Download or read book An lisis arqueol gico del yacimiento de obsidiana de Sierra de Las Navajas Hidalgo written by Rafael Cruz Antillón and published by Instituto Nacional de Antropologia E Historia. This book was released on 1994 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Results of recent mapping of an obsidian source area called Cerro Cruz del Milagro, a portion of the Sierra de Las Navajas (Pachuca). Artifacts and archaeological features such as mines are described. Monograph also contains a valuable oversized plane map, b/w photographs, and line drawings"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Download or read book An lisis arqueol gico del yacimiento de obsidiana de Sierra de Las Navajas Hidalgo written by Consuelo Sánchez and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book La explotaci n azteca de la obsidiana en la Sierra de las Navajas written by Alejandro Pastrana and published by Instituto Nacional de Antropologia E Historia. This book was released on 1998 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geology Petrology and Geo archaeology of Sierra Las Navajas Hidalgo Mexico written by L. Alyson Lighthart and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Obsidian Reflections written by David M. Carballo and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Departing from the political economy perspective taken by the vast majority of volumes devoted to Mesoamerican obsidian, Obsidian Reflections is an examination of obsidian's sociocultural dimensions—particularly in regard to Mesoamerican world view, religion, and belief systems. Exploring the materiality of this volcanic glass rather than only its functionality, this book considers the interplay among people, obsidian, and meaning and how these relationships shaped patterns of procurement, exchange, and use. An international group of scholars hailing from Belize, France, Japan, Mexico, and the United States provides a variety of case studies from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. The authors draw on archaeological, iconographic, ethnographic, and ethnohistoric data to examine obsidian as a touchstone for cultural meaning, including references to sacrificial precepts, powerful deities, landscape, warfare, social relations, and fertility. Obsidian Reflections underscores the necessity of understanding obsidian from within its cultural context—the perspective of the indigenous people of Mesoamerica. It will be of great interest to Mesoamericanists as well as students and scholars of lithic studies and material culture.
Download or read book The Maya and Teotihuacan written by Geoffrey E. Braswell and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume present extensive new evidence from archaeology, iconography, and epigraphy to offer a more nuanced understanding of the interaction between the Early Classic Maya and Teotihuacan. Winner, Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2005 Since the 1930s, archaeologists have uncovered startling evidence of interaction between the Early Classic Maya and the great empire of Teotihuacan in Central Mexico. Yet the exact nature of the relationship between these two ancient Mesoamerican civilizations remains to be fully deciphered. Many scholars have assumed that Teotihuacan colonized the Maya region and dominated the political or economic systems of certain key centers—perhaps even giving rise to state-level political organizations. Others argue that Early Classic rulers merely traded with Teotihuacan and skillfully manipulated its imported exotic goods and symbol sets to increase their prestige. Moving beyond these traditional assumptions, the contributors to this volume present extensive new evidence from archaeology, iconography, and epigraphy to offer a more nuanced understanding of the interaction between the Early Classic Maya and Teotihuacan. Investigating a range of Maya sites, including Kaminaljuyu, Copán, Tikal, Altun Ha, and Oxkintok, they demonstrate that the influence of Teotihuacan on the Maya varied in nature and duration from site to site, requiring a range of models to explain the patterns of interaction. Moreover, they show that the interaction was bidirectional and discuss how the Maya in turn influenced Teotihuacan.
Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies 1996 written by G K HALL and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1997-07 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tipolog a y an lisis de la obsidiana de Yaxchil n Chiapas written by Carlos Brokmann and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pathways to Prismatic Blades written by Kenn Hirth and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. This book was released on 2002 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the social and economic processes involved in the manufacture of obsidian prismatic blades, one of the sharpest cutting instruments ever produced in the prehistoric world. Focusing on ancient Mesoamerica, contributors examine the variation in the way the blades were manufactured and the causes behind their variation.
Download or read book The Postclassic Mesoamerican World written by Michael Ernest Smith and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Present a complete picture of Postclassic Mesoamerica with articles on polities, economic networks, information networks, case studies, and comparisons.
Download or read book Cristales y obsidiana prehisp nicos written by Michel Zabé and published by Siglo XXI Ediciones. This book was released on 1994 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Junto al barro y la piedra, el oro y las plumas, la obsidiana ocupa un lugar de honor, aunque poco estudiado, en el arte, la ornamentística, la utilería doméstica, la manufactura de armas y las ceremonias rituales. Este libro colma este vacío con sus meticulosos estudios (yacimientos, extracción, intercambios, útiles y ornamentos) y con el despliegue a todo color de las fotografías de Michel Zabé.
Download or read book Archaeology in Latin America written by Benjamin Alberti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-16 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering and comprehensive survey is the first overview of current themes in Latin American archaeology written solely by academics native to the region, and it makes their collected expertise available to an English-speaking audience for the first time. The contributors cover the most significant issues in the archaeology of Latin America, such as the domestication of camelids, the emergence of urban society in Mesoamerica, the frontier of the Inca empire, and the relatively little known archaeology of the Amazon basin. This book draws together key areas of research in Latin American archaeological thought into a coherent whole; no other volume on this area has ever dealt with such a diverse range of subjects, and some of the countries examined have never before been the subject of a regional study.
Download or read book International Handbook of Historical Archaeology written by Teresita Majewski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-07 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In studying the past, archaeologists have focused on the material remains of our ancestors. Prehistorians generally have only artifacts to study and rely on the diverse material record for their understanding of past societies and their behavior. Those involved in studying historically documented cultures not only have extensive material remains but also contemporary texts, images, and a range of investigative technologies to enable them to build a broader and more reflexive picture of how past societies, communities, and individuals operated and behaved. Increasingly, historical archaeology refers not to a particular period, place, or a method, but rather an approach that interrogates the tensions between artifacts and texts irrespective of context. In short, historical archaeology provides direct evidence for how humans have shaped the world we live in today. Historical archaeology is a branch of global archaeology that has grown in the last 40 years from its North American base into an increasingly global community of archaeologists each studying their area of the world in a historical context. Where historical archaeology started as part of the study of the post-Columbian societies of the United States and Canada, it has now expanded to interface with the post-medieval archaeologies of Europe and the diverse post-imperial experiences of Africa, Latin America, and Australasia. The 36 essays in the International Handbook of Historical Archaeology have been specially commissioned from the leading researchers in their fields, creating a wide-ranging digest of the increasingly global field of historical archaeology. The volume is divided into two sections, the first reviewing the key themes, issues, and approaches of historical archaeology today, and the second containing a series of case studies charting the development and current state of historical archaeological practice around the world. This key reference work captures the energy and diversity of this global discipline today.
Download or read book The Archaeology and History of Colonial Mexico written by Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An archaeological and historical study of Mexico City and Xaltocan, focusing on the years after the 1521 Spanish conquest of the Aztecs.
Download or read book Mesoamerica After the Decline of Teotihuacan A D 700 900 written by Richard A. Diehl and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1989 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aztec Imperial Strategies written by Frances F. Berdan and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1996 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers from the 1986 Summer Seminar, "Empire, Province, and Village in Aztec History."
