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The dominant social theory used by archaeologists has tended to
focus on either small scale agency or large-scale cultural patterns
and processes of change. The authors of this volume argue that
archaeologists should use nonlinear models to more accurately model
the connections between scales of analysis, and show how
micro-scale variation can lead to macro-scale cultural change. This
work examines the applications of nonlinear systems models within
archaeology and evaluates the range of approaches currently
encompassed within Complexity Theory.
The dominant social theory used by archaeologists has tended to
focus on either small scale agency or large-scale cultural patterns
and processes of change. The authors of this volume argue that
archaeologists should use nonlinear models to more accurately model
the connections between scales of analysis, and show how
micro-scale variation can lead to macro-scale cultural change. This
work examines the applications of nonlinear systems models within
archaeology and evaluates the range of approaches currently
encompassed within Complexity Theory.
The ancient societies of western Mexico have long been understudied
and misunderstood. Focusing on recent archaeological data, Ancient
West Mexicos highlights the diversity and complexity of the
region's pre-Hispanic cultures and argues that western Mexico was
more similar to the rest of the Mesoamerican world than many
researchers have believed. Chapters that treat investigations in
Durango, Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Aguascalientes, and Michoacan
draw on new evidence dating from across millennia, spanning
different periods in the history of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
Contributors analyze materials including ceramics, architectural
remains, textiles, and weaving tools to discern the settlement
patterns, political structures, and cosmologies of the people who
lived at these sites. Featuring intriguing case studies that point
to unexpected pathways to sociopolitical complexity in these and
other ancient societies, these essays illustrate that the region's
archaeological record can contribute meaningfully to a more nuanced
picture of Mesoamerica as a whole.
Bringing the often-neglected topic of migration to the forefront of
ancient Mesoamerican studies, this volume uses an illuminating
multidisciplinary approach to address the role of population
movements in Mexico and Central America from AD 500 to 1500, the
tumultuous centuries before European contact. Clarifying what has
to date been chiefly speculation, researchers from the fields of
archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics, ethnohistory,
and art history delve deeply into the causes and impacts of
prehistoric migration in the region. They draw on evidence
including records of the Nahuatl language, murals painted at the
Cacaxtla polity, ceramics in the style known as Coyotlatelco,
skeletal samples from multiple sites, and conquest-era accounts of
the origins of the Chichen Itza Maya from both Native and Spanish
scribes. The diverse datasets in this volume help reveal the
choices and priorities of migrants during times of political,
economic, and social changes that unmoored populations from
ancestral lands. Migrations in Late Mesoamerica shows how migration
patterns are vitally important to study due to their connection to
environmental and political disruption in both ancient societies
and today's world. A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by
Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase
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