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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458572603321

Titolo

The early Mesoamerican village [[electronic resource] /] / Kent V. Flannery, editor ; with a new (2009) foreword by Jeremy A. Sabloff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Walnut Creek, Calif., : Left Coast Press, Inc., 2009

ISBN

1-315-41868-1

1-59874-783-5

Edizione

[Updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FlanneryKent V

SabloffJeremy A

Disciplina

930/.1/028

972.01

Soggetti

Indians of Mexico - Antiquities

Indians of Central America - Antiquities

Extinct cities - Mexico

Extinct cities - Central America

Electronic books.

Mexico Antiquities

Central America Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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...