Technology and tradition in Mesoamerica after the Spanish invasion : archaeological perspectives / edited by Rani T. Alexander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Alexander, Rani T., 1962- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

History.

Material culture.

Diffusion of innovations.

Mexico--Antiquities.

Mexico.

Antiquities.

Central America--Antiquities.

Central America.

Latin America--Civilization--Spanish influences.

Latin America.

Civilization.

Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Central America--Antiquities.

Indians of Central America.

Technology and civilization--History.

Technology and civilization.

Diffusion of innovations--Latin America--History.

Material culture--Latin America--History.

Social change--Latin America--History.

Civilization--Spanish influences.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019.

Summary:

"This impressive collection features the work of archaeologists who systematically explore the material and social consequences of new technological systems introduced after the sixteenth-century Spanish invasion in Mesoamerica. It is the first collection to present case studies that show how both commonplace and capital-intensive technologies were intertwined with indigenous knowledge systems to reshape local, regional, and transoceanic ecologies, commodity chains, and political, social, and religious institutions across Mexico and Central America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Technology and tradition after the Spanish invasion: an introduction / Rani T. Alexander

Obsidian production and use in Central Mexico after the Spanish invasion / Alejandro Pastrana Cruz, Patricia Fournier García, William J. Parry, and Cynthia L. Otis Charlton

Postconquest technological innovation and effect on ceramic traditions in Central Mexico / Patricia Fournier García and Cynthia L. Otis Charlton

Ceramic technology in Afromestizo neighborhoods of the colonial port of Veracruz, Mexico / Krista L. Eschbach

New materials, new technologies? Postclassic and early colonial technological transitions in the Nejapa region of Oaxaca, Mexico / Stacie M. King and Elizabeth Konwest

Technology and forest transitions in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico / Mario A. Castillo and Janine Gasco

Norias, cenotes, and rejolladas: changes in Yucatán's hydrogeologic landscape after the Spanish invasion / Rani T. Alexander and Nina Williams

Technological change of henequen decorticating machines during Yucatán's gilded age / Héctor Hernández Álvarez

Cane and consumerism: nineteenth-century sugar growing at Lamanai, Belize / Tracie Mayfield, Elizabeth Graham, and David Pendergast

An archaeology of indigo: changes in labor and technology in the Izalcos region of Western El Salvador / Kathryn E. Sampeck

Technological and cultural change during the conquest period at Ciudad Vieja, El Salvador / Jeb J. Card and William R. Fowler Jr

European technology and native traditions in Mesoamerican history: a commentary / Anthony P. Andrews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Technology and tradition in Mesoamerica after the Spanish invasion.

ISBN:

9780826360151

0826360157

OCLC:

1057243820

Publisher Number:

99980201843