附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Elite residences at Blue Creek, Belize / Thomas H. Guderjan, Robert J. Lichtenstein and C. Colleen Hanratty -- At court in Copan : palace groups of the early classic / Loa P. Traxler -- A multipurpose structure in the late classic palace at Copan / E. Wyllys Andrews V [and others] -- Palaces of the Royal Court at Tikal / Peter D'Arcy Harrison -- The political acquisition of sacred geography : the Murciélagos complex at Dos Pilas / Arthur Demarest [and others] -- Where did elites live? Identifying elite residences at Aquateca, Guatemala / Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan -- Access patterns in Maya royal precincts / Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo -- Evidence for the functions and meanings of some northern Maya palaces / Jeff Karl Kowalski -- The function of a Maya palace at Yaxuna : a contextual approach / James N. Ambrosino -- Palace and society in the Northern Maya Lowlands / Edward B. Kurjack -- The tripartite layout of rooms in Maya elite residences : symbolic centering, ritual mediating and historical governing / Jessica Joyce Christie.