Joyce Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos

Ancient Peoples of Southern Mexico
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1495-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Peoples of America

Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: Ancient Peoples of SouthernMexico examines the origins, history, and interrelationships ofthe civilizations that arose and flourished in Oaxaca.
* Provides an up-to-date summary of the current state ofresearch findings and archaeological evidence
* Uses contemporary social theory to address many key problemsrelating to archaeology of the Americas, including the dynamics ofsocial life and the rise and fall of civilizations
* Adds clarity to ongoing debates over cultural change andinterregional interactions in ancient Mesoamerican societies
* Supplemented with compelling illustrations, photographs, andline drawings of various archaeological sites and artifacts

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joyce, Arthur A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures ix
Preface xiii
1 People, Culture, and History 1
Sources of Evidence 5
Theorizing Oaxaca's Ancient Past 17
2 Peoples and Landscapes on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest35
The Physical Geography of Oaxaca 36
Mixtec and Zapotec Peoples at the Time of the Spanish Conquest42
3 From Foragers to Village Life 64
First Peoples 65
The Archaic Period and the Origins of Agriculture 66
The Transition to Sedentism 70
Negotiating Initial Village Life 73
4 Negotiating Community and Complexity 84
Constructing Community and Identity in the Early Formative85
Community and Identity in the Early Middle Formative 104
Structures of Authority in the Early to Middle Formative 110
5 From Village to City: The Founding and Early Development ofMonte Albán 118
The Late Middle Formative Political Crisis 120
The Founding of Monte Albán 128
Political Consolidation and Upheaval at Monte Albán 155
6 Political Centralization in the Mixteca and Coast160
Social Transformations in the Mixtec Highlands 160
Interregional Interaction and the Rise of Mixtec Centers 173
Political Authority and Ideology 177
Urbanization in the Lower Río Verde Valley 180
Political Collapse in the Mixteca and the Oaxaca Coast 195
7 Authority and Polity in the Classic Period 197
Classic-Period Society in the Valley of Oaxaca 199
Classic-Period Polities of the Mixtec Highlands 226
Political Fragmentation and Centralization on the Oaxaca Coast239
8 Collapse and Reemergence 248
The Collapse in the Oaxacan Highlands 249
The Classic-Period Collapse and the Early Postclassic on theOaxaca Coast 252
Postclassic Heroic History 258
Lord 8 Deer "Jaguar Claw" and the Archaeology ofTututepec (Yucu Dzaa) 266
Late Postclassic Archaeology of the Oaxacan Highlands 270
The Spanish Conquest 280
9 Conclusions 283
Beyond Functionalism and Neo-Evolutionism in Oaxaca 284
Poststructural Theory and the Archaeology of the Mixtec,Zapotec, and Chatino 287
Endnotes 296
Bibliography 299
Index 336

Über Autor(innen)

Arthur A. Joyce is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has a Ph.D. from Rutgers University and has carried out field research in Oaxaca since 1986. His current research interests include social theory in archaeology, human ecology, and the origins, development, and collapse of complex societies in Mesoamerica.