Ruins of the Past

Travis W. Stanton is an associate professor in the Anthropology Department at the Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico. Aline Magnoni is a Ph.D. candidate in the Anthropology Department at Tulane University.

• ; Contents List of Figures Foreword'Wendy Ashmore Note on Use of Accents Chapter 1: Places of Remembrance: The Use and Perception of Abandoned Structures in the Maya Lowlands'Travis W. Stanton and Aline Magnoni Chapter 2: Forgotten Structures, Haunted Houses, and Occupied Hearts: Ancient Perspectives and Contemporary Interpretations of Abandoned Sites and Buildings in the Mirador Basin, Guatemala'Richard D. Hansen, Wayne K. Howell, and Stanley P. Guenter Chapter 3: The Transformation of Abandoned Architecture at Piedras Negras'Mark B. Child and Charles W. Golden Chapter 4: Structure Abandonment and Landscape Transformation: Examples from the Three Rivers Region'Lauren A. Sullivan, Jon B. Hageman, Brett A. Houk, Paul Hughbanks, and Fred Valdez Jr. Chapter 5: Manipulating Memory in the Wake of Dynastic Decline at El Peru-Waka': Termination Deposits at Abandoned Structure M13-1'Olivia C. Navarro Farr, David A. Freidel, and Ana Lucia Arroyave Prera Chapter 6: Establishing and Reusing Sacred Place: A Diachronic Perspective from Blackman Eddy, Belize'M. Kathryn Brown and James F. Garber Chapter 7: Anatomy of a Post-Collapse Society: Identity and Interaction in Early Postclassic Cop n'T. Kam Manahan Chapter 8: Landscape Transformations and Changing Perceptions at Chunchucmil, Yucat n'Aline Magnoni, Scott R. Hutson, and Travis W. Stanton Chapter 9: Edzn : A Lived Place through Time'Antonio Benavides C. Chapter 10: Memories, Meanings, and Historical Awareness: Post-Abandonment Behaviors among the Lowland Maya'Marcello A. Canuto and Anthony P. Andrews Afterword'Denise Fay Brown References Cited Author Biographies Index;

"All human societies are built on the stones and ashes of those that came before them, and all people construct their ideas of lived-space in relationship to that past... The editors grasp this concept and have brought together a remarkable group to discuss the ways in which architecture is used and re-used over time, and to speculate on how the re-users perceived the monuments of their past." -- Keith Prufer, Wichita State University. "The various authors present rich case studies that demonstrate ancient Maya people deliberately killed certain structures, re-used only select structures, and performed ceremonies of remembering and forgetting... A compelling body of work that will make a significant impact." -- Traci Ardren, University of Miami.