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Category : Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Author: Victoria Reifler Bricker
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292791712
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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The sixteen-volume Handbook of Middle American Indians, completed in 1976, has been acclaimed the world over as the most valuable resource ever produced for those involved in the study of Mesoamerica. When it was determined in 1978 that the Handbook should be updated periodically, Victoria Reifler Bricker, well-known cultural anthropologist, was selected to be series editor. This first volume of the Supplement is devoted to the dramatic changes that have taken place in the field of archaeology. The volume editor, Jeremy A. Sabloff, has gathered together detailed reports from the directors of many of the most significant archaeological projects of the mid-twentieth century in Mesoamerica, along with discussions of three topics of general interest (the rise of sedentary life, the evolution of complex culture, and the rise of cities).

Author: Michael Krenn
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315479435
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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This work examines the development of the ideas behind the theory of interdependent economic, political and military relations with the nations of Central America. It considers how policy-makers defined interdependence and how they went about accomplishing their goals.

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Publisher: Ardent Media
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Languages : en
Pages : 16

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Author: John Paddock
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804701709
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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A Stanford University Press classic.

Author: Gordon Randolph Willey
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Category : Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Author: William B. Taylor
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804765634
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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This study analyzes the impact of Spanish rule on Indian peasant identity in the late colonial period by investigating three areas of social behavior. Based on the criminal trial records and related documents from the regions of central Mexico and Oaxaca, it attempts to discover how peasants conceived of their role under Spanish rule, how they behaved under various kinds of street, and how they felt about their Spanish overlords. In examining the character of village uprisings, typical relationships between killers and the people they killed, and the drinking patterns of the late colonial period, the author finds no warrant for the familiar picture of sullen depredation and despair. Landed peasants of colonial Mexico drank moderately on the whole, and mostly on ritual occasions; they killed for personal and not political reasons. Only when new Spanish encroachments threatened their lands and livelihoods did their grievances flare up in rebellion, and these occasions were numerous but brief. The author bolsters his conclusions with illuminating comparisons with other peasant societies.

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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 786

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Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Joel W. Palka
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826354750
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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Pilgrimage to ritually significant places is a part of daily life in the Maya world. These journeys involve important social and practical concerns, such as the maintenance of food sources and world order. Frequent pilgrimages to ceremonial hills to pay offerings to spiritual forces for good harvests, for instance, are just as necessary for farming as planting fields. Why has Maya pilgrimage to ritual landscapes prevailed from the distant past and why are journeys to ritual landscapes important in Maya religion? How can archaeologists recognize Maya pilgrimage, and how does it compare to similar behavior at ritual landscapes around the world? The author addresses these questions and others through cross-cultural comparisons, archaeological data, and ethnographic insights.