Screen LibraryCultural continuity in mesoamerica /
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©1978 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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World anthropology
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110807776 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110807776.jpg |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (438pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110807776 |
| Index Number: | F1434 |
| CLC: | K887.3 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- PART ONE: Early Man in Mesoamerica and the Agricultural Basis -- Introduction -- Summary of Archaeological Evidence from the Valsequillo Region, Puebla, Mexico -- The Origin of Zea mays -- PART TWO: Exchange Networks -- Obsidian Exchange Networks: Inferences and Speculations on the Development of Social Organization in Formative Mesoamerica -- Shell Exchange Networks in Formative Mesoamerica -- M ssbauer Spectral Analysis of Olmec Iron Ore Mirrors: New Evidence of Formative Period Exchange Networks in Mesoamerica -- The Significance of the "Epiclassic" Period in Mesoamerican Prehistory -- Ports of Trade in Mesoamerica: A Reappraisal -- PART THREE: Ethnographic Contributions to Prehistory -- The Ancient Maya in Light of Their Ethnographic Present -- Ideas Concerning Maya Concepts of the Future -- Ethnographic Realities of Mayan Prehistory -- Mesoamericans as Cultural Brokers in Northern New Spain -- PART FOUR: Painting, Hieroglyphs, Ceramics, and Mythology -- Toward the Reconstruction of the Olmec Mythological System -- Maya and Teotihuac n Traits in Classic Maya Vase Painting of the Pet n -- The Aztec System of Writing: Problems of Research -- The Deciphering of Glyphs Representing Mexica Governmental Titles -- The Aztec Day Names -- The Relationship Between Painting and Scripts -- Petroglyphs of the Antilles -- Contribution to the Study of Cultural Sequences in the Central Area of Costa Rica -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects |