About the Author

Jonathan Kaplan, director of the Chocola Project, is coeditor of The Southern Maya in the Late Preclassic: The Rise and Fall of an Early Mesoamerican Civilization.

Federico Paredes Umana is professor at the Center for Anthropological Studies at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

Reviews

"A welcome addition to the literature on the rise of complex societies on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. The comprehensive review chapters will make it a useful reference source for both students and professional researchers working in the Southern Maya Region, while the detailed methodological discussions will make it of general interest for archaeologists working elsewhere in the world."--Anthropology Book Forum