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The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico - Five Centuries of Change (Hardcover)
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The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico - Five Centuries of Change (Hardcover)
Series: Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives
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Examining the long-lasting effects of European colonization on
Mexican populations The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in
Mexico explores how Mexican populations have been shaped both
culturally and biologically by the arrival of Spanish conquistadors
and the years following the defeat of the Aztec empire in 1521.
Contributors to this volume draw on a diverse set of methods from
archaeology, bioarchaeology, genetics, and history to examine the
response to European colonization, providing evidence for the
resilience of the Mexican people in the face of tumultuous change.
Essays focus on Central Mexico, Yucatan, and Oaxaca, providing a
cross-regional perspective, and they highlight Mexican scholars'
work and viewpoints. They examine the effects of the castas
system-which the colonizers used to organize society according to
parentage and the social construction of race-on individuals' and
groups' access to power, social mobility, health, and mate choice.
Contributors illuminate the poorly understood extent that this
system-and the national identity of mestizaje that replaced
it-caused structural inequality and the structural violence of
stress and health disparities, as well as genetic admixture. Five
hundred years after the Spanish first clashed with Aztec forces and
began to influence modern Mexico, this volume adds to discussions
of colonialism, the reconstruction of biosocial relationships, and
the work of decolonization. Students and scholars in anthropology
and history will gain insights into how human populations transform
and adapt in the wake of major historical events that result in
migration, demographic change, and social upheaval.
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