TY - BOOK AU - AGUILAR,CARLOS H. AU - BEADLE,GEORGE W. AU - BERDAN,FRANCIS FREI AU - BULLEN,RIPLEY P. AU - Browman,David L. AU - ELLIOTT,JORGE AU - EVANS,BILLY JOE AU - GALARZA,JOAQUÍN AU - GIFFORD,JAMES C. AU - HOBGOOD,JOHN AU - HOWRY,JEFFREY C. AU - IRWIN-WILLIAMS,CYNTHIA AU - KINZHALOV,R.V. AU - LANDAR,HERBERT AU - OLEA,HORACIO CORONA AU - QUIRARTE,JACINTO AU - RILEY,CARROLL L. AU - WEBB,MALCOLM C. AU - WHEELER PIRES-FERREIRA,JANE AU - WHEELER ΡIRES-FERREIRA,JANE TI - Cultural Continuity in Mesoamerica T2 - World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series SN - 9789027975607 AV - F1434 .C84 U1 - 972.8 PY - 2011///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter Mouton, KW - Indians of Central America KW - History KW - Congresses KW - Indians of Mexico KW - Antiquities KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110807776 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110807776 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110807776/original ER -