UID:
almafu_9960819774002883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 207 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
1-108-91811-5
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1-108-92426-3
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1-108-92195-7
Series Statement:
Case studies in early societies
Content:
Over two thousand years ago, Oaxaca, Mexico, was the site of one of the New World's earliest episodes of primary state formation and urbanism, and today it is one of the world's archaeologically best-studied regions. This volume, which thoroughly revises and updates the first edition, provides a highly readable yet comprehensive path to acquaint readers with one of the earliest and best-known examples of Native American state formation and its consequences as seen from the perspectives of urbanism, technology, demography, commerce, households, and religion and ritual. Written by prominent archaeological researchers who have devoted decades to Oaxacan research and to the development of suitable social theory, the book places ancient Oaxaca within the context of the history of ideas that have addressed the causes and consequences of social evolutionary change. It also critically evaluates the potential applicability of more recent thinking about state building grounded in collective action and related theories.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jul 2022).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Mesoamerica and Its Pre-Hispanic Civilization -- The Nature of Civilizations -- Interaction Spheres and World Systems -- Mesoamerican Civilization in the Late Postclassic -- The Importance of History, Governance, and Networks -- 2 Theorizing Sociocultural Evolution -- The History of Thinking About Sociocultural Evolution -- Rethinking Power -- Collective Action Theory -- An Institutional Approach to Understanding Sociocultural Evolutionary Change and Complexity -- Conclusions -- 3 Before Monte Albán -- Mesoamerica, 1800-800 BC -- Highland Oaxaca, 1800-800 BC -- Valley of Oaxaca, 1800-800 BC -- 4 Origins of Monte Albán -- Mesoamerica, 800-400 BC -- Highland Oaxaca, 800-400 BC -- Valley of Oaxaca and Monte Albán, 800-400 BC -- 5 The Great Transformation -- Mesoamerica, 300-100 BC -- Highland Oaxaca, 300-100 BC -- Valley of Oaxaca and Monte Albán, 300-100 BC -- 6 Thinking About Theories of Sociocultural Evolution from the Perspective of Oaxaca -- Rethinking Neoevolutionist Theory -- Conclusion -- 7 Cooperation and the Foundation of Monte Albán -- Cities and Collective Action -- Monte Albán and Collective Action -- Why Build a New Capital? -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical Essay -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-83097-8
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108921954
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