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Polity and Ecology in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca

edited by Arthur A. Joyce

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"Colleagues often ask me to recommend somthing 'new' in Oaxacan archaeology, with a wish list that includes new data, thought-provoking interpretations, and, preferably, none of the bellicosity of what some call the 'Oaxaca Wars.' . . . Finally I have an answer."
—Jeffrey P. Blomster, Latin American Antiquity

"Joyce's collection . . . presents us with a masterful selection of interdisciplinary approaches to the human environments of Formative period coastal Oaxaca . . . the first volume that truly addresses the human ecology of Oaxaca."

—Andrew Cameron Fortier, Journal of Anthropological Research

"[A]n indispensable work for those interested in the archaeology of Oaxaca and the Formative period cultures of Mesoamerica. . . . This book will clearly become an essential resource for anyone working with these topics."

—David S. Anderson, Sixteenth Century Journal

 

Encapsulating two decades of research, Polity and Ecology in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca is the first major treatment of the lower Río Verde region of Oaxaca, investigating its social, political, and ecological history. Tracing Formative period developments from the earliest known evidence of human presence to the collapse of Río Viejo (the region's first centralized polity), the volume synthesizes the archaeological and paleoecological evidence from the valley.

This period saw the earliest agricultural settlements in the region as well as the origins of sedentism and social complexity, and witnessed major changes in floodplain and coastal environments that expanded the productivity of subsistence resources. The book addresses theoretically significant questions of broad relevance such as the origins and spread of agriculture, the social negotiation of complex political formations, the effects of long-distance trade and interaction, the macroregional effects of landscape change, and prehispanic ideology and political power.

Focusing on questions of interregional interaction, environmental change, and political centralization, Polity and Ecology in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca provides a comprehensive understanding of the Formative period archaeology of this important and long neglected region of Oaxaca.

Contributors: José Aguilar, Sarah B. Barber, Aleksander Borejsza, Michelle Butler, Michelle Goman, Guy David Hepp, Arthur A. Joyce, Marc N. Levine, Arion T. Mayes, Raymond G. Mueller, Christopher A. Pool, Andrew Workinger

 

Arthur Joyce is a professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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  • Hardcover Price: $83.00
  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60732-202-3
  • Ebook Price: $66.00
  • 30-day ebook rental price: $9.99
  • EISBN: 978-1-60732-212-2
  • Publication Month: February
  • Publication Year: 2013
  • Pages: 392
  • Illustrations: 22 b&w photos, 51 line illustrations, 11 maps, 28 tables
  • Discount Type: Short
  • Author: edited by Arthur A. Joyce
  • ECommerce Code: 978-1-60732-202-3
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