NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 1
ANNOUNCEMENTS 2
SITE-SEEING: NOTES FROM THE FIELD:
THE SERENDIPITY OF DISCOVERY: M. LOUISE BAKER AND ME
by Elin Danien
3
GOSSIP COLUMN
by Lady Sharp Tongue 8
FIRE DRILLING, BLOODLETTING, AND SACRIFICE: YEARBEARER RITUALS IN
THE MAYA AND BORGIA GROUP CODICES
by Gabrielle Vail and Christine Hernández
9
CHECK IT OUT! THE MUSEUM LIBRARY REPORT
by Anita
Fahringer
24
GRAMMAR IN THE SCRIPT: ERGATIVE LANGUAGES AND ABSOLUTIVE PRONOUNS
by Hutch Kinsman 29
BOOK REVIEW: ALFRED MAUDSLAY AND THE MAYA: A BIOGRAPHY
by Charles C.
Kolb
39
THE GLYPH COLUMN: LAKAMTUUN
by John Harris 42