LEADER 04456nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910818350903321 005 20230126202503.0 010 $a1-283-29190-8 010 $a9786613291905 010 $a0-520-95056-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520950566 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050047 035 $a(EBL)784541 035 $a(OCoLC)756484691 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536039 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11371184 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536039 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10546824 035 $a(PQKB)11363449 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784541 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30812 035 $a(DE-B1597)520015 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520950566 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784541 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10504619 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL329190 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050047 100 $a20110207d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEarly Mesoamerican social transformations$b[electronic resource] $earchaic and formative lifeways in the Soconusco region /$fedited by Richard G. Lesure 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-26899-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tContributors -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tONE: Early Social Transformations in the Soconusco -- $tTWO. A Gender- Based Model for Changes in Subsistence and Mobility During the Terminal Late Archaic Period on the Coast of Chiapas, Mexico -- $tTHREE. Evidence for the Diversity of Late Archaic and Early Formative Plant Use in the Soconusco Region of Mexico and Guatemala -- $tFOUR. Archaic to Formative in Soconusco: The adaptive and organizational transformation -- $tFIVE. Building History in Domestic and Public Space at Paso de la Amada: An examination of mounds 6 and 7 -- $tSIX Paso de la Amada as a Ceremonial Center -- $tSEVEN. A History of Disaster and Cultural Change in the Coatán River Drainage of the Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico -- $tEIGHT. La Blanca and the Soconusco Middle Formative -- $tNINE. Early Formative Transitions in Settlement and Subsistence at Chiquiuitan, Guatemala -- $tTEN. Jocotal Settlement Patterns, Salt Production, and Pacifi c Coast Interactions -- $tELEVEN. An Early Mesoamerican Archipelago of Complexity -- $tTWELVE. Concluding Thoughts: Macroregional synthesis in the archaeology of early mesoamerica -- $tIndex 330 $aBetween 3500 and 500 bc, the social landscape of ancient Mesoamerica was completely transformed. At the beginning of this period, the mobile lifeways of a sparse population were oriented toward hunting and gathering. Three millennia later, protourban communities teemed with people. These essays by leading Mesoamerican archaeologists examine developments of the era as they unfolded in the Soconusco region along the Pacific coast of Mexico and Guatemala, a region that has emerged as crucial for understanding the rise of ancient civilizations in Mesoamerica. The contributors explore topics including the gendered division of labor, changes in subsistence, the character of ceremonialism, the emergence of social inequality, and large-scale patterns of population distribution and social change. Together, they demonstrate the contribution of Soconusco to cultural evolution in Mesoamerica and challenge what we thought we knew about the path toward social complexity. 606 $aIndians of Mexico$zMexico$zSoconusco Region$xAntiquities 606 $aIndian pottery$zMexico$zSoconusco Region$xAntiquities 606 $aIndians of Mexico$xImplements$zMexico$zSoconusco Region 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zMexico$zSoconusco Region 606 $aSocial archaeology$zMexico$zSoconusco Region 607 $aSoconusco Region (Mexico) 615 0$aIndians of Mexico$xAntiquities. 615 0$aIndian pottery$xAntiquities. 615 0$aIndians of Mexico$xImplements 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 615 0$aSocial archaeology 676 $a972/.75 701 $aLesure$b Richard G$01043434 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818350903321 996 $aEarly Mesoamerican social transformations$94113063 997 $aUNINA