"The two volumes of Royal Courts of the Ancient Maya provide current archaeological perspectives on Maya courts conceived as vital, functioning social groups composed of lords, courtiers, scribes, prie"

Preface -- The Architecture of Early Kingship: Comparative Perspectives on the Origins of the Maya Royal Court -- The Royal Court of Early Classic Copan -- Thrones and Throne Structures in the Central Acropolis of Tikal as an Expression of the Royal Court -- The Royal Court of Caracol, Belize: Its Palaces and People -- Palaces and Thrones Tied to the Destiny of the Royal Courts in the Maya Lowlands -- The Buenavista-Cahal Pech Royal Court: Multi-palace Court Mobility and Usage in a Petty Lowland Maya Kingdom -- Life at Court: The View from Bonampak -- Triadic Temples, Central Plazas, and Dynastic Palaces: A Diachronic Analysis of the Royal Court Complex, Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico -- Post-Classic and Terminal Classic Courts of the Northern Maya Lowlands -- Post-Classic Maya Courts of the Guatemalan Highlands: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Approaches -- The People of the Patio: Ethnohistorical Evidence of Yucatec Maya Royal Courts