1. Introduction -- 2. Reaching for the Stars: Linda Schele's Contributions to Maya Astronomy -- 3. Creation and the Ritual of the Bacabs -- 4. The Landscape of Creation: Architecture, Tomb, and Monument Placement at the Olmec Site of La Venta -- 5. Carved in Stone: The Cosmological Narratives of Late Preclassic Izapan-Style Monuments from the Paci¤c Slope -- 6. Gardening with the Great Goddess at Teotihuacan -- 7. Terminal Classic Sacred Place and Factional Politics at El Tajin, Veracruz -- 8. The Planet of Kings: Jupiter in Maya Cosmology -- 9. Ritual Circuits as Key Elements in Maya Civic Center Design -- 10. The Toponyms of El Cayo, Piedras Negras, and La Mar -- 11. Quirigua Zoomorph P: A Water Throne and Mountain of Creation -- 12. New Dance, Old Xius: The "Xiu Family Tree" and Maya Cultural -- 13. The Workshops on Maya History and Writing in Guatemala and Mexico -- 14. The Schele Icon and Maya Mania: The Growth of Public Interest in Maya Epigraphy -- Appendix 1. Bibliography of Linda Schele's Publications -- Appendix 2. Schele-ana: Memories of Linda Schele -- The Living Maya, the Mukta Antz Chingón, and Me: A Tale of Life and Death -- This Will Blow Your Mind -- The Rabbit Woman -- Working with Linda -- Writing on Through with Linda -- Spider Eyes -- The Age of Schele -- Remembrances of Linda Schele at the University of Texas at Austin -- Remembering the Blood of Kings -- Linda Scholastica -- References -- Contributors -- Index. |