Payson Sheets is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado.

Contents


PART


PART


The Remains of an Agrarian


Special Buildings 9 The Civic Complex


Artifacts


Bishop 14 The Chipped Stone Artifactsof Cerén


MilpasGardens andthe Classic Period Landscape


Glossary


Index

Overall, Before the Volcano Erupted will open the eyes of many Mesoamerican archaeologists to the magnitude of what they may normally be missing, and will stand as a widely cited benchmark for years to come. It is a must-buy for Mayanists, most Mesoamerican archaeologists and students of volcanic archaeology, but archaeologists in general will find it a phenomenally interesting read.

The level of insight and reconstruction possible at Cerén is almost unparalleled in archaeology, certainly in the New World. . . . It’s a remarkable story.