The Formation of complex society in southeastern Mesoamerica
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The Formation of complex society in southeastern Mesoamerica
CRC Press, c1991
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Revised papers from the 86th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Nov. 1987, and additional material
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book presents discussions on the formation of complex society of Southeastern Mesoamerica throughout pre-Columbian times. These societies include ones from the Early Preclassic or Formative period to those encountered by the Spaniards when they arrived in the early 16th century. Diverse classes of data from archaeology, ethnography, and ethnohistory are utilized. The book provides wide spatial and temporal coverage, as well as a wide diversity of theoretical perspectives. Anyone interested in archeology or the evolution of prehistoric complex societies will find this book fascinating.
Table of Contents
Approaches to the Study of the Formation of Complex Society in Southeastern Mesoamerica. The Beginnings of Mesoamerica: Apologia for the Soconusco Early Formative. An Emerging Early Formative Chiefdom at Paso de la Amada, Chiapas, Mexico. Style and Social Complexity in Formative Mesoamerica. The Evolution of Complex Societies in Southeastern Mesoamerica: New Evidence from El Mesak, Guatemala. Chiefs on the Coast: Developing Chiefdoms in the Tiquisate Region in Ethnographic Perspective. Patterns of Late Preclassic Interaction and the Formation of Complex Society in the Southeast Maya Periphery. The Late Preclassic Sula Plain, Honduras: Regional Antecedents to Social Complexity and Interregional Convergence in Ceramic Style. The Isthmian Alternative: Reconstructing Patterns of Social Organization in Formative Costa Rica. The Formation of Complex Society Among the Nahua Groups of Southeastern Mesoamerica: A Comparison of Two Approaches. Sociopolitical Organization in Central and Southwest Honduras at the Time of the Conquest: A Model for the Formation of Complex Society. Climatic Settings and Prehistoric Social Complexity: The Central American Isthmus.
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