Cynthia Kristan-Graham

Laura M. Amrhein

"Art historians and archaeologists from the US and Mexico come together to examine the nature of sacred space in Mesoamerica. Contributors explore the process of defining sacred space; how modern Western definitions differ from ancient Mesoamerica; how sacred spaces were conceived and used physically and symbolically; and what theoretical approaches are useful for art historians and archaeologists"--

Analyzing Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites

Memory Traces

Patricia Fournier

Nikolai Grube

Rafael Cobos

Victor H. Bolaños

David Freidel

George J. Bey, III

This volume had its beginnings in the two-day colloquium, "Rethinking Chichén Itzá, Tula and Tollan," that was held at Dumbarton Oaks. The selected essays revisit long-standing questions regarding the nature of the relationship between Chichen Itza and Tula. Rather than approaching these questions through the notions of migrations and conquests, these essays place the cities in the context of the emerging social, political, and economic relationships that took shape during the transition from the Epiclassic period in Central Mexico, the Terminal Classic period in the Maya region, and the succeeding Early Postclassic period.

Chichén Itzá, Tula, and the Epiclassic to Early Postclassic Mesoamerican World

Twin Tollans

Cynthia Kristan-Graham

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