Ancient Oaxaca
The Monte Albán State
Seiten
2022
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2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-92618-8 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-92618-8 (ISBN)
Oaxaca, Mexico, is one of the world's important places where state-building and urbanism first appeared. This account, written by prominent archaeological researchers, provides a highly readable yet comprehensive path to acquaint readers with one of the earliest and best-known examples of Native American state formation.
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.
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.
Richard E. Blanton is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Purdue University. Gary M. Feinman is MacArthur Curator of Anthropology in the Negaunee Integrative Research Center at the Field Museum of Natural History. Stephen A. Kowalewski is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Georgia. Linda M. Nicholas is Adjunct Curator in the Negaunee Integrative Research Center at the Field Museum of Natural History.
.1 Introduction: Mesoamerica and its pre-Hispanic civilization; 2. Theorizing sociocultural evolution; 3. Before Monte Albán; 4. Origins of Monte Albán; 5. The great transformation; 6. Thinking about theories of sociocultural evolution from the perspective of Oaxaca; 7. Cooperation and the foundation of Monte Albán.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.07.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Case Studies in Early Societies |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 370 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-92618-5 / 1108926185 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-92618-8 / 9781108926188 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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