Michael E. Smith M. Charlotte Arnauld Linda R. Manzanilla
Recent realizations that prehispanic cities in Mesoamerica were fundamentally different from western cities of the same period have led to increasing examination of the neighborhood as an intermediate unit at the heart of prehispanic urbanization. This book addresses the subject of neighborhoods in archaeology as analytical units between households and whole settlements. The contributions gathered here provide fieldwork data to document the existence of sociopolitically distinct neighborhoods within ancient Mesoamerican settlements, building upon recent advances in multi-scale...
Recent realizations that prehispanic cities in Mesoamerica were fundamentally different from western cities of the same period have led to increasing ...
The ability to accumulate and store large amounts of goods is a key feature of complex societies in ancient times. Storage strategies reflect the broader economic and political organization of a society and changes in the development of control mechanisms in both administrative and non-administrative often kinship based sectors. This is the first volume to examine storage practices in ancient complex societies from a comparative perspective. This volume includes 14 original papers by leading archaeologists from four continents which compare storage systems in three key regions with lengthy...
The ability to accumulate and store large amounts of goods is a key feature of complex societies in ancient times. Storage strategies reflect the b...
"Illuminates a multiethnic neighborhood within one of the world's greatest urban developments of ancient times. Presents some of the most sophisticated new scientific techniques that are allowing scholars to see the details of life in the ancient world in a vivid dimension that has not before been possible."--Cynthia Robin, author of Everyday Life Matters: Maya Farmers at Chan "Manzanilla has been, and still is, a pioneer in the application of recent technology to aid in the interpretation of archaeological remains."--Rebecca Storey, author of Life and Death in the Ancient City of...
"Illuminates a multiethnic neighborhood within one of the world's greatest urban developments of ancient times. Presents some of the most sophisticate...
