Figures and tables
Foreword / Merle Greene Robertson
Preface / Damien B. Marken
pt. 1. Introduction
1. Palenque archaeology : an introduction / Peter Mathews
pt. 2. Chronology
2. Chronological chart and overview of ceramic developments at Palenque / Robert L. Rands
3. Palenque and selected survey sites in Chiapas and Tabasco : the preclassic / Robert L. Rands
4. The construction chronology of Palenque : seriation within an architectural form / Damien B. Marken
pt. 3. Settlement
5. The problem of political integration in the Kingdom of Baak / Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo
6. Indicators of urbanism at Palenque / Edwin L. Barnhart
7. Creating space through water management at the classic Maya site of Palenque, Chiapas / Kirk D. French
pt. 4. Architecture and excavation
8. Elite residential compounds at late classic Palenque / Damien B. Marken and Arnoldo González Cruz
9. Following the traces of temple XX : Proyecto Grupo de las Cruces 2002 excavations / Joshua A. Balcells González
10. A house of cards : construction, proportion, and form at temple XIX, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico / Kirk D. Straight


pt. 5. Religion and ritual spaces
11. Gods and histories : mythology and dynastic succession at temples XIX and XXI at Palenque / David Stuart
12. Ritual purification and the ancient Maya sweatbath at Palenque / Mark B. Child
pt. 6. Contemporary concerns and conclusions
13. Why restore architecture at Palenque? / C. Rudy Larios Villalta
14. Conclusion : Reconceptualizing the Palenque polity / Damien B. Marken and Kirk D. Straight
Index
About the contributors.