Reviews
The standardized comparative approach used in this work is unique in Maya studies and will be a useful starting point for site-planning studies outside Belize as well. . . .Highly recommended.
--CHOICE
[Houk] has written a useful synthesis and analysis of Maya architecture in Belize . . . [He] writes clearly, with an approachable style that avoids the drone that architectural reviews often engender.
--Journal of Anthropological Research
A solid, workmanlike and badly needed general account of Belize’s under-valued sites.
--Antiquity
A tremendous book, intellectually rich, detailed, ambitious, and articulate.
--Latin American Antiquity
An important first step in further elucidating how ancient Maya cities developed and changed through time.
--American Anthropologist
By comparing fourteen sites scattered across modern Belize . . . Houk allows for new levels of comparative analysis in an understudied region.
--Anthropology News