The term'agency'in postprocessual archaeology have to be understood in terms of an
opposition that was being made with the term'behavior'. Archaeological emphasis on the …

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

Over the past thirty years, geoarchaeology has moved from the fringe to mainstream status
within Mesoamerican archaeological investigations. This review focuses on works published …

How did our current society come into being and how is it similar to as well as different from
its predecessors? These key questions have transfixed archaeologists, anthropologists and …

By considering three case study regions in Mexico during the Colonial era, Climate and
Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability examines the complex interrelationship …

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 …

This chapter explores how agents shape the flow of material objects from and through
cultural systems to the archaeological record. The dynamic relationship between structure …

Mesoamerica's Archaic period lasted for seven millennia beginning at the end of the
Younger Dryas (~ 8000 cal. BC). The end of this period was uneven, with the earliest …

Landscape archaeology depends greatly on the nature of the underlying physical
landscape, and an understanding of its formation processes and change. We are pleased to …

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 …