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Relevant Publications by Professor P. A. McAnany
Books:
1995 Living with the Ancestors: Kinship and Kingship in Ancient Maya Society. University of Texas Press, Austin.
1989 and Barry L. Isaac, editors
Prehistoric Maya Economies of Belize. JAI Press, Greenwich.
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed):
1989 Stone Tool Production and Exchange in the Eastern Maya Lowlands: the Consumer Perspective from Pulltrouser Swamp, Belize. American Antiquity Vol. 54:332-346.
1989 The Effect of Lithic Procurement Strategies on Tool Curation and Recycling. Lithic Technology Vol. 17(1):3-11.
Chapters in Peer-Reviewed Edited Volumes:
1998 Ancestors and the Classic Maya Built Environment. In Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture, edited by Stephen D. Houston, pp. 271-298. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, Washington, D. C.
1998 Obscured by the Forest: Property and Ancestors in Lowland Maya Society. In Property in Economic Context, edited by Robert C. Hunt and Anonio Gilman, pp. 73-87. (Monographs in Economic Anthropology, No. 14). University Press of America, Lanham, MD.
1998 with Sandra L. López Varela and Kimberly Berry
Defining Maya Ceramic Production at K'axob: an Experimental Study. In Ethno-analogy and the Reconstruction of Prehistoric Artefact Use and Production, edited by Linda Owen, PP. 26-46. Tübingen Monograph Series, University of Tübingen, Germany.
1997 Ancestor Veneration in Lowland Maya Society: a Case Study from K'axob, Belize. In Research Frontiers in Anthropology--Volume 2, Archaeology, edited by C. R. Ember, M. Ember, and P. N. Peregrine, pp. 207-227. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood, NJ.
1993 Social Power and Wealth Among Eighth Century Maya Households. In Lowland Maya Civilization in the Eighth Century A.D., edited by J. A. Sabloff and J. Henderson, pp. 57-82. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.
1993 A Theoretical Perspective on Elites and the Economic Transformation of Classic Period Maya Households. In Understanding Economic Process, edited by Sutti Ortiz, (Monographs in Economic Anthropology, No. 8), pp. 85-103. University Press of the Americas, Lanham, MD.
1993 Resources, Specialization, and Exchange in the Maya Lowlands. In The American Southwest and Mesoamerica: Systems of Prehistoric Exchange, edited by Timothy G. Baugh and Jonathon E. Ericson, pp. 213-245. Plenum Press.
1992 Agricultural Tasks and Tools: Patterns of Stone Tool Discard near Prehistoric Maya Residences Bordering Pulltrouser Swamp, Belize. In Gardens of Prehistory: the Archaeology of Settlement Agriculture in Greater Mesoamerica, edited by Thomas W. Killion, pp. 184-213. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.
Chapters in Edited Volumes:
1998 with Sandra L. López Varela
Los Patrones Cerámicos del Sitio Maya de K'axob durante el Periodo Formativo: Espejo de un Mundo Circunvecino. In 50 Years of Research at the Seminar für Völkerkunde-Universitat Bonn, edited by Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar and Keiko Prumers. Bonner Amerikanistischen Studien-Universitat Bonn, Germany.
Research Reports:
1998 (editor) Where the Water Meets the Land: 1997 Excavations in Maya Residences and Wetland Fields, K'axob, Belize. Submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.
1998 (editor) Caves and Settlements of the Sibun River Valley, Belize: 1997 Archaeological Survey and Excavation. Submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.
1997 (editor) K'axob Project: Interim Report of the 1995 Field Season. Submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.
1995 (editor) The K'axob Project: 1993 Field Season, Submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.
1993 (editor) The K'axob Project: 1992 Summer Field Season, Submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.
Newsletter Articles:
1998 Bogged Down in Wetland Controversy: Current Investigations at K'axob, Belize. Context 13(3-4): 1-4.
1997 Caves, Cacao, and Christianity: Maya Archaeology Along the Sibun River. Context 13(1-2):6-7.
1992 Ancestor Veneration at K'axob: Excavation and Analysis, 1992. Context Vol. 10 (3-4): 1-5.
1990 Ancestor Worship and the Sanctification of Place: Excavations at K'axob, Belize. Context Vol. 9 (1-2): 12-16.
Dissertation Thesis:
1986 Lithic Technology and Exchange Among Wetland Farmers in the Eastern Maya Lowlands. Ph.D. dissertation, University Microfilms, Ann Arbor.
In Press/Preparation
  and Rebecca Storey and Angela K. Lockard
Mortuary Ritual and Family Politics at Formative and Classic K'axob, Belize. Ancient Mesoamerica (Accepted for Spring 1999 publication).
  and Sandra L. López Varela
Re-Creating the Formative Maya Village of K'axob: Chronology, Ceramic Complexes, and Ancestors in Architectural Context. Ancient Mesoamerica (Accepted for Spring 1999 publication).
  and Ilean I. Isaza
Adornment and Identity: Worked Shell from Formative K'axob. Ancient Mesoamerica(Accepted for Spring 1999 publication).
Chapters in Edited Volumes:
  with S. L. López Varela and K. Berry
Defining Maya Ceramic Production at K'axob: an Experimental Study. Ethno-analogy and the Reconstruction of Prehistoric Artefact Use and Production, edited by Linda Owen. Institute of Prehistory, University of Tübingen, Germany.
  Cosmology and the Institutionalization of Hierarchy in the Maya Region. In Leaders to Ruler: the Process of Political Centralization, edited by Jonathan Haas. Plenum Publishing Corp., New York.
Papers Delivered
1998 (with Kimberly Berry and Ben Thomas) Wetland, Rivers, and Caves: the Social Texture of Two Lowland Maya Landscapes. SAA Ann. Meeting, Seattle, WA, Mar. 28.
1997 (with S. L. López Varela and K. Berry)
Defining Maya Ceramic Production at K'axob: an Experimental Study. Ethno-analogy and the Reconstruction of Prehistoric Artefact Use and Production. Institute of Prehistory, University of Tübingen, Germany, July 5-6.
1997 Community Factionalism, Spatial Geometry, Identity, and Social Reproduction: Some Observations on the Past and Present. SAA Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, April 4.
1996 (with H. Hope Henderson) Formative Period Households and Communal Task Groups at K'axob, Belize. SAA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 11.
Relevant Publications by Others
Reports and Theses of the K'axob Project
1998 Angelini, M. L.
Crafting Pottery: A Study of Formative Maya Ceramic Technology at K'axob, Belize, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University.
1994 Downey, S.
The CEIBA System. Senior Work for Distinction, Boston University, Department of Archaeology.
1998 Henderson, H. H.
The Organization of Staple Crop Production in Middle Formative, Late Formative, and Classic Period Farming Households at K'axob, Belize. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
1997 Isaza A., I. I.
Shell Working and Social Differentiation at the Formative Maya Village of K'axob. MA Research Paper, Boston University.
1994 Kobza, V. L.
A Study of the Form, Constitution, and Function of Sherd-lined Facilities from K'axob, Belize. Senior Work for Distinction, Boston University, Department of Archaeology.
1996 Lonardo, C.
The Architectural Development of Maya Ritual Space at Formative K'axob, Belize. Senior Work for Distinction, Department of Archaeology, Boston University.
1996 Lopez Varela, S. L.
The K'axob Formative Ceramics: The Search for Regional Integration through a Reappraisal of Ceramic Analysis and Classification in Northern Belize. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of London.
1991 Lopez Varela, S. L.
Ancestor Worship and Sanctification of Place: Excavations at K'axob, Belize. Context 9(1-2):12-16.