This is a critical review of regional settlement pattern archaeology published in the last
decade. The regional approach proves to be highly productive of new ideas and lasting …

Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: Ancient Peoples of Southern Mexico examines the origins,
history, and interrelationships of the civilizations that arose and flourished in Oaxaca …

This article argues that the agency of commoners has not been adequately theorized in
archaeological studies of the political dynamics of complex societies. Recent developments …

This article is a review of regional archaeological surveys in Mexico, emphasizing published
full-coverage surveys from the last 20 years. The geographic focus is non-Maya Mexico …

In this article, we examine the interplay of religion and politics during the later Formative
period of Mesoamerica through a comparison of two regions of southern Mexico: the lower …

This article balances current understandings of the political landscape of Postclassic
Mesoamerica through a conjunctive analysis of the archaeology and ethnohistory of the …

The Monte Albán state emerged in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, between 300 and 100 BC.
Archaeological evidence indicates that this case of state formation was linked to the …

Economic growth is rarely examined for ancient states and empires despite its prominence
as a topic in modern economies. The concept is debated, and many measures of growth are …

I summarize recent archaeological work in Oaxaca, Mexico, with a focus on questions
central to world prehistory: the origin and collapse of complex societies. Monte Albán was …

In this dissertation I address the timing of and interrelatedness between initial Early
Formative period (2000-1500 BCE) transitions in residential mobility, subsistence, and …