Table of Contents
Introduction xiii
Section I Warfare 1
Chapter 1 Reconsidering Warfare in Formative Period Oaxaca Andrew Workinger Arthur A. Joyce 3
Chapter 2 Warrior Queens Among the Classic Maya Kathryn Reese-Taylor Peter Mathews Julia Guernsey Marlene Fritzler 39
Chapter 3 Investiture and Violence at El Tajín and Cacaxtla Rex Koontz 73
Section II Ballgames and Boxing 97
Chapter 4 Human Sacrifice in the Iconography of Veracruz Ballgame Sculptures John Scott 99
Chapter 5 Playing Ball—Competition as a Political Tool Adriana Agüero Annick Daneels 117
Chapter 6 Games, Courts, and Players at Cotzumalhuapa, Guatemala Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos 139
Chapter 7 American Gladiators: Ritual Boxing in Ancient Mesoamerica Karl Taube Marc Zender 161
Section III Trophy-Head Taking 221
Chapter 8 Heads of Flesh and Stone Jane Stevenson Day 223
Chapter 9 Rolling Heads: The Diquís Stone Balls and Trophy-Head Taking in Ancient Costa Rica Heather Orr 247
Section IV Pain and Healing 267
Chapter 10 Pretium Dolores, or the Value of Pain in Mesoamerica Claude-François Baudez 269
Chapter 11 Violent Acts of Curing: Pre-Columbian Metaphors of Birth and Sacrifice in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Illness "Writ Large" John W. Hoopes David Mora-Marín 291
Chapter 12 To Boast in our Sufferings: The Problem of Pain in Ancient Mesoamerica Stephen Houston 331
Contributors 341
Index 349
