Understanding the Classic to Postclassic Architectural Transformation of Rural Households and Communities in the Quexil-Petenxil Basins, El Petén, Guatemala

Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation, for which a dissertation improvement grant (BCS-0002831) funded the fieldwork carried out by this project. I thank the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., (FAMSI) for their support of the radiocarbon analysis. Additionally, I thank my dissertation committee, Dr. Don Rice (chair), Dr. Prudence Rice, Dr. Charles Hofling, Dr. Susan Gillespie, and Dr. Carma Gorman for their support over the last several years. Any shortcomings of this work, however, remain my own.

Of course, the support of my family was also important to the completion of this project. In particular, I thank my wife, Hongfei Liu; father, David Schwarz; and brother, Brian Schwarz for their aid and patience over the years. Dr. Prudence Rice carried out the ceramic analysis, in its crucial parts, so my special thanks go to her. Also William Duncan (SIUC) conducted all osteological analyses for this project, so thanks are due him. Sr. Ivo Romero skillfully prepared all the drawn illustrations presented here. I thank the Instituto de Antropología e Historia of Guatemala, which graciously permitted this work to occur. As well, I give collective thanks to colleagues and students at the Centro Universitario de Petén, Guatemala as well as other individuals too numerous to mention by name, who have aided this project in various ways. In particular, I thank the communities of Santa Elena, San Benito, and Ixlú, Guatemala whose approval and help as project participants made the project successful. Also owners of land in the Quexil-Petenxil Basins, particularly the Sagastume and Ortíz families, both approved and supported the work put forward here, so my thanks are extended to them.

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