Series Editors' Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Contributors
1. Mesoamerica: A Working Model
Rosemary A. Joyce, University of California, Berkeley
2. Mesoamerica Goes Public: Early Ceremonial Centers, Leaders,
and Communities
John E. Clark, Brigham Young University
3. Shared Art Styles and Long-Distance Contact in Early
Mesoamerica
Richard G. Lesure, University of California, Los Angeles
4. Governance and Policy at Classic Teotihuacan
Saburo Sugiyama, Aichi Prefectural University, Japan
5. Social Identity and Daily Life at Classic Teotihuacan
Linda Manzanilla, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
6. Social Diversity and Everyday Life within Classic Maya
Settlements
Cynthia Robin, Northwestern University
7. Classic Maya Landscapes and Settlement
Wendy Ashmore, University of California, Riverside
8. Sacred Space and Social Relations in the Classic Valley of
Oaxaca
Arthur A. Joyce, University of Colorado
9. The Archaeology of History in Postclassic Oaxaca
John M. D. Pohl, University of California, Los Angeles
10. Meaning by Design: Ceramics, Feasting and Figured Worlds in
Postclassic Mexico
Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, Albion College
11. The Rural and Urban Landscapes of the Aztec State: Regional
Perspectives and the Basin of Mexico Settlement Pattern Project
Deborah L. Nichols, Dartmouth College
12. Postclassic and Colonial Period Sources on Maya Society and
History
Julia A. Hendon, Gettysburg College
Glossary
Index
Julia A. Hendon is Associate Professor of Anthropology at
Gettysburg College. She is a Maya archaeologist with field
experience since 1980 in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, and is
the former editor of Anthropological Literature: An Index to
Periodical Articles and Essays (1988–1996).
Rosemary A. Joyce is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She has been engaged in archaeological fieldwork in Honduras since 1977. Her most recent publications include: Gender and Power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica (2001), The Languages of Archaeology (2002), and Embodied Lives: Egypt and the Ancient Maya (editor, with Lynn Meskell, 2003).
"This is not the same old culture history but a respectable
compilation of recent fieldwork and analysis within a framework of
innovative problem-oriented research. Joyce's introductory chapter
is a synthetic tour de force." Journal of the Royal Anthropological
Institute
"With specially commissioned essays by leading scholars, this is an
excellent up-to-date introduction to Mesoamerican archaeology."
Oxbow Books
"In this volume archaeologists have, at last, a textbook on
Mesoamerica that combines recent data with current social thought.
The chapters are beautifully written and provocative, giving deeper
insight into Mesoamerican cultural diversity without simplifying
5000 years into a single story. Hendon and Joyce have chosen
contributors who are not just specialists, but who are some of the
most exciting thinkers of our generation." K. Anne Pyburn, Indiana
University
"Mesoamerican Archaeology: Theory and Practice is an outstanding
book. It is exactly what we’ve needed in the field for a very long
time and should be used by everyone teaching a course in
Mesoamerican archaeology. Hendon and Joyce have done an outstanding
job of integrating fresh essays by leading scholars into a text
that is both theoretically informed and empirically up to date. The
combination of theory and data make it an indispensable work."
Michael Love, California State University, Northridge
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