Ancient OaxacaCambridge University Press, 27 may 1999 - 153 páginas This book investigates the emergence of social complexity and state formation in a New World region. Around 500 BC, the Valley of Oaxaca, in present-day Mexico, was the site of one of the earliest Native American states, when a new regional capital was established at Monte Alban. Today one of Mexico's most famous and spectacular archaeological sites, Monte Alban signalled an important series of changes in regional political structure in the direction of greater political complexity and integration within a larger domain. The four authors of this introductory text have over the years produced much of the most important primary information we have about developing complex societies in this region. Drawing on the abundance of excavated remains and a survey of regional archaeological settlement patterns, they provide a succinct account of the causes and consequences of political change in the region. |
Índice
Introduction Mesoamerica and its preHispanic civilization | 1 |
The nature of civilizations | 4 |
Interaction spheres and world systems | 6 |
Mesoamerican civilization in the Late Postclassic | 7 |
Mesoamerica in 1000 BC | 17 |
The importance of states | 20 |
The Valley of Oaxaca a regional setting for an early state | 22 |
The physical environment | 31 |
Agricultural intensification and its consequences | 88 |
Art ideology and ritual | 101 |
State formation from the perspective of the household | 107 |
Change after Period I | 110 |
Synthesis and conclusions | 111 |
Monte Albán and the traditional theories of state formation | 112 |
New theoretical directions | 120 |
Additional theoretical issues | 127 |
Before Monte Alban | 34 |
The Middle Formative | 42 |
The origins of Monte Albán | 48 |
The new center | 49 |
Monte Albán as a disembedded capital | 62 |
Monte Albán in the Mesoamerican world | 66 |
The great transformation | 68 |
How to study early states | 129 |
Epilogue | 131 |
Bibliographical essay | 133 |
Bibliography | 135 |
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Ancient Oaxaca Richard Blanton,G. Feinman,S. Kowalewski,L. Nicholas No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1999 |
Términos y frases comunes
Acosta agricultural intensification ancient archaeological archaeologists architecture Aztec Basin of Mexico Berdan Bernal Blanton boundaries burials capital Caso central ceramic Chalcatzingo chiefdoms civic-ceremonial centers civic-ceremonial hierarchy Cocijo communities construction cultural descent groups Drennan Early Horizon economic Ejutla Valleys elite Etla evidence evolution example excavated exchange Feinman Finsten Flannery and Marcus formation governing households houses important increased irrigation Joyce Marcus KILOMETERS Kowalewski labor Late levels located long-distance Main Plaza major Marcus and Flannery Maya Mesoamerican civilization meters Mexico Miahuatlán Middle Formative Mixtec Monte Albán monuments mounds Museum of Anthropology Oaxaca and Ejutla Olmec Period piedmont platform political population growth pottery pre-Hispanic Press production public buildings region ritual Rosario phase San José Mogote San José phase settlement patterns social structure survey symbolic synoecism Tehuacán Teotihuacan tion Tlacolula University urban Valle Grande Valley of Oaxaca valley's Veracruz Whalen Zapotec Zapotec writing zone
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Collective Action in the Formation of Pre-Modern States Richard Blanton,Lane Fargher Vista previa restringida - 2008 |
Labor in Cross-cultural Perspective Society for Economic Anthropology (U.S.). Meeting Vista previa restringida - 2006 |