My work focuses on the spatial proclivities of ancient Maya society. Research primarily concentrates on the Late Classic (AD 700) Maya archaeological site of Cancuen in Guatemala’s Verapaz region of interface between the Central American volcanic highlands and the lush tropics of the Guatemalan Peten rainforest. Necessarily I use references from farther afield settlement within greater Mesoamerica to frame my thinking. Thanks in part to a CLACLS Summer Research, I was able to better define my project area within Cancuen and thus more rigorously compare the local settlement signature to others across prehistoric Latin America. The CLACLS fellowship has helped me illuminate this ethos of cosmopolitan social dynamism by allowing me to conduct field work that helped establish the background to my studies.