• Acknowledgments


• Introduction


• 1. Elite Residences at Blue Creek, Belize (Thomas H. Guderjan, Robert J. Lichtenstein, and C. Colleen Hanratty)


• 2. At Court in Copan: Palace Groups of the Early Classic (Loa P. Traxler)


• 3. A Multipurpose Structure in the Late Classic Palace at Copan (E. Wyllys Andrews V, Jodi L. Johnson, William F. Doonan, Gloria E. Everson, Kathryn E. Sampeck, and Harold E. Starratt)


• 4. Palaces of the Royal Court at Tikal (Peter D'Arcy Harrison)


• 5. The Political Acquisition of Sacred Geography: The MurciÉlagos Complex at Dos Pilas (Arthur Demarest, Kim Morgan, Claudia Wolley, and HÉctor Escobedo)


• 6. Where Did Elites Live? Identifying Elite Residences at Aguateca, Guatemala (Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan)


• 7. Access Patterns in Maya Royal Precincts (Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo)


• 8. Evidence for the Functions and Meanings of Some Northern Maya Palaces (Jeff Karl Kowalski)


• 9. The Function of a Maya Palace at Yaxuna: A Contextual Approach (James N. Ambrosino)


• 10. Palace and Society in the Northern Maya Lowlands (Edward B. Kurjack)


• 11. The Tripartite Layout of Rooms in Maya Elite Residences: Symbolic Centering, Ritual Mediating, and Historical Governing (Jessica Joyce Christie)


• 12. Conclusions (Jessica Joyce Christie)


• Notes on Contributors


• Index