Ancient Southeast Mesoamerica : Political Economies Without the State / Patricia A. Urban and Edward M. Schortman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urban, Patricia A., 1950- author.

Schortman, Edward M., author.

Series:

Case studies in early societies

Case Studies in Early Societies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge University Press 2024

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Ancient Southeast Mesoamerica explores the distinctive development and political history of the region from its earliest inhabitants up to the Spanish conquest. It demonstrates how inhabitants from different locales were organized within a matrix of social networks, and how they mobilized the assets that they needed to achieve their own goals

Contents:

Ways of understanding southeast Mesoamerica Power, hierarchy, and social differentiation Early arrivals, domestication, and emerging sociopolitical complexity in southeast Mesoamerica (10,000 (?)-400 BCE) Reformulating social networks through the novel uses of things (400 BCE-CE 200) The arrival of divine lords : early classic southeast Mesoamerica (CE 200-600) The Copán realm, its colonies and allies (CE 600-800) The end of days : political decentralization and its aftermath among members of the Copán-centered network (CE 820-1000) Concentrating power and building hierarchy beyond the Copán-centered network (CE 600-800) Concentrating power in the terminal classic beyond Copán (CE 800-1000) Power and political economy in the late classic Naco and Middle Chamelecón Valleys (CE 600-800) Hierarchy to heterarchy in the terminal classic Naco and Middle Chamelecón Valleys (800-1000) Contrasting forms of complexity : the postclassic (CE 1000-1550) in southeast Mesoamerica Contesting for power, challenging hierarchy, making history

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-77934-3

1-316-80519-0

1-316-80008-3