IN MEMORIAM

Elizabeth Brumfiel, 1945-2012                                                                                                                          1

T.Patrick Culbert, 1930-2013                                                                                                                            5

Robert J.Sharer, 2940-2012                                                                                                                             9

Sculpting the Past in Preclassic Mesoamerica: Olmec Stone Monuments and the Production of Social Memory       11

The Butterfly Bird God and His Myth at Teotihuacan                                                                                          29

Reconstructing an Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in the Lake Cuitzeo Basi, Michoacan, Mexico                                    49

The Evolution of Ancient Maya Exchange Systems: An Etymological Study of Economic  

Vocabulary in the Mayan Language Family                                                                                                      69

The Late and Terminal Classic Ceramic Sequence at La Milpa, Belize: Implications for Its Occupation History        115

SPECIAL SECTION: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN ECONOMIES

Introduction                                                                                                                                                 139

The Values of Classic Maya Jade: A Reanalysis of Cancuen's Jade Workshop                                                   141

Out of Control? Rethinking Assumptions about Wealth Goods Production and the Classic Maya                             165

Economy, Exchange and Power: New Evidence from the Late Classic Maya Port City of Cancuen                         187

Maya Coastal Production, Exchange, Lifestyle, and Population Mobility:  A view from the Port of Xcambo, Yucatan, Mexico  221

Ancient Maya Markets and the Economic Integration of Caracol, Belize                                                               239

Instrumental Approaches to Understanding Mesoamerican Economy: Elusive Promises                                         251

Formative Obsidian Procurement at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz, Mexico: Implications for Olmec and Epi-Olmec Political Economy 271

Producciones palaciegas tenochcas en objetos de concha y lapidaria                                                               295