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Preceramic Mesoamerica delivers cutting-edge research on the
Mesoamerican Paleoindian and Archaic periods. The chapters address
a series of fundamental questions in American archaeology including
the peopling of the Americas, human adaptations to late glacial
landscapes, the Neolithic transition, and the origins of sedentism
and early village life. This volume presents innovative and
previously unpublished research on the Paleoindian and Archaic
periods and evaluates current models in light of new findings.
Examples include breakthroughs in dating Mesoamerica's earliest
sites and their implications for models of hemispheric
colonization; the transition to postglacial patterns of settlement
and subsistence; divergent pathways to initial sedentism; the
possibility of Archaic-period monumentality; changing patterns of
interregional exchange and interaction; and debates surrounding the
origins of agriculture, ceramics, and full-time village life. The
volume provides a new perspective on the Mesoamerican Preceramic
for students and scholars in archaeology, anthropology, and
history. Readers will come to understand how the Preceramic
contributed to the emergence of the cultural traditions that
anthropologists recognize as Mesoamerica.
Preceramic Mesoamerica delivers cutting-edge research on the
Mesoamerican Paleoindian and Archaic periods. The chapters address
a series of fundamental questions in American archaeology including
the peopling of the Americas, human adaptations to late glacial
landscapes, the Neolithic transition, and the origins of sedentism
and early village life. This volume presents innovative and
previously unpublished research on the Paleoindian and Archaic
periods and evaluates current models in light of new findings.
Examples include breakthroughs in dating Mesoamerica's earliest
sites and their implications for models of hemispheric
colonization; the transition to postglacial patterns of settlement
and subsistence; divergent pathways to initial sedentism; the
possibility of Archaic-period monumentality; changing patterns of
interregional exchange and interaction; and debates surrounding the
origins of agriculture, ceramics, and full-time village life. The
volume provides a new perspective on the Mesoamerican Preceramic
for students and scholars in archaeology, anthropology, and
history. Readers will come to understand how the Preceramic
contributed to the emergence of the cultural traditions that
anthropologists recognize as Mesoamerica.
Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: Ancient Peoples of Southern Mexico
examines the origins, history, and interrelationships of the
civilizations that arose and flourished in Oaxaca. Provides an
up-to-date summary of the current state of research findings and
archaeological evidence Uses contemporary social theory to address
many key problems relating to archaeology of the Americas,
including the dynamics of social life and the rise and fall of
civilizations Adds clarity to ongoing debates over cultural change
and interregional interactions in ancient Mesoamerican societies
Supplemented with compelling illustrations, photographs, and line
drawings of various archaeological sites and artifacts
This exciting collection explores the interplay of religion and
politics in the precolumbian Americas. Each thought-provoking
contribution positions religion as a primary factor influencing
political innovations in this period, reinterpreting major changes
through an examination of how religion both facilitated and
constrained transformations in political organization and status
relations. Offering unparalleled geographic and temporal coverage
of this subject, Religion and Politics in the Ancient Americas
spans the entire precolumbian period, from Preceramic Peru to the
Contact period in eastern North America, with case studies from
North, Middle, and South America. Religion and Politics in the
Ancient Americas considers the ways in which religion itself
generated political innovation and thus enabled political
centralization to occur. It moves beyond a "Great Tradition" focus
on elite religion to understand how local political authority was
negotiated, contested, bolstered, and undermined within diverse
constituencies, demonstrating how religion has transformed
non-Western societies. As well as offering readers fresh
perspectives on specific archaeological cases, this book breaks new
ground in the archaeological examination of religion and society.
This exciting collection explores the interplay of religion and
politics in the precolumbian Americas. Each thought-provoking
contribution positions religion as a primary factor influencing
political innovations in this period, reinterpreting major changes
through an examination of how religion both facilitated and
constrained transformations in political organization and status
relations. Offering unparalleled geographic and temporal coverage
of this subject, Religion and Politics in the Ancient Americas
spans the entire precolumbian period, from Preceramic Peru to the
Contact period in eastern North America, with case studies from
North, Middle, and South America. Religion and Politics in the
Ancient Americas considers the ways in which religion itself
generated political innovation and thus enabled political
centralization to occur. It moves beyond a "Great Tradition" focus
on elite religion to understand how local political authority was
negotiated, contested, bolstered, and undermined within diverse
constituencies, demonstrating how religion has transformed
non-Western societies. As well as offering readers fresh
perspectives on specific archaeological cases, this book breaks new
ground in the archaeological examination of religion and society.
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