Middle Formative origins of the Mesoamerican ritual act of bundling / F. Kent Reilly -- Late Formative period antecedents for ritually bound monuments / Julia Guernsey -- Fit to be tied : funerary practices among the prehispanic Maya / Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Marc Zender, Pamela L. Geller -- Soul bundle caches, tombs, and cenotaphs : creating the places of resurrection and accession in Maya kingship / David A. Freidel, Stanley Paul Guenter -- Fabric structures in classic Maya art and ritual / Matthew G. Looper -- Power material in ancient Mesoamerica : the roles of cloth among the classic Maya / Dorie Reents-Budet -- Jade and chocolate : bundles of wealth in classic Maya economics and ritual / David Stuart -- Textile designs in the sculptured facades of northern Maya architecture : women's production, cloth, tribute, and political power / Jeff Karl Kowalski, Virginia E. Miller -- Ancestral burdens in Gulf Coast cultures / Annabeth Headrick, Rex Koontz -- Sacred bundles and the coronation of the Aztec king in Mexico-Tenochtitlan / Guilhem Olivier -- Sacred bundle cults in highland Guatemala / Allen J. Christenson