Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to the late preclassic period
  • The site of Izapa in context
  • A historiography of Izapa and the Izapan style
  • Part of a continuum : supernatural communication in late preclassic Izapan style art
  • The performance of rulership : avian transformation in Izapan style monuments
  • Monuments in context
  • Beyond ritual : macaws, men, and matrices of exchange.