Ancient Mesoamerica by Richard E Blanton

Ancient Mesoamerica by Richard E Blanton

Mesoamerica has become one of the world's most important areas for research into the emergence of complex human societies. Between 10,000 years ago and the arrival of the Spanish in 1521, some of the most significant changes in the evolution of human societies occurred. These included the emergence of agriculture and sedentary villages, the growth of centralized governments (chiefdoms and states), and the rise of market systems, cities, and highly stratified social systems. In the 1970s and 1980s a number of ambitious research efforts produced exciting data on culture change in Mesoamerica. In this revised and updated 1993 edition of a book first published in 1981, the authors present a synthesis of Mesoamerican prehistory, focusing on three of its most intensively studied regions, the Valleys of Oaxaca and Mexico and the Maya lowlands. An original framework of ideas is developed to explain long-term change in complex societies.

Richard E. Blanton is Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University. Peter N. Peregrine is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Lawrence University. Deborah Winslow is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Hampshire. Thomas D. Hall is Professor of Sociology at DePaul University.

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ISBN 13	9780521446068
ISBN 10	0521446066
Title	Ancient Mesoamerica
Author	Richard E Blanton
Series	New Studies In Archaeology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1993-04-30
Number of pages	300
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