This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather
than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and …

Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory provides new approaches and integrates a broad
range of data to address a neglected topic, organic material in the prehistoric record …

An important episode in Mesoamerican mythical narratives involves the abduction or
impregnation of a tightly guarded maiden by a disguised god, against the will of her father or …

This volume is the first text to focus specifically on the archaeology of domestic architecture.
Covering major theoretical and methodological developments over recent decades in areas …

Textiles in ancient Mesoamerica served as a critical economic resource and symbolic
display of status, wealth, and social affiliation. The economic significance of textiles can be …

Theoretical frames for modeling prehispanic Mesoamerican economies have been informed
mostly by political economy or agency approaches. Political economy models examine the …

This first comprehensive work on women in precolumbian American cultures describes
gender roles and relationships in North, Central, and South America from 12,000 BC to the …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 The Mixtec Pictorial Manuscripts Page 3 The Early Americas: History
and Culture General Editor Alexander Geurds, Leiden University Editorial Board Nikolai Grube …

Time and the Ancestors: Aztec and Mixtec Ritual Art combines iconographical analysis with
archaeological, historical and ethnographic studies and offers new interpretations of …

Colonial chroniclers marveled at the quality and variety of textiles produced at the
Postclassic center of Cholula. As a principal market center, textiles were produced for tribute …