Publications

Caracol, Santa Rita Corozal, and Other Archaeological Publications

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Books and Monographs:

Chase, Arlen F. and Diane Z. Chase

1987 Investigations at the Classic Maya City of Caracol, Belize: 1985-1987, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 3, San Francisco.

in prep. Maya Archaeology: Reconstructing an Ancient Civilization, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

Chase, Diane Z. and Arlen F. Chase

1988 A Postclassic Perspective: Excavations at the Maya Site of Santa Rita Corozal, Belize, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 4, San Francisco.

1992, 1994, 2003 Eds., Mesoamerican Elites: An Archaeological Assessment, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

1994 Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

Articles and Book Chapters:

Ballay, Joseph M.

1994 "Emergence of an Architectural Style on Caana," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 40-46, PARI, San Francisco.

Chase, Arlen F.

[PDF]1985 "Archaeology in the Maya Heartland: The Tayasal-Paxcaman Zone, Lake Peten, Guatemala," Archaeology 38(1):32-39.

1985 "Troubled Times: The Archaeology and Iconography of the Terminal Classic Southern Lowland Maya," in M.G. Robertson and V.M. Fields, Eds., Fifth Palenque Round Table, 1983, Vol. VII, pp. 103-114, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, San Francisco.

[PDF] 1988 "Jungle Surveying: Mapping the Archaeological Site of Caracol, Belize," P.O.B. (Point of Beginning) 13(3):10-12,14,16,18,22,24.

[PDF] 1991 "Cycles of Time: Caracol in the Maya Realm," with an appendix on "Caracol 'Altar 21'" by Stephen Houston, in M.G. Robertson, Ed., Sixth Palenque Round Table, 1986, Vol. VII, pp. 32-42, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

1992 "Elites and the Changing Organization of Classic Maya Society," in D. Z. Chase and A. F. Chase, Eds., Mesoamerican Elites: An Archaeological Assessment, pp. 30-49, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman (reprinted 1994).

[PDF] 1994 "A Contextual Approach to the Ceramics of Caracol, Belize," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 157-182, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

1996 "Mesoamerica, Prehistory and Early History of: Classic Period in Mesoamerica," in B Fagan, Ed., The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, pp.445-447, Oxford Press, New York.

[PDF] 1998 "Planacion Civica e Integracion de Sitio en Caracol, Belize: Definiendo una Economia Administrada del Periodo Clasico Maya," Los Investigadores de la Cultura Maya 6(1):26-44, Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, Campeche.

[PDF] 2004 "Polities, Politics, and Social Dynamics: "Contextualizing" the Archaeology of the Belize Valley and Caracol," in J. Garber, Ed., The Archaeology of the Belize Valley: Half a Century Later, pp. 320-334, University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

Chase, Arlen F. and Diane Z. Chase

[PDF]1983 "Intensive Gardening Among the Late Classic Maya: A Possible Example from Guatemala," Expedition 25(35):2-11.

1986 "Caracol: Belize's National Treasure," The New Belize XVI(12): 15-16.

1987 Glimmers of a Forgotten Realm: Maya Archaeology at Caracol, Belize, University of Central Florida, Orlando (separately bound publication).

PORTIONS REPRINTED in Belize Currents 14:7-9, 1993.

[PDF] 1989 "The Investigation of Classic Period Maya Warfare at Caracol, Belize," Mayab 5: 5-18.

[PDF] 1990 "Los Sistemas Mayas de Subsistencia y Patron de Asentamiento: Pasado y Futuro," in L. Yanez-Barnuevo Garcia and A. Ciudad Ruiz, Eds., Los Mayas: El Esplendor de Una Civilizacion, pp. 38-48, Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario, Turner Libros, S.A., Madrid.

text1990 "The Caracol Project 1990," Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Newsletter (September).

text1991 "Caracol," Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Newsletter 14:3-4 (December).

1991 "Mixing Archaeology and Touristic Development at Caracol," Belize Today 5(5): 12-13.

PORTIONS REPRINTED in Emphasis, Spring 1993, p. 2.

1993 "Tombs and Texts: New Discoveries at Caracol," Belize Today 7(6/7):46-49.

text1993 "Tourists, Tombs, and Trash: The 1993 Field Season at Caracol," Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Newsletter (September).

[PDF] 1994 "Maya Veneration of the Dead at Caracol, Belize," in Merle Robertson and Virginia Fields, Eds., Seventh Palenque Round Table, 1989, pp. 55-62, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, San Francisco.

[PDF] 1994 "Details in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize: An Introduction," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 1-11, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

1995 "External Impetus, Internal Synthesis, and Standardization: E Group Assemblages and the Crystalization of Classic Maya Society in the Southern Lowlands," in N. Grube, Ed., The Emergence of Lowland Maya Civilization: The Transition from the Preclassic to Early Classic, pp. 87-101, Acta Mesoamericana No. 8, Berlin.

text1995 "Terraces, Tunnels, and Transects: The Caracol Project 1995," Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Newsletter 21:5-6 (December).

1996 "Caracol," in B.A. Tanenbaum, Ed., Enyclopedia of Latin American History, Charles Scribner's Sons.

1996 "The Organization and Composition of Classic Lowland Maya Society: The View from Caracol, Belize," in Merle Robertson, Martha Macri, and Jan McHargue, Eds., Eighth Palenque Round Table, 1993, pp. 213-222, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, San Francisco.

1996 "The Causeways of Caracol," Belize Today 10(3/4):31-32.

[PDF]1996 "A Mighty Maya Nation: How Caracol Built an Empire by Cultivating its 'Middle Class,'" Archaeology 49(5):66-72.

REPRINTED in P.B. Goodwin, Ed., Global Studies: Latin America, 8th Edition, pp. 167-171, Duskin/McGraw-Hill Publishing, Guilford (CT), 1998.

[PDF] 1996 "More than Kin and King: Centralized Political Organization Among the Ancient Maya," Current Anthropology 37(5):803-810.

1996 "Caracol," in J.Turner, Ed., The Dictionary of Art Vol.5,p. 696, MacMillan Publishers Limited, London.

text1997 "Caracol: The Thirteenth Tun 1997 Season, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Newsletter 23: 2-3.

1998 "Termini, Test Excavations, and Surprises: The 1998 Field Season at Caracol, Belize, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Newsletter 26: 7-8.

[PDF] 1998 "Late Classic Maya Political Structure, Polity Size, and Warfare Arenas," in A. ciudad Ruiz et al., Eds., Anatomia de Una Civilizacion: Aproximaciones Interdisciplinareias a la Cultura Maya, pp. 11-29, Sociedad Espanola de Estudios Mayas, Madrid.

[PDF] 1998 "Scale and Intensity in Classic Period Maya Agriculture: Terracing and Settlement at the 'Garden City' of Caracol, Belize," Culture and Agriculture 20(2):60-77.

[PDF] 1999 "Hallowed Fire in Caracol," Mundo Maya 7(20):39-46.

[PDF] 2000 "Sixth Century Change and Variation in the Southern Maya Lowlands: Integration and Disbursement at Caracol, Belize" in Joel D. Gunn, Ed., The Years Without Summer: Tracing A.D. 536 and it's Aftermath, pp. 55-65, BAR International Series 872, Archaeopress, Oxford, England.

2001 "Caracol," in Susan T. Evans and David L. Webster, Eds., The Archaeology of ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia, pp. 96-97, Garland Publishing Inc., New York.

[PDF] 2001 "The Royal Court of Caracol, Belize: Its Palaces and People," in Takeshi Inomata and Stephen D. Houston, Eds., Royal Courts of the Ancient Maya: Volume 2: Data and Case Studies pp. 102-137, Westview Press, Boulder.

2001 "Caracol," in W. Fash, Ed., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures, Vol. 1, pp. 143-145, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

[PDF]2001 "Ancient Maya Causeways and Site Organization at Caracol, Belize," Ancient Mesoamerica 12(2):273-281.

[PDF] 2003 "Minor Centers, Complexity, and Scale in Lowland Maya Settlement Archaeology," in Gyles Iannone and Samuel V. Connell, Eds., Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity, pp. 108-118, Monograph 49, Cotsen Insitute of Archaeology at UCLA, Los Angeles.

[PDF] 2004 "Terminal Classic Status-Linked Ceramics and the Maya 'Collapse:' De Facto Refuse at Caracol, Belize," in A. Demarest, P. Rice, and D. Rice, Eds., The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Collapse, Transition, and Transformation, pp. 342-366, University of Colorado Press, Boulder.

[PDF] 2004 "Exploring Ancient Economic Relationships at Caracol, Belize," Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 1:115-127.

[PDF] 2004 "Un Katun de Investigaciones en Caracol, Belice," Arqueologia Mexicana 11(66): 44-51.

[PDF] 2005 "The Early Classic Period at Caracol, Belize: Transitions, Complexity, and Methodological Issues in Maya Archaeology," Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 2: 17-65.

[PDF] 2005 ÒContextualizing the Collapse: Terminal Classic Ceramics from Caracol, Belize,Ó in C. Varella and A. Foias, Eds., Geographies of Power: Understanding the Nature of Terminal Classic Pottery in the Maya Lowlands, pp. 73-91, BAR Monograph Series, Oxford.

[PDF] 2006 ÒEn Medio de la nada, en el centro del universo: Perspectivas sobre el desarrollo de las ciudades Mayas,Ó in M.J. Iglesias Ponce de Leon, R. Valencia Rivera, and A. Ciudad Ruiz, Eds., Nuevas Ciudades, Nuevas Patrias: Fundacion y Relocalizacion de Ciudades en Mesoamerica y el Mediterraneo Antiguo , Publicacion 8, Sociedad Espanola de Estudios Mayas, Madrid.

[PDF] 2006 "Before the Boom: Caracol's Preclassic Era," Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 3: 41-67.

[PDF] 2007 “’This is the End:’ Archaeological Transitions and the Terminal Classic Period at Caracol, Belize,” Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 4:13-27.

[PDF] 2007 “Ancient Maya Urban Development: Insights from the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize,” Journal of Belizean Studies 29(2):60-71.

Chase, Arlen F., Diane Z. Chase, and Rafael Cobos

[PDF] 2008 "Jeroglificos y Arqueologia Maya: Colusion o Colision," Mayab 20 (in press).

Chase, Arlen F., Diane Z. Chase, and William A. Haviland

[PDF] 2002 "Maya Social Organization from a 'Big Site' Perspective: Classic Period Caracol, Belize and Tikal, Guatemala," in V. Testler and R. Cobos, Eds., Maya Social Organization: The 1999 Palenque Mesa Redonda, pp. xx-xx, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico.

Chase, Arlen F., Diane Z. Chase, and Wendy G. Teeter

[PDF] 2004 "Archaeology, Faunal Analysis, and Interpretation: Lessons from Maya Studies," Archaeofauna 13:11-18.

Chase, Arlen F., Diane Z. Chase, and Christine White

[PDF] 2001 "El Paisaje Urbano Maya: La Integracion de los Espacios Construidos y la Estructura Social en Caracol, Belice," in A. Ciudad Ruiz, Ed., La Ciudad Antigua: Espacios, Conjuntos e Integracion Sociocultural en la Civilizacion Maya, pp. 95-122, Sociedad Espanola de Estudois Mayas, Madrid.

Chase, Arlen F., Diane Z. Chase, Elayne Zorn, and Wendy Teeter

[PDF] 2008 "Textiles and the Maya Archaeological Record: Gender, Power, and Status in Classic Period Caracol, Belize," Ancient Mesoamerica 19(1):xx-xx.

Chase, Arlen F. and James Garber

[PDF] 2004 "The Archaeology of the Belize Valley in Historical Perspective," in J. Garber, Ed., The Archaeology of the Belize Valley: Half a Century Later, pp. 1-14, University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

Chase, Arlen F., Nikolai Grube, and Diane Z. Chase

[PDF] 1991 "Three Terminal Classic Monuments from Caracol, Belize," Research Reports on Ancient Maya Writing, Number 36, Center for Maya Research, Washington, D.C.

Chase, Diane Z.

[PDF]1981 "The Maya Postclassic at Santa Rita Corozal," Archaeology 34(1):25-33.

[PDF] 1994 "Human Osteology, Pathology, and Demography as Represented in the Burials of Caracol, Belize," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 123-138, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

[PDF] 1997 "Southern Lowland Maya Archaeology and Human Skeletal Remains: Intepretations from Caracol, Tayasal, and Santa Rita Corozal," in S. Whittington and D. Reed, Eds., Bones of the Ancestors: Recent Studies of Ancient Maya Skeletons pp. 15-27, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

[PDF] 1998 "Albergando a los Muertos en Caracol, Belice," Los Investigadores de la Cultura Maya 6(1):9-25, Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, Campeche.

[PDF] 2004 "Diverse Voices: Toward an Understanding of Belize Valley Archaeology," in J. Garber, Ed., The Archaeology of the Belize Valley: Half a Century Later, pp. 335-348, University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

Chase, Diane Z. and Arlen F. Chase

1992 "Die Maya der Postklassik," in N. Grube, Ed., Die Welt der Maya, pp. 257-277, Verlag Phillipp von Zabern, Mainz, Germany.

text1994 "The Caracol Project 1994," Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Newsletter (October).

[PDF] 1996 "Maya Multiples: Individuals, Entries, and Tombs in Structure A34 of Caracol, Belize," Latin American Antiquity 7(1):61-79.

[PDF]1998"The Architectural Context of Caches, Burials, and Other Ritual Activities for the Classic Period Maya (as Reflected at Caracol, Belize)," in Stephen D. Houston, ed., Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture, pp. 239-332, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

[PDF] 2000 "La Guerra Maya del Periodo Clasico desde la Perspectiva de Caracol, Belice," in Sylvia Trejo, Ed., La Guerra entre lost antiguos Mayas: Memoria de la Primera Mesa Redondada de Palenque, pp. 55-72, Instituto Nacion de Antropologia e Historia and Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico.

[PDF] 2000 "Inferences about Abandonment: Maya Household Archaeology and Caracol, Belize," Mayab 13:67-77.

[PDF] 2001 "Underlying Structure in Maya Persistence: An Archaeological Perspective," in U. Hostettler and M. Restall, Eds., Maya Survivalism, pp. 37-50, Acta Mesoamericana No. 12, Markt Schwaben, Verlag A. Saurwein, Germany.

[PDF] 2002 "Classic Maya Warfare and Settlement Archaeology at Caracol, Belize," Estudios de Cultura Maya 23: 33-51.

[PDF] 2003 "Texts and Contexts in Classic Maya Warfare: A Brief Consideration of Epigraphy and Archaeology at Caracol, Belize," in M.K. Brown and T.W. Stanton, Eds., Ancient Mesoamerican Warfare , pp. 171-188, Alta Mira Press, Walnut Creek.

[PDF] 2003 "Secular, Sagrado, y Revisitado: La Profanacion,alteracion, y reconsagracion de los Antiguos Entierros Mayas" in A. Ciudad Ruiz, M.H. Ruz Sosa, and M.J. Iglesias Ponce de Leon, Eds., Antropologia de la Eternidad: La Muere en la Cultura Maya , pp. 255-277, Publicacion 7, Sociedad de los Estudios Mayas, Madrid.

[PDF] 2004 "Hermeneutics, Transitions, and Transformations in Classic to Postclassic Maya Society," in A. Demarest, P. Rice, and D. Rice, Eds., The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Collapse, Transition, and Transformation, pp. 12-27, University of Colorado Press, Boulder.

[PDF] 2004 "Archaeological Perspectives on Classic Maya Social Organization from Caracol, Belize," Ancient Mesoamerica 15: 111-119.

[PDF] 2004 "Santa Rita Corozal: Twenty Years Later," Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 1:243-255.

[PDF] 2004 "Patrones de Enterramiento y Ciclos Residenciales en Caracol, Belice," in R. Cobos, Ed., Culto Funerario en la Sociedad Maya: Memoria de la Cuarta Mesa Redonda de Palenque pp. 203-230, INAH, Mexico, D.F.

[PDF] 2005 "The Early Classic Period at Santa Rita Corozal: Issues of Hierarchy, Heterarchy, and Stratification in Northern Belize," Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 2: 111-129.

[PDF] 2006 "Framing the Maya Collapse: Continuity, Discontinuity, Method, and Practice in the Classic to Postclassic Southern Maya Lowlands,Ó in G. Schwartz and J. Nichols, Eds., After the Collapse: The Regeneration of Complex Societies, pp. 168-187, University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

[PDF] 2006 "The Dawn of Maya Civilization: Preclassic Archaeology from Santa Rita Corozal," Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 3: 85-100.

[PDF] 2008 "Que no nos Cuentan los Jeroglificos?: Arqueologia e Historia en Caracol, Belice," Mayab 20 (in press).

n.d. "Interpreting Form and Context: Ceramic Analysis at Caracol, Nohmul, and Santa Rita Corozal, Belize," in H. McKillop and S. Mock, Eds., New Directions in Maya Ceramic Analysis, University Presses of Florida, Gainesville.

n.d. "Changing Perspectives on Caracol, Belize: Long-Term Archaeological Research and the Northeast Sector Settlement Pattern," in Maya Archaeology of Belize and Surrounding Areas, Department of Archaeology, Belize.

Chase, Diane Z., Arlen F. Chase, and William A. Haviland

[PDF] 1990 "The Classic Maya City: Reconsidering "The Mesoamerican Urban Tradition,"" American Anthropologist 92: 499-506.

Cobos, Rafael

1994 "Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Mollusca and Shell Ornaments of Caracol, Belize," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 139-147, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

Coultas, C. Lynn, Mary E. Collins, and Arlen F. Chase

[PDF] 1993 "The Effect of Ancient Maya Agriculture on Terraced Soils of Caracol, Belize," in J. Foss, M.E. Timpson, and M.W. Morris, Eds., Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pedo-Archaeology, pp. 191-201, Agricultural Experiment Station Special Publication 93-03, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

1994 "Some Soils Common to Caracol, Belize and Their Significance to Ancient Agriculture and Land-Use," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 21-33, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

Dunlop, Jim, Arlen F. Chase, and Diane Z. Chase

[PDF] 1989 "Photovoltaic Power for Remote Archaeological Research: A Case Study," in M.J. Coleman, Ed., Proceedings of the 1989 Annual Conference of the American Solar Energy Society: Technical Papers, pp. 326-331, U.S. Section of the Solar Energy Society, Boulder.

Feld, William A.

1994 "The Caves of Caracol: Initial Impressions," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 76-82, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

Grube, Nikolai

1994 "Epigraphic Research at Caracol, Belize," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 83-122, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

in prep. "Epigraphic Research at Caracol, Belize: An Update." (Appendix) In Chase and Chase Investigations at Caracol, Belize: 1988-1996, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 8, San francisco (publication expected 1998).

Houston, Stephen D.

1987 "Appendix II: Notes on Caracol Epigraphy and Its Significance," in A. Chase and D. Chase, Eds., Investigations at the Classic Maya City of Caracol, Belize: 1985-1987, pp. 85-100, PARI Monograph 3, San Francisco.

1991 "Appendix: Caracol Altar 21," in M.G. Robertson and V.M. Fields, Eds., Sixth Palenque Round Table, 1986, pp. 38-42, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

Hughes, Charles, J. Michael Moshell, Dean Reed, Diane Z. Chase, and Arlen F. Chase

[PDF]2001 "The Caracol Time Travel Project," Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation 12(4):203-214.

Hunter-Tate, Clarrisa

1994 "The Chultuns of Caracol," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 64-75, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

Jaeger Liepins, Susan

1987 "Appendix III: The Conchita Causeway and Associated Settlement: Investigating Social Integration," in A. Chase and D. Chase, Eds., Investigations at the Classic Maya City of Caracol, Belize: 1985-1987, pp. 101-105, PARI Monograph 3, San Francisco.

Jones, John G.

1994 "Evaluation of the Potential for Plant Microfossil Recovery at the Site of Caracol, Belize and Their Significance to Ancient Agriculture and Land Use," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 34-39, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

Liepins,Jeager Susan

1994 "The Conchita Causeway Settlement Subprogram," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 47-63, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

Miller, Bruce and Carolyn Miller

1994 "Caracol: An Ecological Perspective," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 1-11, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

Morton, June D.

1987 "Appendix IV: A Preliminary Report on the Faunal Analysis of Caracol, Belize," in A. Chase and D. Chase, Eds., Investigations at the Classic Maya City of Caracol, Belize: 1985-1987, pp. 106-110, PARI Monograph 3, San Francisco.

Pope, Cynthia

1994 "Preliminary Analysis of Small Chert Tools and Related Debitage at Caracol, Belize," in D. Chase and A. Chase, Eds., Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize, pp. 148-156, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute Monograph 7, San Francisco.

Teeter, Wendy G. and Arlen F. Chase

[PDF] 2004 "Adding Flesh to Bones: Using Zooarchaeology Research to Answer the Big-Picture Questions," Archaeofauna 13:155-172.

MA and PHD Theses

Hunter-Tate, Clarissa

1995 The Chultuns of Caracol, Belize; M.A. Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Muncie (August).

Jaeger, Susan

1991 Settlement Pattern Research at Caracol, Belize: The Social Organization in a Classic Maya Center, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department ofAnthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas (December).

Murtha, Timothy

2002 Land and Labor: Classic Maya Terraced Agriculture at Caracol, Belize, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department ofAnthropology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA (August).

Pope, Cynthia

1996 Small Chert Tools and the Debitage from Craft Activity Areas at the Maya Site of Caracol, Belize, M.A. Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin (April).

Teeter (Giddens), Wendy

2001 Maya Diet in a Changing Urban Environment: Faunal Utilization at Caracol, Belize, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California at Los Angeles (December).