Origins of the Nuu

by Kowalewski, Stephen A.

• ISBN13: 9780870819292
• ISBN10: 0870819291
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-02
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado

Summary

Combining older findings with new data on 1,000 previously undescribed archaeological sites,Origins of the Ñuupresents the cultural evolution of the Mixteca Alta in an up-to-date chronological framework.The ñuu--the kingdoms of the famous Mixtec codices--are traced back through the Postclassic and Classic periods to their beginnings in the first states of the Terminal Formative, revealing their origin, evolution, and persistence through two cycles of growth and collapse. Challenging assumptions that the Mixtec were peripheral to better-known peoples such as the Aztecs or Maya, the book asserts that the ñuu were a major demographic and economic power in their own right.Older explanations of multiregional or macroregional systems often portrayed civilizations as rising in a cradle or hearth and spreading outward. New macroregional studies show that civilizations are products of more complex interactions between regions, in which peripheries are not simply shaped by cores but by their interactions with multiple societies at varying distances from major centers.Origins of the Ñuuis a significant contribution to this emerging area of archaeological research.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Regional Study of Ancient Societies in the Mixteca Alta	p. 1
Plan of the Book	p. 3
Origins of Urbanism and the State	p. 4
The Central Mixteca Alta	p. 5
Survey	p. 15
The Western Nochixtlan Valley	p. 29
Jazmin	p. 30
Nejapilla	p. 43
Yodocono	p. 49
Tidaa	p. 58
Tilantongo	p. 63
Sierra de Nochixtlan	p. 76
Greater Teposcolula	p. 81
Teposcolula	p. 82
Nunu	p. 96
Yodobada	p. 109
Yucunama	p. 117
Lagunas	p. 126
Yolomecatl	p. 137
Nduayaco	p. 146
Greater Huamelulpan	p. 157
Yucuxaco	p. 158
Huamelulpan	p. 165
Tayata	p. 174
The Inner Basin	p. 183
San Juan Achiutla	p. 184
Achiutla	p. 190
Yucuane	p. 202
Tlacotepec	p. 210
Amoltepec	p. 223
Magdalena Penasco	p. 230
Dzinicahua	p. 243
Greater Tlaxiaco	p. 255
Tlaxiaco Valley	p. 256
The Northeastern Periphery of Tlaxiaco	p. 267
The Southeastern Periphery of Tlaxiaco	p. 272
Nundichi/Numi	p. 279
The Polities of the Early and Middle Formative	p. 285
Archaic	p. 285
Early/Middle Cruz	p. 287
Late Cruz	p. 290
The Emergence of Urbanism and the State	p. 297
Early Ramos	p. 297
Late Ramos	p. 303
The Classic Nuu	p. 305
The Postclassic Nuu	p. 315
The Nuu in Anthropological Perspective	p. 331
Survey	p. 331
Formative Societies	p. 334
The Nuu and the State	p. 337
Regional Abandonments	p. 345
Agrarian Urbanism	p. 346
Resumen en Espanol	p. 351
Ceramic Chronology	p. 359
Early/Middle Cruz	p. 360
Late Cruz	p. 362
Early Ramos	p. 368
Late Ramos	p. 372
Transicion Las Flores	p. 372
Early Las Flores	p. 376
Late Las Flores	p. 379
Natividad	p. 379
Flaked and Ground Stone	p. 387
References Cited	p. 395
Tables	p. 407
Index	p. 501
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