Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos Ancient Peoples of Southern Mexico

by Joyce, Arthur A.

• ISBN13: 9780631209775
• ISBN10: 0631209778
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-14
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
People, Culture, and History	p. 1
Sources of Evidence	p. 5
Theorizing Oaxaca's Ancient Past	p. 17
Peoples and Landscapes on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest	p. 35
The Physical Geography of Oaxaca	p. 36
Mixtec and Zapotec Peoples at the Time of the Spanish Conquest	p. 42
From Foragers to Village Life	p. 64
First Peoples	p. 65
The Archaic Period and the Origins of Agriculture	p. 66
The Transition to Sedentism	p. 70
Negotiating Initial Village Life	p. 73
Negotiating Community and Complexity	p. 84
Constructing Community and Identity in the Early Formative	p. 85
Community and Identity in the Early Middle Formative	p. 104
Structures of Authority in the Early to Middle Formative	p. 110
From Village to City: The Founding and Early Development of Monte Albán	p. 118
The Late Middle Formative Political Crisis	p. 120
The Founding of Monte Albán	p. 128
Political Consolidation and Upheaval at Monte Albán	p. 155
Political Centralization in the Mixteca and Coast	p. 160
Social Transformations in the Mixtec Highlands	p. 160
Interregional Interaction and the Rise of Mixtec Centers	p. 173
Political Authority and Ideology	p. 177
Urbanization in the Lower Río Verde Valley	p. 180
Political Collapse in the Mixteca and the Oaxaca Coast	p. 195
Authority and Polity in the Classic Period	p. 197
Classic-Period Society in the Valley of Oaxaca	p. 199
Classic-Period Polities of the Mixtec Highlands	p. 226
Political Fragmentation and Centralization on the Oaxaca Coast	p. 239
Collapse and Reemergence	p. 248
The Collapse in the Oaxacan Highlands	p. 249
The Classic-Period Collapse and the Early Postclassic on the Oaxaca Coast	p. 252
Postclassic Heroic History	p. 258
Lord 8 Deer "Jaguar Claw" and the Archaeology of Tututepec (Yucu Dzaa)	p. 266
Late Postclassic Archaeology of the Oaxacan Highlands	p. 270
The Spanish Conquest	p. 280
Conclusions	p. 283
Beyond Functionalism and Neo-Evolutionism in Oaxaca	p. 284
Poststructural Theory and the Archaeology of the Mixtec, Zapotec, and Chatino	p. 287
Endnotes	p. 296
Bibliography 299
Index 336
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