El pasado indígena
By: Alfredo López Austin, Leonardo López Luján.
Contributors: López Luján, Leonardo.
Edition: 1. ed.
Series: Hacia una nueva historia de México
Publisher: Colegio de México, Fideicomiso Historia de las Américas; Fondo de Cultura Económica
Published: 1996
Place of publication: México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities.; Mexico -- Antiquities.
Description: "Divides indigenous peoples into three major units: 1) 'Aridamérica' (including central and southern California, the Sonora coast, the Great Basin of Nevada, Utah, and northwestern Arizona, the Apache area, a small part of southern Texas, and a large portion of northern Mexico), 2) 'Oasisamérica' (covering parts of northern Mexico, southeastern California, all of Arizona, almost all of Utah, more than half of New Mexico, and the southwestern corner of Colorado); and 3) 'Mesoamérica' (defined, in part, as taking in the peoples of 16 linguistic families:  Hokano-coahuilteca, Chinanteca, Otopame, Oaxaqueña, Mangueña, Huave, Tlapaneca, Totonaca, Mixe, Maya, Yutoazteca, Tarasca, Cuitlateca, Lenca, Xinca, and Misumalpa). Proceeds with an overview of the Mesoamerican preclassic, classic, epiclassic, and postclassic periods"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-303).