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

In this article we discuss two theoretical approaches to landscape studies in archaeology:
the ecological and social/symbolic. We suggest that an integrated approach can provide a …

Through the recent symbolic appropriation of an archaeological site, an indigenous
community in southwestern Colombia is subverting the colonial-created meaning attributed …

Ancient Zapotec Religion is the first comprehensive study of Zapotec religion as it existed in
the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on the eve of the Spanish Conquest. Author Michael …

This book centers on two inquisitorial investigations, both of which began in the 1540s. One
involved the relations of Europeans and Native Americans in an Oaxacan town (in New …

3. Alexander von Humboldt was the first to describe this fear of idolatry, writing in 1803:“The
professors of this University, priests from the order of St. Dominic, did not want to expose this …

We use excavations of low-status houses to explore Postclassic political and economic
transformations in the lower Río Verde Valley, Oaxaca. Following the collapse of Classic …

The pages of the Mixtec screenfolds are painted with hundreds of place signs. Only a
handful have been linked to specific locations on the ground. In this essay, I propose …

The years I worked on the thesis, on which this book is based, have felt like an odessey of
sorts, shifting from one radically different context to another. It goes without saying that this …

The Domestic Economy of Early Postclassic Río Viejo, Oaxaca, Mexico: Daily Practices and
Worldviews of a Commoner Community Page 1 The Domestic Economy of Early Postclassic …