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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	F1219 .A594 2000		AVAILABLE

Title	The ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica : a reader / edited by Michael E. Smith and Marilyn A. Masson.
OCLC	42475839
ISBN	0631211152
Publisher	Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, [2000]
	�2000
Description	xv, 497 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Indians of Mexico -- History.
	Indians of Mexico -- Social life and customs.
	Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities.
	Indians of Central America -- History.
	Indians of Central America -- Social life and customs.
	Indians of Central America -- Antiquities.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : Mesoamerican civilizations / Marilyn A. Masson and Michael E. Smith -- Analyzing household activities / Kent V. Flannery and Marcus C. Winter -- Distinguishing the high and mighty from the Hoi Polloi at Tikal, Guatemala / William A. Haviland and Hattula Moholy-Nagy -- On the nature of the Mesoamerican city / Joyce Marcus -- Corporate groups and demestic activities at Teotihuacan / Linda Manzanilla -- Landscapes of cultivation in Mesoamerica on the eve of the conquest / Thomas M. Whitmore and B.L. Turner II -- Lithic craft specialization and product distribution at the Maya site of Colha, Belize / Harry J. Shafter and Thomas R. Hester -- Economic change in the Lowland Maya late Classic period / Prudence M. Rice -- Imports and exports in classic Mesoamerican political economy : the Tehuacan Valley and the Teotihuacan Obsidian industry / Robert D. Drennan, Philip T. Fitzgibbons and Heinz Dehn -- Principles of regional and long-distance trade in the Aztec Empire / Frances F. Berdan -- New perspectives on prehispanic highland Mesoamerica : a macroregional approach / Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas -- Rural economy in late Postclassic Morelos : an archaeological study / Michael E. Smith and Cynthia Heath-Smith -- The power of prestige : competitive generosity and the emergence of rank societies in Lowland Mesoamerica / John E. Clark and Michael Blake -- Classic Maya Emblem Glyphs / Peter Mathews -- Ideology in ancient Maya cultural evolution : the dynamics of galactic politics / Arthur A. Demarest -- State and society at Teotihuacan, Mexico / George L. Cowgill -- Militarism and social organization at Xochicalco, Morelos / Kenneth G. Hirth -- The four priests : political stability / John M.D. Pohl -- Art, ritual and rulership in the Olmec world / F. Kent Reilly III -- Ancient Zapotec ritual and religion : an application of the direct historical approach / Joyce Marcus and Kent V. Flannery -- Kingship in the late preclassic Maya Lowlands : the instruments and places of ritual power / David A. Freidel and Linda Schele -- Postclassic Maya ritual at Laguna de On Island, Belize / Marilyn A. Masson -- figurines and the Aztec State : testing the effectiveness of ideological domination / Elizabeth M. Brumfiel -- Living with the ancestors : kinship and kingship in ancient Maya Society / Patricia A. McAnany.

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ISBN	0631211152
Title	The ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica : a reader / edited by Michael E. Smith and Marilyn A. Masson.
Publisher	Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, [2000]
	�2000

Title

The ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica : a reader / edited by Michael E. Smith and Marilyn A. Masson.

ISBN	0631211152

Description

xv, 497 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

OCLC

42475839

Publisher	Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, [2000]
	�2000

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : Mesoamerican civilizations / Marilyn A. Masson and Michael E. Smith -- Analyzing household activities / Kent V. Flannery and Marcus C. Winter -- Distinguishing the high and mighty from the Hoi Polloi at Tikal, Guatemala / William A. Haviland and Hattula Moholy-Nagy -- On the nature of the Mesoamerican city / Joyce Marcus -- Corporate groups and demestic activities at Teotihuacan / Linda Manzanilla -- Landscapes of cultivation in Mesoamerica on the eve of the conquest / Thomas M. Whitmore and B.L. Turner II -- Lithic craft specialization and product distribution at the Maya site of Colha, Belize / Harry J. Shafter and Thomas R. Hester -- Economic change in the Lowland Maya late Classic period / Prudence M. Rice -- Imports and exports in classic Mesoamerican political economy : the Tehuacan Valley and the Teotihuacan Obsidian industry / Robert D. Drennan, Philip T. Fitzgibbons and Heinz Dehn -- Principles of regional and long-distance trade in the Aztec Empire / Frances F. Berdan -- New perspectives on prehispanic highland Mesoamerica : a macroregional approach / Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas -- Rural economy in late Postclassic Morelos : an archaeological study / Michael E. Smith and Cynthia Heath-Smith -- The power of prestige : competitive generosity and the emergence of rank societies in Lowland Mesoamerica / John E. Clark and Michael Blake -- Classic Maya Emblem Glyphs / Peter Mathews -- Ideology in ancient Maya cultural evolution : the dynamics of galactic politics / Arthur A. Demarest -- State and society at Teotihuacan, Mexico / George L. Cowgill -- Militarism and social organization at Xochicalco, Morelos / Kenneth G. Hirth -- The four priests : political stability / John M.D. Pohl -- Art, ritual and rulership in the Olmec world / F. Kent Reilly III -- Ancient Zapotec ritual and religion : an application of the direct historical approach / Joyce Marcus and Kent V. Flannery -- Kingship in the late preclassic Maya Lowlands : the instruments and places of ritual power / David A. Freidel and Linda Schele -- Postclassic Maya ritual at Laguna de On Island, Belize / Marilyn A. Masson -- figurines and the Aztec State : testing the effectiveness of ideological domination / Elizabeth M. Brumfiel -- Living with the ancestors : kinship and kingship in ancient Maya Society / Patricia A. McAnany.

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