Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Religion and role of caves in lowland Maya archaeology / Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady
  • Replicating the sacred landscape : the Chen at Muklebal Tzul / Keith M. Prufer and Andrew Kindon
  • Caves and artificial caves in late postclassic Maya ceremonial groups / Timothy W. Pugh
  • Social power and sacred space at Actun Nak Beh, Belize / Christina T. Halperin
  • Pilgrimage and caves on Cozumel / Shankari Patel
  • The impact of ritual on ancient Maya economy / James E. Brady
  • Scribes and caves in the Maya lowlands / Andrea Stone
  • Nikte mo' scattered fire in the Cave of K'ab Chante' : epigraphic and archaeological evidence for cave desecration in ancient Maya warfare / James E. Brady and Pierre R. Colas
  • Plants and caves in ancient Maya society / Christopher T. Morehart
  • The sweatbath in the cave : a modified passage in Chechem Ha Cave, Belize / Holley Moyes
  • An analysis of ancient Maya stalactite breakage at Balam Na Cave, Guatemala / James E. Brady ... [et al.]
  • De-fanging the earth monster : speleothem transport to surface sites in the Sibun Valley / Polly A. Peterson, Patricia A. McAnany, and Allan B. Cobb
  • Showing the way : the function of three small caves in the Sibun-Manatee Karst / Amalia Kenward
  • Human remains in lowland Maya caves : problems of interpretation / Ann M. Scott and James E. Brady
  • Mortuary practices of the prehistoric Maya from Caves Branch Rock Shelter, Belize / David M. Glassman and Juan Luis Bonor Villarejo
  • Nearer to the gods : rockshelter burials from the Ek Xux Valley, Belize / Julie Mather Saul, Keith M. Prufer, and Frank P. Saul
  • A question of sacrifice : classic Maya cave mortuary practices at Barton Creek Cave, Belize / Vanessa A. Owen
  • What can the bones really tell us? : the study of human skeletal remains from Cenotes / Vera Tiesler
  • Maya cave archaeology : a new look at religion and cosmology / James E. Brady and Keith M. Prufer.