Ancient West Mexicos

Time, Space, and Diversity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvJoshua D. Englehardt,Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza,Christopher S. Beekman

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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 Michoacán 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-03-31
Mått156 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt900 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor394
FörlagUniversity Press of Florida
ISBN9780813066349

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Joshua D. Englehardt, research professor at the Centro de Estudios Arqueológicos at El Colegio de Michoacán, is coeditor of Interregional Interaction in Ancient Mesoamerica.Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza, research professor at the Centro de Estudios Arqueológicos at El Colegio de Michoacán, is coeditor of Alternative Pathways to Complexity: A Collection of Essays on Architecture, Economics, Power, and Cross-Cultural Analysis. Christopher S. Beekman, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado Denver, is the editor of Migrations in Late Mesoamerica.

List of FiguresList of TablesIntroduction Christopher S. Beekman, Joshua D. Englehardt, and Verenice Y. Heredia EspinozaTime: Revised Regional Chronologies1. The Cultural Sequence during the Formative Period in the Valley of Colima Laura Almendros López2. The Early Segment of the Chronological Sequence at Los Guachimontones Christopher S. Beekman3. Revisiting the Archaeology of the Huetamo area, South–Eastern Michoacán, Mexico José Luis Punzo Díaz, Diego Rangel, Erika Ibarra, Jesús Zarco, and Mijaely Castañón4. The Early Postclassic Aztatlán Colonization of the Pacific Coast of Jalisco Joseph B. Mountjoy, Fabio Germán Cupul–Magaña, Rafael García de Quevedo–Machain, and Martha Lorenza López Mestas CamberosSpace: Old Questions, New Methods5. Architectural Discourse and Sociocultural Structure at Los Guachimontones, Jalisco Kimberly Sumano Ortega and Joshua D. Englehardt6. Constructing the pre–Hispanic landscape in the Santiago Bayacora Basin, Durango David Arturo Muñiz García and Kimberly Sumano OrtegaDiversity: Refined Theoretical Perspectives7. What the Teuchitlan Tradition is, and what the Teuchitlán Tradition is Not Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza8. Cerro de Santiago: An Epiclassic Site within the World System of Central–Northern Mexico M. Nicolás Caretta and Manuel Dueñas García9. Weaving our Life: The Economy and Ideology of Cotton in Postclassic West Mexico Michael Mathiowetz10. Conclusions Stephen A. KowalewskiIndexContributors