Virginia (Ginny) Greene began at the University of Pennsylvania in 1963 as a graduate student, receiving her M.A. in anthropology in 1968. She was active in the field with the Tikal Project between 1964 to 1968 doing illustration work, repairs to objects, some excavation and recording of burials. In 1971, she graduated from the conservator training program at the Institute of Archaeology in London and came back to the Penn Museum to run its Conservation Lab, which she did until 2008, when she retired as Senior Conservator.

• LIST OF TABLES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS EDITOR'S NOTE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CHRONOLOGY ABBREVIATIONS I INTRODUCTION II PRECLASSIC III EARLY CLASSIC IV INTERMEDIATE CLASSIC, LATE CLASSIC, TERMINAL CLASSIC Introduction IVA Figurines in Special Deposits IVB Male IVC Female IVD Animal IVE Other V WHEELED TOYS VI FIGURINE MOLDSVII FLUTES AND PANPIPES VIII NON-FIGURINE MODELED ARTIFACTS: BOXES AND APPLIQUE CURVED OBJECTS IX SUMMARY APPENDIX I: Numerical List of Figurine Catalogue NumbersREFERENCESILLUSTRATIONS