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- Contributors
- Mesoamerican Archaeology: Recent Trends
- A Short History of Theory in Mesoamerican Archaeology
- Mexico's National Archaeology Programs
- Archaeology in Guatemala: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist
- The Archaeology of Belize in the Twenty-First Century
- Archaeology on Mesoamerica's Southern Frontier
- Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples
- Time and Space Boundaries: Chronologies and Regions in Mesoamerica
- Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers and the Colonization of Mesoamerica
- Archaic-Period Foragers and Farmers in Mesoamerica
- The Origins of Food Production in Mesoamerica
- The Formation of Complex Societies in Mesoamerica
- Not Carved in Stone: Building the Gulf Olmec from the Bottom Up
- The Development of Complex Societies in Formative-Period Pacific Guatemala and Chiapas
- Ideology, Polity, and Social History of the Teotihuacan State
- Cultural Evolution in the Southern Highlands of Mexico: From the Emergence of Social Inequality and Urban Society to the Decline of Classic-Period States
- Archaeology of the Maya Highlands
- Complex Societies in the Southern Maya Lowlands: Their Development and Florescence in the Archaeological Record
- The Rise of Formative-Period Complex Societies in the Northern Maya Lowlands
- Interaction among the Complex Societies of Classic-Period Mesoamerica
- The Spanish Conquest and the Archaeology of the Colonial and Republican Periods
- Population Decline during and after Conquest
- Historical Archaeology in Central and Western Mesoamerica
- Landscape Change in the Maya Region, 1450–1910 ad
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
The story of the Formative (Preclassic) period in Mesoamerica is fundamentally one of sociopolitical origins. That is, anthropological interest in this time span revolves around the origins and early development of “complex” social institutions and the material conditions and ideological precepts that supported them. This article broadly sketches issues surrounding the formation of complex societies and urban centers in early Mesoamerica, emphasizing regional variation and interregional interaction through the Middle Formative period.
Keywords: Preclassic period, social institutions, material conditions, sociopolitics, urban centers
Christopher A. Pool (University of Kentucky)
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- [UNTITLED]
- Contributors
- Mesoamerican Archaeology: Recent Trends
- A Short History of Theory in Mesoamerican Archaeology
- Mexico's National Archaeology Programs
- Archaeology in Guatemala: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist
- The Archaeology of Belize in the Twenty-First Century
- Archaeology on Mesoamerica's Southern Frontier
- Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples
- Time and Space Boundaries: Chronologies and Regions in Mesoamerica
- Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers and the Colonization of Mesoamerica
- Archaic-Period Foragers and Farmers in Mesoamerica
- The Origins of Food Production in Mesoamerica
- The Formation of Complex Societies in Mesoamerica
- Not Carved in Stone: Building the Gulf Olmec from the Bottom Up
- The Development of Complex Societies in Formative-Period Pacific Guatemala and Chiapas
- Ideology, Polity, and Social History of the Teotihuacan State
- Cultural Evolution in the Southern Highlands of Mexico: From the Emergence of Social Inequality and Urban Society to the Decline of Classic-Period States
- Archaeology of the Maya Highlands
- Complex Societies in the Southern Maya Lowlands: Their Development and Florescence in the Archaeological Record
- The Rise of Formative-Period Complex Societies in the Northern Maya Lowlands
- Interaction among the Complex Societies of Classic-Period Mesoamerica
- The Spanish Conquest and the Archaeology of the Colonial and Republican Periods
- Population Decline during and after Conquest
- Historical Archaeology in Central and Western Mesoamerica
- Landscape Change in the Maya Region, 1450–1910 ad
- Index
