SACRED BUNDLES: RITUAL ACTS OF WRAPPING AND BINDING IN MESOAMERICA EDITORS BOUNDARY END. ARCHAEOL 0G an CENTER Barnardsville, North Carolina 2006ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS At the outset we would like to acknowledge a University Co-operative Society Subvention Grant, awarded by The University of Texas at Austin to Julia Guernsey to assist in the publication of this volume, and thank Mr. George H. Mitchell, President of the University Co-operative Society, for his generosity. We would also like to express our gratitude to John M.D. Pohl and Heather S. Ort for their comments on the essays contained within this volume. Their excellent suggestions were greatly appreciated. We also thank our many other colleagues who shared their insights with us since the inception of this project. Julia Guernsey F. Kent Reilly 117 Copyright © 2006 by the Boundary End Archaeology Research Center Founded in 1984 as the Center for Maya Research, the Boundary End Archaeology Research Center has as its purposes 1) The promotion of research in the anthropology and art of Native America, including archaeology, epigraphy, ethnohistory, ethnology, and linguistics; and 2) The publishing of original research pertaining to these fields Boundary End Archaeology Research Center Post Office Box 529, Barnardsville, North Carolina, 28709, USA www.precolumbia.com/BEARC Library of Congress Control Number 2006940642 / ISBN 978-0-9791052-0-3 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, ot by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Introduction Julia Guernsey F. Kent Reilly, IIf v 1 Middle Formative Origins of the Mesoamerican Ritual Act of Bundling F. Kent Reilly, Il 1 2 Late Formative Period Antecedents for Ritually Bound Monuments Julia Guernsey 2 3 Fitto be Tied: Funerary Practices Among the Prehispanic Maya Kathryn Reese-Taylor Mare Zender Pamela L. Geller 40 4 Soul Bundle Caches, Tombs, and Cenotaphs: Creating the Places of Res- urrection and Accession in Maya Kingship David A, Freidel Stanley Paul Guenter 59 5 Fabric Structures in Classic Maya Art and Ritual Matthew G, Looper 80 6 Power Material in Ancient Mesoamerica: The Roles of Cloth among the Classic Maya Dorie Reents-Budet 105 7 Jade and Chocolate: Bundles of Wealth in Classic Maya Economics | and Ritual | David Stuart 127 8 Textile Designs in the Sculptured Facades of Northern Maya Architec- ture: Women’s Production, Cloth, Tribute, and Political Power Jeff Karl Kowalski Virginia E, Miller 4s Ancestral Burdens in Gulf Coast Cultures Annabeth Headrick Rex Koontz 175 ©