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Record Nr.

UNINA9910838401203321

Titolo

Greater Mesoamerica : the archaeology of West and Northwest Mexico / / edited by Michael S. Foster and Shirley Gorenstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2000

ISBN

1-60781-798-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 307 p. : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

FosterMichael S <1947-> (Michael Stewart)

GorensteinShirley

Disciplina

972/.01

Soggetti

Indians of Mexico - Antiquities

Indians of Mexico - Mexico, North - Antiquities

Mexico Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A selection of 15 revised papers originally presented at the Center for Indigenous Studies in the Americas (CISA) first round table, "Cultural Dynamics of Precolumbian West and Northwest Mexico," held February 1992 in Phoenix.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- WEST AND NORTHWEST MEXICO -- THE LATE AND TERMINAL PRECLASSIC IN SOUTHEASTERN GUANAJUATO -- A SUMMARY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTH-CENTRAL MESOAMERICA -- THE EVOLUTION AND DECLINE OF A CORE OF CIVILIZATION -- TARASCANS AND THEIR ANCESTORS -- TARASCAN EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS -- PREHISPANIC CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF WEST MEXICO -- THE PREHISTORY OF MEXICO'S NORTHWEST COAST -- THE AZTATLÁN MERCANTILE SYSTEM -- ARCHAEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN ZACATECAS -- THE ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL SYSTEM IN THE RÍO COLORADO CHALCHIHUITES POLITY, ZACATECAS -- THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DURANGO -- RECENT ADVANCES IN CHIHUAHUAN ARCHAEOLOGY -- THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRADITIONS OF SONORA -- FROM TZINTZUNTZAN TO PAQUIMÉ -- REFERENCES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.