ME Smith, L Montiel - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2001 - Elsevier
The hegemonic-type empires of ancient Mesoamerica are difficult to study archaeologically because they left fewer material traces than more territorially organized empires such as the …
AK Balkansky - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2006 - Springer
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 …
AA Joyce, M Goman - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …
AA Joyce, SB Barber - Current Anthropology, 2015 - journals.uchicago.edu
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 …
RJ Sherman, AK Balkansky, CS Spencer… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
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 …
ME Smith, KJ Schreiber - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2006 - Springer
The past decade has seen a veritable explosion in archaeological research on complex societies in Latin America. In 1993, Smith published an overview of research to that date; …
CH JM - Social Evolution & History, 2016 - cyberleninka.ru
In this article the emergence of the Pristine State will be considered. First, I will present an overview of the applied method. Then seven cases of probable Pristine States are …
"[T] he volume represents an important contribution to the examination of issues for which Blanton has furthered scholarship, organized as three sections with cases from …
AK Balkansky, VP Rodríguez… - Latin American …, 2004 - cambridge.org
This paper is about Monte Negro's origins, and how this site fits the emerging pattern in studies of Oaxacan urbanization including the Zapotec capital at Monte Albán. Our …