IN MEMORIAM: OBITUARIES TO A GREAT SCHOLAR
Nikolai Grube: Pierre Robert Colas (13 January 1976 – 26 August 2008); Stanley Guenter: In Memoriam: Pierre Robert Colas; Frauke Sachse: Pierre Robert Colas †; Gordon Whittaker: Those whom the gods love die young: In memory of Pierre Robert Colas (1976-2008).

EXPLORATIONS IN MESOAMERICAN EPIGRAPHY AND ICONOGRAPHY
† Pierre Robert Colas: Personal Names: The Creation of Social Status among the Classic Maya, pp. 19–59; Marc Zender: The Naming Insight: Hieroglyphic Names and Social Identity in the Pre-Columbian Americas, pp. 61–74; Nikolai Grube and Kai Delvendahl: The Monuments of the 8 Ajaw House: New Evidence on the Calakmul-Uxul Relationship, pp. 75–95; Elisabeth Wagner: The Sculptured Frieze of Structure A-6-2nd, Xunantunich, Belize: A Preliminary Iconographic Analysis, pp. 97–146; Sven Gronemeyer: E pluribus unum: Embracing Vernacular Influences in Classic Mayan Scribal Tradition, pp. 147–162; Erik Boot: The Maya Ballgame and the Maize God: Notes on the Codex Style Ballgame Vessel in the Collection of the Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, the Netherlands, pp. 163–173; Jesper Nielsen: “To Sing Arrows”: Observations on the Representation of Sound in the Writing and Iconography of Teotihuacan, pp. 175–191.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CAVES AND SURFACE SITES
Christophe Helmke and James E. Brady: Epigraphic and Archaeological Evidence for Cave Desecration in Ancient Maya Warfare, pp. 195–227; Philip P. Reeder, William Reynolds, James Webster and Ulrich Wölfel: Geoarchaeological Research on the Northern Vaca Plateau, Belize, pp. 229–240; Lars Frühsorge: Zur Problematik kultureller Kontinuität in der Höhlenarchäologie, pp. 241–262; Jaime J. Awe, Julie A. Hoggarth and Christophe Helmke: Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Upper Belize River Valley and their Implications for Models of Low-Density Urbanism, pp. 263–285.

YUKATEK MAYA LANGUAGE, TEXTS AND CULTURE
Annette I. Kern, Karl Kramer and Ortwin Smailus: Of Curing and Vultures, pp. 289–307; Ortwin Smailus: A Short History of San Antonio, Cayo District, Belize, pp. 309–312; Armin Hinz: Global Rhythms – Local Lyrics: On the Relevance of Historical Roots in Contemporary Discourse on Cruzoob-Identity in Quintana Roo, pp. 313–323.

SOCIAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITY IN EASTERN MESOAMERICA
Victoria R. Bricker: Ethnic Stereotypes in Tzotzil Ritual Humor, pp. 327–335; Sergio Romero: “Our parents don’t talk like us!”: Migration, Adolescence and New Dialect Formation in Q’eqchi’ Maya, pp. 337–351; Frauke Sachse: Cultivating Marginality: The Process of Reconstructing Identity and the Development of Xinka Cultural Activism in Southeastern Guatemala, pp. 353–373; Judith M. Maxwell: Defining / defying Mayan Sacred Space: The Legal Battle over Cultural Definitions and Rights in Guatemala, pp. 375–387; Fernando Tzib: Different Identities for Different Contexts, pp. 389–399.