Early Mesoamerican social transformations [[electronic resource] ] : archaic and formative lifeways in the Soconusco region / / edited by Richard G. Lesure

• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 972/.75
• Soggetto topico: Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Soconusco Region - Antiquities; Indian pottery - Mexico - Soconusco Region - Antiquities; Indians of Mexico - Implements - Mexico - Soconusco Region; Excavations (Archaeology) - Mexico - Soconusco Region; Social archaeology - Mexico - Soconusco Region
• Soggetto geografico: Soconusco Region (Mexico)
• Altri autori: LesureRichard G
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: Early Social Transformations in the Soconusco -- TWO. A Gender- Based Model for Changes in Subsistence and Mobility During the Terminal Late Archaic Period on the Coast of Chiapas, Mexico -- THREE. Evidence for the Diversity of Late Archaic and Early Formative Plant Use in the Soconusco Region of Mexico and Guatemala -- FOUR. Archaic to Formative in Soconusco: The adaptive and organizational transformation -- FIVE. Building History in Domestic and Public Space at Paso de la Amada: An examination of mounds 6 and 7 -- SIX Paso de la Amada as a Ceremonial Center -- SEVEN. A History of Disaster and Cultural Change in the Coatán River Drainage of the Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico -- EIGHT. La Blanca and the Soconusco Middle Formative -- NINE. Early Formative Transitions in Settlement and Subsistence at Chiquiuitan, Guatemala -- TEN. Jocotal Settlement Patterns, Salt Production, and Pacifi c Coast Interactions -- ELEVEN. An Early Mesoamerican Archipelago of Complexity -- TWELVE. Concluding Thoughts: Macroregional synthesis in the archaeology of early mesoamerica -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Between 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Early Mesoamerican social transformations
• ISBN: 1-283-29190-8; 9786613291905; 0-520-95056-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781751903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II