Cultural Continuity in Mesoamerica /
Cultural Continuity in Mesoamerica /
ed. by David L. Browman.
- Reprint 2011
- 1 online resource (438 p.) : 39 plates. 2 maps.
- World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series .
I-XIV -- PART ONE: Early Man in Mesoamerica and the Agricultural Basis -- Introduction -- Summary of Archaeological Evidence from the Valsequillo Region, Puebla, Mexico -- The Origin of Zea mays -- PART TWO: Exchange Networks -- Introduction -- Obsidian Exchange Networks: Inferences and Speculations on the Development of Social Organization in Formative Mesoamerica -- Shell Exchange Networks in Formative Mesoamerica -- Mössbauer Spectral Analysis of Olmec Iron Ore Mirrors: New Evidence of Formative Period Exchange Networks in Mesoamerica -- The Significance of the "Epiclassic" Period in Mesoamerican Prehistory -- Ports of Trade in Mesoamerica: A Reappraisal -- PART THREE: Ethnographic Contributions to Prehistory -- Introduction -- The Ancient Maya in Light of Their Ethnographic Present -- Ideas Concerning Maya Concepts of the Future -- Ethnographic Realities of Mayan Prehistory -- Mesoamericans as Cultural Brokers in Northern New Spain -- PART FOUR: Painting, Hieroglyphs, Ceramics, and Mythology -- Introduction -- Toward the Reconstruction of the Olmec Mythological System -- Maya and Teotihuacán Traits in Classic Maya Vase Painting of the Petén -- The Aztec System of Writing: Problems of Research -- The Deciphering of Glyphs Representing Mexica Governmental Titles -- The Aztec Day Names -- The Relationship Between Painting and Scripts -- Petroglyphs of the Antilles -- Contribution to the Study of Cultural Sequences in the Central Area of Costa Rica -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789027975607 9783110807776
10.1515/9783110807776 doi
Indians of Central America--History--Congresses.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities--Congresses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
F1434 / .C84
972.8
I-XIV -- PART ONE: Early Man in Mesoamerica and the Agricultural Basis -- Introduction -- Summary of Archaeological Evidence from the Valsequillo Region, Puebla, Mexico -- The Origin of Zea mays -- PART TWO: Exchange Networks -- Introduction -- Obsidian Exchange Networks: Inferences and Speculations on the Development of Social Organization in Formative Mesoamerica -- Shell Exchange Networks in Formative Mesoamerica -- Mössbauer Spectral Analysis of Olmec Iron Ore Mirrors: New Evidence of Formative Period Exchange Networks in Mesoamerica -- The Significance of the "Epiclassic" Period in Mesoamerican Prehistory -- Ports of Trade in Mesoamerica: A Reappraisal -- PART THREE: Ethnographic Contributions to Prehistory -- Introduction -- The Ancient Maya in Light of Their Ethnographic Present -- Ideas Concerning Maya Concepts of the Future -- Ethnographic Realities of Mayan Prehistory -- Mesoamericans as Cultural Brokers in Northern New Spain -- PART FOUR: Painting, Hieroglyphs, Ceramics, and Mythology -- Introduction -- Toward the Reconstruction of the Olmec Mythological System -- Maya and Teotihuacán Traits in Classic Maya Vase Painting of the Petén -- The Aztec System of Writing: Problems of Research -- The Deciphering of Glyphs Representing Mexica Governmental Titles -- The Aztec Day Names -- The Relationship Between Painting and Scripts -- Petroglyphs of the Antilles -- Contribution to the Study of Cultural Sequences in the Central Area of Costa Rica -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789027975607 9783110807776
10.1515/9783110807776 doi
Indians of Central America--History--Congresses.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities--Congresses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
F1434 / .C84
972.8