The use of world-systems theory to explain the spread of social complexity has become
accepted practice by both historians and archaeologists. Gil Stein now offers the first …

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

" Chapter 1 Introduction: Mesoamerica and its pre-Hispanic civilization Some 2,500 years
ago in the Valley of Oaxaca, in what is now southern Mexico, a profound social and cultural …

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 …

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 …

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 …

At Antiquity's invitation the author offers this account of recent research and current
objectives at the famous ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan. After a century of …

Long‐distance networks for the transport of exotic goods and the beginnings of specialized
craft production first appear in M esoamerica during the Formative Period. The results of …

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 …