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Maya Civilization Bibliography

Bibliographic References from Shafer through Willey

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Shafer, Harry J. and Thomas R. Hester. 1983. Ancient Maya chert workshops in northern Belize, Central America. American Antiquity 48519-543.

Shafer, Harry J. and Thomas R. Hester. 1986. Maya stone-tool craft specialization and production at Colha, Belize: reply To Mallory. American Antiquity 51158-166.

Sidrys, Raymond V. 1976. Classic Maya obsidian trade. American Antiquity 41449-464.

Sievert, April, Beck, Lane, and Hoyt, Eliot. 1993. Maya sacrifice: More than a heart-wrenching experience. SAA meetings.

Smyth, Michael P. 1990. Maize storage among the Puuc Maya: The development of an archaeological method. Ancient Mesoamerica 151-69.

Smyth, Michael P. and Christopher D. Dore. 1992. Large site archaeological methods at Sayil, Yucatan, Mexico: Investigating community organization at a prehispanic Maya center. Latin American Antiquity 3(1):3-21.

Spence, Michael W. 1996. Commodity or gift: Teotihuacan obsidian in the Maya region. Latin American Antiquity 7(1):21-39.

Stuart, David and Houston, Stephen. 1994. Classic Maya Place Names. Washington DC, Dumbarton Oakes Research Library and Collection. Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology.

Thompson, J. Eric. 1994. Maya Archaeologist. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press.

Urban, Patricia A. and Edward M. Schortman. 1999. Thoughts on the periphery: The ideological consequences of core/periphery relations. In World-Systems Theory in Practice: Leadership, production, and exchange. P. N. Kardulias, ed. Pp. 125-152. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

van Akkeren, Ruud W. 2003. Authors of the Popol Wuj. Ancient Mesoamerica 14237-256.

Webster, David. 1999. The archaeology of Copan, Honduras. Journal of Archaeological Research 7(1):1-53.

Webster, David. 2000. The not so peaceful civilization: A review of Maya war. Journal of World Prehistory 14(1):65-119.

White, Christine D., Paul F. Healy, and Henry P. Schwarcz. 1993. Intensive agriculture, social status, and Maya diet at Pacbitun, Belize. Journal of Anthropological Research 49(4):347-375.

Willey, Gordon R. 1984. Changing conceptions of lowland Maya culture history. Journal of Anthropological Research 40(1):41-59.

Willey, Gordon R. 1982. Maya archaeology. Science 215260-267.

Willey, Gordon R.1977. The rise of Maya civilization: A summary view. In The Origins of Maya Civilization. Richard. E. W. Adams, ed. Pp. 383-423. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

Willey, Gordon R. and Demitri B. Shimkin. 1973 The Maya collapse: A summary view. In The Classic Maya Collapse. T. P. Culbert, ed. Pp. 457-501. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

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