Most early sedentary villages (c. 1500–500 BCE) in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, were
situated on or near well-watered land. Around 500 BCE, a new hilltop center, Monte Albán …

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

I review several bodies of empirical urban theory relevant to the archaeological analysis of
ancient cities. Empirical theory is a type of “middle-range theory”(following Robert Merton) …

This book offers a fresh perspective on organizational development and change theory and
practice. Building on their recent work in quantum storytelling theory and complexity theory …

Street grids commonly reflect the administration of urban populations and attempts to
enhance city life. Planned grids are not typical of ancient Mesoamerican and especially …

The Mosquitia ecosystem of Honduras occupies the fulcrum between the American
continents and as such constitutes a critical region for understanding past patterns of socio …

Cities Made of Boundaries presents the theoretical foundation and concepts for a new social
scientific urban morphological mapping method, Boundary Line Type (BLT) Mapping. Its …

Archaeological research on monumentality, early urbanism, and emergent statehood in
Southeast Asia and Vietnam has grown dramatically in recent years, and our understanding …

" The volume provides a sweeping examination of human figuration in multiple mediums,
while also mobilizing the study of these objects to address how and why the representation …

Recent theoretical and methodological shifts in approaches to the built environment have
reoriented how and why archaeologists investigate ancient cities. This volume examines …