits at Yaxuna: Detecting the Historical in Archaeological Contexts	135
Pt. 3	Archaeological Evidence from Mesoamerica
13	Termination Programs and Prehispanic Looting at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid in Teotihuacan, Mexico	147
14	The Writing on the Wall: Political Representation and Sacred Geography at Monte Alban	165
15	Recreating the Cosmos: Seventeen Aztec Dedication Caches	177
	Summary
16	Sacred Work: Dedication and Termination in Mesoamerica	189
	Index	195