The Early Mesoamerican Village: UPDATED EDITION
"This book is unique in the literature of New World archeology...its publication will mark a real increase in intellectual acuity, properly conceived research programs, and effectively executed excavation...The intellectual rigor with which Flannery approaches his subject is hard to match. Even more remarkable is the degree to which the book is a work of literature." --Donald W. Lathrap, SCIENCEEvery once in a while a book comes along in New World archaeology that marks a watershed in the discipline. Walter Taylor’s 1948 A Study in Archaeology was one. This is another. -Michael Coe, American AnthropologistIt is at least three treats in one package: (1) a significant contribution to one of the least understood topics of Mesoamerican archaeology—the Formative or Preclassic village, (2) an excellent exposition and application of various archaeological analytic methods, and (3) a whale of a lot of fun to read. -Robert Wauchope, American Antiquity