Ancient Oaxaca

Name: Ancient Oaxaca
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ISBN: 9780521577878

ISBN-10: 052157787X

ISBN-13: 9780521577878

Edition: 1999

Authors: Richard Blanton, G. Feinman, S. Kowalewski, L. Nicholas, Rita P. Wright

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This book investigates the emergence of social complexity and state formation in a New World region. Around 500 BC, the Valley of Oaxaca, in present-day Mexico, was the site of one of the earliest Native American states, when a new regional capital was established at Monte Alban. Today one of Mexico's most famous and spectacular archaeological sites, Monte Alban signalled an important series of changes in regional political structure in the direction of greater political complexity and integration within a larger domain. The four authors of this introductory text have over the years produced much of the most important primary information we have about developing complex societies in this…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/27/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 164
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.94" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.594




Introduction: Mesoamerica and its pre-Hispanic civilization



The Valley of Oaxaca: a regional setting for an early state



The origins of Monte Alban



The great transformation



Synthesis and conclusion


Epilogue