Download or read book Oaxaca the Archaeological Record written by Marcus Winter and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bridging the Gaps written by Danny Zborover and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridging the Gaps: Integrating Archaeology and History in Oaxaca, Mexico does just that: it bridges the gap between archaeology and history of the Precolumbian, Colonial, and Republican eras of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, a cultural area encompassing several of the longest-enduring literate societies in the world. Fourteen case studies from an interdisciplinary group of archaeologists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and art historians consciously compare and contrast changes and continuities in material culture before and after the Spanish conquest, in Prehispanic and Colonial documents, and in oral traditions rooted in the present but reflecting upon the deep past. Contributors consider both indigenous and European perspectives while exposing and addressing the difficulties that arise from the application of this conjunctive approach. Inspired by the late Dr. Bruce E. Byland’s work in the Mixteca, which exemplified the union of archaeological and historical evidence and inspired new generations of scholars, Bridging the Gaps promotes the practice of integrative studies to explore the complex intersections between social organization and political alliances, religion and sacred landscape, ethnic identity and mobility, colonialism and resistance, and territoriality and economic resources.
Download or read book Ancient Oaxaca written by Richard E. Blanton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-27 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of social and political transformation and development of statehood in Oaxaca.
Download or read book Debating Oaxaca Archaeology written by Joyce Marcus and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancient Oaxaca written by John Paddock and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Stanford University Press classic.
Download or read book Archaeology of Death in the Lower Rio Verde Valley Oaxaca Mexico During the Late and Terminal Formative Period 400BC AD250 written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis represents an assessment and interpretation of the mortuary practices conducted at the archaeological sites of Cerro de la Cruz, Río Viejo, and Yugüe during the Late and Terminal Formative Period (400BC-AD250). These sites are located on the fertile floodplain of the Río Verde, on the southern coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The main goal of this body of work is to determine whether social stratification existed at the said sites using burial goods as social markers in the absence of ethnohistoric records or carved stone monuments that could indicate the presence of a social hierarchical pyramid. In addition, a secondary goal of this body of work is to challenge the old concept of the chiefdom. It is this thesis contention that this concept is outdated and monolithic thus not always applicable to the archaeological sites this thesis is concerned with. Based on the archaeological record established by Sarah Barr Barber and Art A. Joyce, concomitant with the burial practices at the sites of Cerro de la Cruz, Río Viejo, and Yugüe, an alternative form of social organization is considered here: the corporate system of social organization. Current archaeological tenets indicate that the chiefdom is characterized by the apical figure of the chief, a ruling elite, a commoner class, a standing army, monopolized access to sustenance sources, and monumental architecture. In the corporate system of social organization, on the other hand, all actions are derived from a communal mindset in which the self-aggrandizement tendencies of high status individuals are kept in check by the rest of the community. The burial practices conducted at Cerro de la Cruz, Río Viejo, and Yugüe can provide insights as to the type of social organization they had during the second half of the Formative Period in the Río Verde area.
Download or read book Cerro Danush written by Ronald K. Faulseit and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book After Monte Alb n written by Jeffrey P. Blomster and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Monte Albán reveals the richness and interregional relevance of Postclassic transformations in the area now known as Oaxaca, which lies between Central Mexico and the Maya area and, as contributors to this volume demonstrate, achieved cultural centrality in pan-Mesoamerican networks. Large nucleated states throughout Oaxaca collapsed after 700 C.E., including the great Zapotec state centered in the Valley of Oaxaca, Monte Albán. Elite culture changed in fundamental ways as small city-states proliferated in Oaxaca, each with a new ruling dynasty required to devise novel strategies of legitimization. The vast majority of the population, though, sustained continuity in lifestyle, religion, and cosmology. Contributors synthesize these regional transformations and continuities in the lower Rio Verde Valley, the Valley of Oaxaca, and the Mixteca Alta. They provide data from material culture, architecture, codices, ethnohistoric documents, and ceramics, including a revised ceramic chronology from the Late Classic to the end of the Postclassic that will be crucial to future investigations. After Monte Albán establishes Postclassic Oaxaca's central place in the study of Mesoamerican antiquity. Contributors include Jeffrey P. Blomster, Bruce E. Byland, Gerardo Gutierrez, Byron Ellsworth Hamann, Arthur A. Joyce, Stacie M. King, Michael D. Lind, Robert Markens, Cira Martínez López, Michel R. Oudijk, and Marcus Winter.
Download or read book Mixtecs Zapotecs and Chatinos written by Arthur A. Joyce and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: Ancient Peoples of Southern Mexico examines the origins, history, and interrelationships of the civilizations that arose and flourished in Oaxaca. Provides an up-to-date summary of the current state of research findings and archaeological evidence Uses contemporary social theory to address many key problems relating to archaeology of the Americas, including the dynamics of social life and the rise and fall of civilizations Adds clarity to ongoing debates over cultural change and interregional interactions in ancient Mesoamerican societies Supplemented with compelling illustrations, photographs, and line drawings of various archaeological sites and artifacts
Download or read book Ancient Oaxaca written by Richard E. Blanton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-28 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Between Art and Artifact written by Ronda L. Brulotte and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oaxaca is internationally renowned for its marketplaces and archaeological sites where tourists can buy inexpensive folk art, including replicas of archaeological treasures. Archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals sometimes discredit this trade in “fakes” that occasionally make their way to the auction block as antiquities. Others argue that these souvenirs represent a long cultural tradition of woodcarving or clay sculpting and are “genuine” artifacts of artisanal practices that have been passed from generation to generation, allowing community members to preserve their cultural practices and make a living. Exploring the intriguing question of authenticity and its relationship to cultural forms in Oaxaca and throughout southern Mexico, Between Art and Artifact confronts an important issue that has implications well beyond the commercial realm. Demonstrating that identity politics lies at the heart of the controversy, Ronda Brulotte provides a nuanced inquiry into what it means to present “authentic” cultural production in a state where indigenous ethnicity is part of an awkward social and racial classification system. Emphasizing the world-famous woodcarvers of Arrazola and the replica purveyors who come from the same community, Brulotte presents the ironies of an ideology that extols regional identity but shuns its artifacts as “forgeries.” Her work makes us question the authority of archaeological discourse in the face of local communities who may often see things differently. A departure from the dialogue that seeks to prove or disprove “authenticity,” Between Art and Artifact reveals itself as a commentary on the arguments themselves, and what the controversy can teach us about our shifting definitions of authority and authorship.
Download or read book Guila Naquitz written by Kent V Flannery and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reports on the excavation of Guilá Naquitz cave in Oaxaca, a site that provides important evidence for the earliest plant domestication in the New World. Stratigraphic studies, examinations of artifactual and botanical remains, simulations, and an imaginative reconstruction make this a model project of processual archaeology.
Download or read book Agricultural Intensification and Prehistoric Health in the Valley of Oaxaca Mexico written by Denise C. Hodges and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Craft Specialization at Ejutla Oaxaca Mexico written by William D. Middleton and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mixtecs of Oaxaca written by Ronald Spores and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mixtec peoples were among the major original developers of Mesoamerican civilization. Centuries before the Spanish Conquest, they formed literate urban states and maintained a uniquely innovative technology and a flourishing economy. Today, thousands of Mixtecs still live in Oaxaca, in present-day southern Mexico, and thousands more have migrated to locations throughout Mexico, the United States, and Canada. In this comprehensive survey, Ronald Spores and Andrew K. Balkansky—both preeminent scholars of Mixtec civilization—synthesize a wealth of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic data to trace the emergence and evolution of Mixtec civilization from the time of earliest human occupation to the present. The Mixtec region has been the focus of much recent archaeological and ethnohistorical activity. In this volume, Spores and Balkansky incorporate the latest available research to show that the Mixtecs, along with their neighbors the Valley and Sierra Zapotec, constitute one of the world’s most impressive civilizations, antecedent to—and equivalent to—those of the better-known Maya and Aztec. Employing what they refer to as a “convergent methodology,” the authors combine techniques and results of archaeology, ethnohistory, linguistics, biological anthropology, ethnology, and participant observation to offer abundant new insights on the Mixtecs’ multiple transformations over three millennia.
Download or read book Polity and Ecology in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca written by Arthur A. Joyce and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encapsulating two decades of research, Polity and Ecology in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca is the first major treatment of the lower Río Verde region of Oaxaca, investigating its social, political, and ecological history. Tracing Formative period developments from the earliest known evidence of human presence to the collapse of Río Viejo (the region's first centralized polity), the volume synthesizes the archaeological and paleoecological evidence from the valley. This period saw the earliest agricultural settlements in the region as well as the origins of sedentism and social complexity, and witnessed major changes in floodplain and coastal environments that expanded the productivity of subsistence resources. The book addresses theoretically significant questions of broad relevance such as the origins and spread of agriculture, the social negotiation of complex political formations, the effects of long-distance trade and interaction, the macroregional effects of landscape change, and prehispanic ideology and political power. Focusing on questions of interregional interaction, environmental change, and political centralization, Polity and Ecology in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca provides a comprehensive understanding of the Formative period archaeology of this important and long neglected region of Oaxaca.
Download or read book Agricultural Intensification and Prehistoric Health in the Valley of Oaxaca Mexico written by Denise C. Hodges and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
