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The early Mesoamerican village / Kent V. Flannery, editor ; with a new (2009) foreword by Jeremy A. Sabloff.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
- Indians of Central America.
- Extinct cities--Mexico.
- Extinct cities.
- Extinct cities--Central America.
- Mexico--Antiquities.
- Mexico.
- Central America--Antiquities.
- Central America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (391 p.)
- Edition:
- Updated ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, Inc., 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One of the classic works of archaeology, The Early Mesoamerican Village was among the first studies to fully embrace the processual movement of the 1970's. Dancing around an ongoing dialogue on methods and goals between the Real Mesoamerican Archaeologist, the Great Synthesizer, and the Skeptical Graduate Student, it is both a seminal tract on scientific method in archaeology and a series of studies on formative Mesoamerica. It critically evaluates techniques for excavation, sampling of sites and regions, and stylistic analysis, as well as such theoretical factors of explanation as popular...
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword (2009) / Jeremy A. Sabloff; 1. Research Strategy and Formative Mesoamerica / Kent V. Flannery; 2. Analysis on the Household Level; 3. Analysis on the Community Level; 4. The Village and Its Catchment Area; 5. Sampling on the Regional Level; 6. Analysis on the Regional Level: Part I; 7. Analysis on the Regional Level: Part II; 8. Analyzing Patterns of Growth; 9. Analysis of Stylistic Variation within and between Communities; 10. Interregional Exchange Networks; 11. Interregional Religious Networks
- 12. A Prayer for an Endangered Species / Kent V. Flannery Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-41867-3
- 1-315-41868-1
- 1-59874-783-5
- OCLC:
- 711747389
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