Author: Aurelio López Corral
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784910414
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 157

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This work seeks to model food production in ancient Tepeaca, a Late Postclassic (AD 1325-1521) and Early Colonial (16th century) state level-polity settled on the central highlands of Puebla.

Author: Manuel González de Molina
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319063588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Over this last decade, the concept of Social Metabolism has gained prestige as a theoretical instrument for the required analysis, to such an extent that there are now dozens of researchers, hundreds of articles and several books that have adopted and use this concept. However, there is a great deal of variety in terms of definitions and interpretations, as well as different methodologies around this concept, which prevents the consolidation of a unified field of new knowledge. The fundamental aim of the book is to conduct a review of the past and present usage of the concept of social metabolism, its origins and history, as well as the main currents or schools that exist around this concept. At the same time, the reviews and discussions included are used by the authors as starting points to draw conclusions and propose a theory of socio-ecological transformations. The theoretical and methodological innovations of this book include a distinction of two types of metabolic processes: tangible and intangible; the analysis of the social metabolism at different scales (in space and time) and a theory of socio-ecological change overcoming the merely “systemic” or “cybernetic” nature of conventional approaches, giving special protagonism to collective action.

Author: Eduardo Williams
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789693543
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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This volume presents a long-overdue synthesis and update on West Mexican archaeology. Ancient West Mexico has often been portrayed as a ‘marginal’ or ‘underdeveloped’ area of Mesoamerica. This book shows that the opposite is true and that it played a critical role in the cultural and historical development of the Mesoamerican ecumene.

Author: Wieslaw Wieckowski
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789691850
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Excavations at the Castillo de Huarmey archaeological site brought to light the first intact burial of female high-elite members of the Wari culture. This book presents the results of bioarchaeological analyses performed to date, and focuses on reconstructing the funeral rite and social status of the deceased.

Author: Julie Nehammer Knub
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784910511
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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This volume collects eight recent and innovative studies spanning the breadth of Mesoamerica, from the Early Classic metropolis of Teotihuacan, to Tenochtitlan, the Late Postclassic capital of the Aztec, and from the arid central Mexican highlands in the west to the humid Maya lowlands in the east.

Author: Travis W. Stanton
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784910090
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 533

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This volume was conceived to provide a forum for Mexican and foreign scholars to publish new data and interpretations on the archaeology of the northern Maya lowlands, specifically the State of Yucatan.

Author: Aleksandar Bošković
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784915033
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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The main goal of this book is to produce a methodologically sound and ethically valid interdisciplinary introduction into the exciting world of ancient Mesoamerica.

Author: Meghan Rubenstein
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784915459
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Papers focus on the history of the Puuc region, Yucatán, incorporating archaeological, architectural, epigraphic, and iconographic studies.

Author: Roberto Lleras Pérez
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
ISBN: 9781784911607
Category : Ecuador
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This study aims to collect and systematise the existing general knowledge about pre-Hispanic metallurgy of Ecuador and the specific data concerning the collection of the Banco Central. The result is the most comprehensive book on Ecuadorian metallurgy to date.

Author: Blanca Estela Maldonado
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784916269
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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A study which provides valuable insights into the nature of metal production and the development of technology and political economy in ancient Mesoamerica, offering a contribution to general anthropological theories of the emergence of social complexity.