This book traces the history of past human settlement, over a period of two thousand years, in one of Mesoamerica's most important early cities. In his new prologue, Richard Blanton discusses the genesis and background of the project, its impact on the development of urban archaeology, and the changes it stimulated in how archaeologists think about the Mesoamerican past.

Monte Alban: Settlement Patterns at the Ancient Zapotec Capital (Studies in archeology)

History

Blanton, Richard E.

Americas

Academic Pr

The author presents a large comparative database derived from ethnographic and architectural research in Southeast Asia, Egypt, Mesoamerica, and other areas; proposes new methodologies for comparative analyses of houses; and critically examines existing methodologies, theories, and data. His work expands on and systematizes comparative and cross-cultural approaches to the study of households and their environments to provide a firm foundation for this emerging line of study.

Houses and Households: A Comparative Study (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)

Springer

Book by Blanton, Richard E., Kowalewski, Stephen A., Feinman, Gary M., Appel, Jill

Ancient Mesoamerica: A Comparison of Change in Three Regions (New Studies in Archaeology)

Feinman, Gary M.

Kowalewski, Stephen A.

Appel, Jill

Cambridge University Press

FIRST EDITION. 1981 Cambridge University Press trade paperback, Richard E. Blanton, Stephen A. Kowalewski, Gary M. Feinman , Laura M. Finsten. 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. - Amazon

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.

Finsten, Laura M.

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.

Co-published with the Society for Economic Anthropology, this work explores the social, political and economic contexts and consequences of economic interaction beyond the local systems. Because the focus of economic analysis is often local, particularly in anthropology, this book specifically aims analysis beyond the local system of economic interaction.

Economic analysis beyond the local system (Monographs in Economic Anthropology, 13)

Business & Money

University Press of America

Co-published with the Society for Economic Anthropology, this work explores the social, political and economic contexts and consequences of economic interaction beyond the local systems. Because the focus of economic analysis is often local, particularly in anthropology, this book specifically aims analysis beyond the local system of economic interaction. Note Special Title: Co-published with Society for Economic Anthropology

Economic Analysis Beyond the Local System (Volume 13) (Monographs in Economic Anthropology Series, 13)

Economics

Vol. 7 of the subseries Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Valley of Oaxaca; Kent V. Flannery and Richard E. Blanton, General Editors.

Monte Alban's Hinterland, Part I: The Prehispanic Settlement Patterns of the Central and Southern Parts of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico (Memoirs)

Feinman,Gary

Kowalewski, Stephen

U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

Monte Alban: Settlement Patterns at the Ancient Zapotec Capital (Foundations of Archaeology)

Percheron Press/Eliot Werner Publications

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Monte Alban: Settlement Patterns at the Ancient Zapotec Capital (Studies in archeology)

Houses and Households: A Comparative Study (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)

Ancient Mesoamerica: A Comparison of Change in Three Regions (New Studies in Archaeology)

Ancient Mesoamerica: A Comparison of Change in Three Regions (New Studies in Archaeology)

Ancient Mesoamerica: A Comparison of Change in Three Regions (New Studies in Archaeology)

Ancient Mesoamerica: A Comparison of Change in Three Regions (New Studies in Archaeology)

Economic analysis beyond the local system (Monographs in Economic Anthropology, 13)

Economic Analysis Beyond the Local System (Volume 13) (Monographs in Economic Anthropology Series, 13)

Monte Alban's Hinterland, Part I: The Prehispanic Settlement Patterns of the Central and Southern Parts of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico (Memoirs)

Monte Alban: Settlement Patterns at the Ancient Zapotec Capital (Foundations of Archaeology)