Ancient Oaxaca
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Bibliographic Information
Ancient Oaxaca
(Case studies in early societies)
Cambridge University Press, 2022
2nd ed
- : pbk
- Other Title
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Ancient Oaxaca : the Monte Albán state
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  Fukui
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Note
Other authors: Gary M. Feinman, Stephen A. Kowalewski, Linda M. Nicholas
Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-203) and index
"First published 1999"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Over two thousand years ago, Oaxaca, Mexico, was the site of one of the New World's earliest episodes of primary state formation and urbanism, and today it is one of the world's archaeologically best-studied regions. This volume, which thoroughly revises and updates the first edition, provides a highly readable yet comprehensive path to acquaint readers with one of the earliest and best-known examples of Native American state formation and its consequences as seen from the perspectives of urbanism, technology, demography, commerce, households, and religion and ritual. Written by prominent archaeological researchers who have devoted decades to Oaxacan research and to the development of suitable social theory, the book places ancient Oaxaca within the context of the history of ideas that have addressed the causes and consequences of social evolutionary change. It also critically evaluates the potential applicability of more recent thinking about state building grounded in collective action and related theories.
Table of Contents
- .1 Introduction: Mesoamerica and its pre-Hispanic civilization
- 2. Theorizing sociocultural evolution
- 3. Before Monte Alban
- 4. Origins of Monte Alban
- 5. The great transformation
- 6. Thinking about theories of sociocultural evolution from the perspective of Oaxaca
- 7. Cooperation and the foundation of Monte Alban.
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