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The Intermediate Area: An Introductory Overview Of Wealth And Hierarchy Issues / Frederick W. Lange -- The Pervasive Pejorative In Intermediate Area Studies / Payson D. Sheets -- Early Formative Cultures In The Intermediate Area: A Background To The Emergence Of Social Complexity / John W. Hoopes -- Ancient Honduras: Power, Wealth, And Rank In Early Chiefdoms / Paul F. Healy -- The Search For Elite Personages And Site Hierarchies In Greater Nicoya / Frederick W. Lange -- Wealth And Hierarchy In The Archaeology Of Eastern And Central Costa Rica / Michael J. Snarskis -- Art-tools And The Language Of Power In The Early Art Of The Atlantic Watershed Of Costa Rica / Mark Miller Graham -- The House And The Territory: The Organizational Structure For Chiefdom Art In The Diquis Subregion Of Greater Chiriqui / Robert P. Drolet -- The Origin Of Wealth And Hierarchy In The Central Region Of Panama (12,000-2,000 Bp), With Observations On Its Relevance To The History And Phylogeny Of Chibchan-speaking Polities In Panama And Elsewhere / Richard G. Cooke And Anthony J. Ranere -- Thoughts On Public Symbols And Distant Domains Relevant To The Chiefdoms Of Lower Central America / Mary W. Helms -- Monumental Sculpture As Evidence For Hierarchical Societies / Karen Olsen Bruhns -- The Historiography Of Wealth And Hierarchy In The Intermediate Area / William R. Fowler, Jr. -- Keeping Outsiders Out: Public Ceremony, Resource Rights, And Hierarchy In Historic And Contemporary Mapuche Society / Tom D. Dillehay -- Summary: Perspectives On Wealth And Hierarchy In The Intermediate Area / Frederick W. Lange. Frederick W. Lange, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.