for kindnesses of all sorts. We lived in the village of Chunchucmil beginning in 2000, and we thank Alejandro Patrón, gualberto Tzuc Mena, Juventino Tzuc Dzul, Aida Cahuich Canul, and guadalupe Canul Chim for making this possible.The Consejo de Arqueología of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia provided permission to conduct research in Mexico. We thank the presidents of the consejo-Ing. Joaquin garcía Bárcena, Arqlgo. Roberto garcía Moll, and Arqlga. Mari Carmen Serra Puche-as well as the directors of the Centro INAH Yucatán-Luis Millet Cámara and Alfredo Barrera Rubio-for their efforts on our behalf.