Description |
608 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [573]-587) and index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Mesoamerica, middle America, and its peoples -- 1. Ancient Mesoamerica, the civilization and its antecedents -- Ancient Mexico and Central America in geographical, cultural, and global context -- Middle American and Mesoamerican culture history -- 2. Ecology and culture : Mesoamerican beginnings -- Mesoamerica's major geophysical and biotic features -- Mesoamericans and cultural ecology -- Cultural regions -- Mesoamerica's first inhabitants : hunter-foragers, to 8000 BC -- 3. Archaic foragers, collectors, and farmers (8000-2000 BC) -- Archaic transformations : changes toward domestication of plants, and settled life -- From early archaic to middle archaic and beyond -- The middle archaic, c. 5500-3500 BC, and late archaic, c. 3500-2000 BC -- 4. The initial formative (c. 2000-1200 BC) -- Cultural trends of the formative period -- Isthmian region -- Highlands West of the Isthmus -- pt. 2. Complex societies of the formative -- 5. The Olmecs : early formative (c. 1200-900/800 BC) -- Early formative and initial Olmec -- Early Olmecs and their neighbors -- Highland developments, West of the Isthmus -- 6. The Olmecs : middle formative (c. 900-600 BC) -- Developments in the Southwestern highlands -- Isthmus and East -- 7. Middle to late formative cultures (c. 600/500-300 BC) -- West of the Isthmus : rise of Monte Alban -- Elsewhere in the highlands and West Mexico -- Last years of the Olmecs in the Isthmus and East -- 8. The emergence of stats in the late formative (300 BC-AD 1) -- Proto-states in the highlands west of the Isthmus -- Isthmus and East -- 9. The terminal formative (AD 1-300) -- Early Maya centers -- West of the Isthmus -- Teotihuacan, the place where time began -- |
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pt. 3. Cultures of the early classic -- 10. Teotihuacan and its international influence (AD 250/300-600) -- Teotihuacan : pyramids and palaces -- Teotihuacan presence West of the Isthmus -- 11. The Maya in the early classic (AD 250-600) -- Maya lowlands -- Southeastern Mesoamerica and the intermediate area -- Isthmus, coastal plain, Chiapas, and Guatemala highlands -- pt. 4. Late classic, classic collapse, and epiclassic -- 12. The lowland Maya : Apogee and collapse (AD 600-900) -- Late classic Maya culture -- Maya of the Southern lowlands -- Elsewhere among the Maya -- 13. The late classic and epiclassic in the West (AD 600-1000/1100) -- The basin of Mexico and regions to its North and West -- Gulf lowlands -- Puebla, Tlaxcala, and Morelos -- Mixtec regions and Oaxaca -- 14. The Maya in the terminal classic and early postclassic (AD 800-1200) -- Northwestern Yucatan : the Puuc region -- Northeastern Yucatan : Coba and its region -- Vectors of change : Chichen Itza and the Putun Maya -- Southern Pacific coast and Southeastern Mesoamerica -- 15. The rise of Tula and other epiclassic transformations (AD 900-1200) -- Tula and Toltec culture -- Tula's neighboring regions -- Puebla/Tlaxcala and the Southwestern highlands -- pt. 5. The postclassic and the rise of the Aztecs -- 16. The middle postclassic (1200s-1430) -- East of the Isthmus and the Gulf lowlands -- West Mexico : the rise of the Tarascans of Michoacan -- The basin of Mexico -- 17. The Aztecs : an empire is born (1325-1440) -- Basin of Mexico -- 18. The Aztec empire develops (1440-1481) -- The reign of Motecuzoma Ilhuicamina, 1440-1469 -- The reign of Axayacatl, 1469-1481 -- 19. The Aztec empire at its height (1481-1519) -- Tizoc, 1481-1486 -- Ahuitzotl, 1486-1502 -- Motecuzoma Xocoyotzin, 1502-1520 -- 20. The conquest of Mexico and its aftermath -- The Spaniards collect allies -- Motecuzoma, prisoner of fear -- Early colonial New Spain. |
Subject |
Indians of Mexico -- History.
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Indians of Central America -- History.
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Mexico -- Civilization.
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Mexico -- Antiquities.
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Central America -- Civilization.
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Central America -- Antiquities.
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Added Title |
Ancient Mexico and Central America |
ISBN |
0500284407 (pbk.) |
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0500051275 |
Standard No. |
9780500051276 57000 (hardcover) |
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