Mexico's southern state of Quintana Roo is often perceived by
archaeologists as a blank spot on the map of the Maya world, a
region generally assumed to hold little of interest thanks to
its relative isolation from the rest of Mexico. But salvage
archaeology required by recent development along the "Maya
Riviera," along with a suite of other ongoing and recent
research projects, have shown that the region was critical in
connecting coastal and inland zones, and it is now viewed as an
important area in its own right from Preclassic through post-
contact times. It is an important touchstone for Maya and
Mesoamerican archaeologists, demonstrating the shifting web of
connections between Quintana Roo sites and their neighbors The
first volume devoted to the archaeology of Quintana Roo, this
book reveals a long tradition of exploration and discovery in
the region and an increasingly rich recent history of study.
Covering a time span from the Formative period through the early
twentieth century, it offers a sampling