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Ancient West Mexicos: Time, Space, and Diversity

Ancient West Mexicos: Time, Space, and Diversity

Englehardt, Joshua D.
Beekman, Christopher S.
Heredia Espinoza, Verenice Y.

Hardcover

AnthropologyArchaeologyMexican History

ISBN10: 0813066344
ISBN13: 9780813066349
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: Mar 31 2020
Pages: 394
Weight: 1.61
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The ancient societies of western Mexico have long been understudied and misunderstood. Focusing on recent archaeological data, Ancient West Mexicos highlights the diversity and complexity of the region's pre-Columbian cultures and argues that western Mexico was more similar to the rest of the Mesoamerican world than many researchers have believed. Chapters that treat investigations in Durango, Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Aguascalientes, and Michoacán draw on new evidence dating from across millennia, spanning different periods in Mesoamerican history. Contributors analyze materials including ceramics, architectural remains, textiles, and weaving tools to discern the settlement patterns, political structures, and cosmologies of the people who lived at these sites. Featuring intriguing case studies that point to unexpected pathways to sociopolitical complexity in ancient societies, these essays illustrate that the region's archaeological record can contribute meaningfully to a more nuanced picture of Mesoamerica as a whole. Contributors: Laura Almendros López Christopher S. Beekman Mijaely Castañón Fabio Germán Cupul-Magaña Manuel Dueñas García Joshua D. Englehardt Rafael García de Quevedo-Machain Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza Erika Ibarra Stephen A. Kowalewski Martha Lorenza López Mestas Camberos Michael Mathiowetz Joseph B. Mountjoy David Muñiz García M. Nicolás Caretta José Luis Punzo Díaz Diego Rangel Kimberly Sumano Ortega Jesús Zarco

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