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Mesoamerican Archaeology Theory and Practice

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ISBN-10: 0631230521

ISBN-13: 9780631230526

Edition: 2003

Authors: Julia A. Hendon, Rosemary A. Joyce

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Offering an alternative to traditional textbooks, Mesoamerican Archaeology: Theory and Practice places the reader in the middle of contemporary debates by top archaeologists actively exploring the major prehispanic societies of Central America. Offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mesoamerica by focusing on key time periods, sites, and the issues these times and places require us to confront. Examines key moments in the Mesoamerican historical tradition, from the earliest villages where Olmec art flourished, to the Aztec and Maya City-states that Spanish invaders described in the 16th century. Engages the chronological benchmarks of precolumbian social…    
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Book details

List price: $64.50
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English

Rosemary A. Joyce is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a former museum director and curator at Harvard University and UC Berkeley. She has conducted archaeological fieldwork in Honduras since 1977 and her books include Gender and Power in Prehispanic America, The Languages of Archaeology, Embodied Lives, and Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives.

Series Editorsrsquo; Preface
Preface
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Mesoamerica: A Working Model
Mesoamerica Goes Public: Early Ceremonial Centers, Leaders, and Communities
Shared Art Styles and Long-Distance Contact in Early Mesoamerica
Governance and Policy at Classic Teotihuacan
Social Identity and Daily Life at Classic Teotihuacan
Social Diversity and Everyday Life within Classic Maya Settlements
Classic Maya Landscapes and Settlement
Sacred Space and Social Relations in the Classic Valley of Oaxaca
The Archaeology of History in Postclassic Oaxaca
Meaning by Design: Ceramics, Feasting and Figured Worlds in Postclassic Mexico
The Rural and Urban Landscapes of the Aztec State: Regional Perspectives and the Basin of Mexico Settlement Pattern Project
Postclassic and Colonial Period Sources on Maya Society and History
Glossary
Index