Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: Ancient Peoples of Southern Mexico

by Arthur A. Joyce (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA )

• ISBN13: 9781444314953
• ISBN10: 1444314955
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• 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

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

People, Culture, and History

Sources of Evidence

Theorizing Oaxaca's Ancient Past

Peoples and Landscapes on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest

The Physical Geography of Oaxaca

Mixtec and Zapotec Peoples at the Time of the Spanish Conquest

From Foragers to Village Life

First Peoples

The Archaic Period and the Origins of Agriculture

The Transition to Sedentism

Negotiating Initial Village Life

Negotiating Community and Complexity

Constructing Community and Identity in the Early Formative

Community and Identity in the Early Middle Formative

Structures of Authority in the Early to Middle Formative

From Village to City: The Founding and Early Development of Monte Albán

The Late Middle Formative Political Crisis

The Founding of Monte Albán

Political Consolidation and Upheaval at Monte Albán

Political Centralization in the Mixteca and Coast

Social Transformations in the Mixtec Highlands

Interregional Interaction and the Rise of Mixtec Centers

Political Authority and Ideology

Urbanization in the Lower Río Verde Valley

Political Collapse in the Mixteca and the Oaxaca Coast

Authority and Polity in the Classic Period

Classic-Period Society in the Valley of Oaxaca

Classic-Period Polities of the Mixtec Highlands

Political Fragmentation and Centralization on the Oaxaca Coast

Collapse and Reemergence

The Collapse in the Oaxacan Highlands

The Classic-Period Collapse and the Early Postclassic on the Oaxaca Coast

Postclassic Heroic History

Lord 8 Deer "Jaguar Claw" and the Archaeology of Tututepec

Late Postclassic Archaeology of the Oaxacan Highlands

The Spanish Conquest

Conclusions

Beyond Functionalism and Neo-Evolutionism in Oaxaca

Poststructural Theory and the Archaeology of the Mixtec, Zapotec, and Chatino

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

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