The ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica : a reader /
Smith, Michael Ernest,1953-
Masson, Marilyn A.
Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Publishers,
2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Mesoamerican civilizations / Marilyn A. Masson and Michael E. Smith -- Analyzing household activities / Kent V. Flannery and Marcus C. Winter -- Distinguishing the high and mighty from the Hoi Polloi at Tikal, Guatemala / William A. Haviland and Hattula Moholy-Nagy -- On the nature of the Mesoamerican city / Joyce Marcus -- Corporate groups and demestic activities at Teotihuacan / Linda Manzanilla -- Landscapes of cultivation in Mesoamerica on the eve of the conquest / Thomas M. Whitmore and B.L. Turner II -- Lithic craft specialization and product distribution at the Maya site of Colha, Belize / Harry J. Shafter and Thomas R. Hester -- Economic change in the Lowland  Maya late Classic period / Prudence M. Rice -- Imports and exports in classic Mesoamerican political economy : the Tehuacan Valley and the Teotihuacan Obsidian industry / Robert D. Drennan, Philip T. Fitzgibbons and Heinz Dehn -- Principles of regional and long-distance trade in the Aztec Empire / Frances F. Berdan -- New perspectives on prehispanic highland Mesoamerica : a macroregional approach / Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas -- Rural economy in late Postclassic Morelos : an archaeological study / Michael E. Smith and Cynthia Heath-Smith -- The power of prestige : competitive generosity and the emergence of rank societies in Lowland Mesoamerica / John E. Clark and Michael Blake -- Classic Maya Emblem Glyphs / Peter Mathews -- Ideology in ancient Maya cultural evolution : the dynamics of galactic politics / Arthur A. Demarest -- State and society at Teotihuacan, Mexico / George L. Cowgill -- Militarism and social organization at Xochicalco, Morelos / Kenneth G. Hirth -- The four priests : political stability / John M.D. Pohl -- Art, ritual and rulership in the Olmec world / F. Kent Reilly III -- Ancient Zapotec ritual and religion : an application of the direct historical approach / Joyce Marcus and Kent V. Flannery -- Kingship in the late preclassic Maya Lowlands : the instruments and places of ritual power / David A. Freidel and Linda Schele -- Postclassic Maya ritual at Laguna de On Island, Belize / Marilyn A. Masson -- figurines and the Aztec State : testing the effectiveness of ideological domination / Elizabeth M. Brumfiel -- Living with the ancestors : kinship and kingship in ancient Maya Society / Patricia A. McAnany.
Indians of Mexico
Indians of Mexico
Indians of Mexico
Indians of Central America
Indians of Central America
Indians of Central America