The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors, Third Edition: Archaeology of Mesoamerica (v. 1)

Ch. 1. Introduction: Humans Find Mesoamerica -- A Geographic Area Of Cultural Unity -- Early Human Evidence -- Ch. 2. Humans Become Farmers -- Tehuacan Valley -- Basin Of Mexico -- Tamaulipas -- Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, And Coastal Sites -- Ch. 3. Setting The Mesoamerican Pattern And The Role Of The Olmec -- West Mexico -- Central Highlands -- Guerrero -- Oaxaca -- The Olmec -- Great Preclassic Ceramic Traditions -- Ch. 4. Monuments, Wealth, And Complex Societies -- The Basin Of Mexico -- Teotihuacan -- West Mexico -- Tlaxcala And Puebla -- Oaxaca -- The Maya Region -- The Southeast Periphery -- The Southeastern Highlands -- Southern Maya Lowlands -- Tikal -- Belize -- The Northern Region From The Gulf To The Caribbean -- Ch. 5. Codices, Calendrics, And Maya Writing -- Books, Calendrics, And Writing -- The Codices -- Other Early Maya Books -- Time-keeping: The Calendar Round -- The Maya Zero, Numbers, And Counting -- The Maya Long Count (initial Series) -- Deciphering Maya Hieroglyphs -- A Roster Of Early Mesoamerican Dates -- Ch. 6. Teotihuacan And Its Neighbors: The Maya Kings And A New Order -- Teotihuacan -- Puebla-tlaxcala -- Xochicalco -- The Nuine -- Oaxaca -- El Tajin And The Ball Game -- Central And Southern Veracruz -- El Salvador -- Guatemala Valley -- The Lowland Maya: A.d. 300-1200 -- Tikal -- Belize -- Copan -- Quirigua -- The Southeast Periphery -- The West -- The Usumacinta Sites -- The Collapse In The Southern Lowlands -- Southern Campeche And Central Yucatan -- Northern Yucatan -- The Putun (chontal-maya) And The Itza -- Ch. 7. Tula And The Toltecs -- Tollan, Tula, And The Toltecs -- The Postclassic In Oaxaca -- Chichen Itza And The Toltecs -- Ch. 8. Final Scenes: The Maya, The Tarascans, And The Aztecs -- The Maya -- The Tarascans -- The Aztecs -- Ch. 9. Mesoamerica In Perspective -- The Southern Classic Lowland Maya -- Teotihuacan -- The Maya Of Northern Yucatan -- The Mexica -- The Tarascans. Muriel Porter Weaver. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 495-535) And Indexes.