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Interregional interaction in ancient Mesoamerica
xiii, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Explores the role of interregional interaction in dynamic sociocultural processes that shaped the Pre-Columbian societies of Mesoamerica. Interdisciplinary scholars examine linguistic exchange and borrowing, scribal practices, settlement patterns, ceramics, iconography and trade systems, presenting a variety of case studies drawn from multiple spatial, temporal and cultural contexts.
Introduction : Interaction and the making of ancient Mesoamerica / Joshua D. Englehardt and Michael D. Carrasco -- The prehispanic Mesoamerican world : framing interaction / Gary M. Feinman -- Interaction and exchange in early formative western and central Mesoamerica : new data from coastal Oaxaca / Guy David Hepp -- The role of interregional interaction in Mesoamerican script development / Joshua D. Englehardt and Michael D. Carrasco -- Hieroglyphic Ch'olan to Ch'orti' : tracing linguistic and social interactions into eastern Ch'olan / Kerry M. Hull -- Reframing the tripod : a foreign form adopted by the early classic Maya / Bryan Schaeffer -- Across the hills, towards the ocean : Teotihuacan-style monuments in Guerrero, Mexico / Jesper Nielsen, Elizabeth Jiménez García, and Iván Rivera -- A sprinkling of culture : contact and connections between the Tuxtlas Region and the coastal Maya / Philip J. Arnold III and Lourdes Budar -- Zaragoza-Oyameles obsidian projectile points : Cantona's place in early classic period long-distance gift exchange and interaction / Charles L.F. Knight -- Interregional interaction of the Chalchihuites culture in northwest Mesoamerica during the Classic and Postclassic periods / José Luis Punzo Díaz -- Round and round we go : Cholula, rotating power structures, social stability, and trade in Mesoamerica / Timothy J. Knab and John M.D. Pohl -- The movement of metal goods in the Mesoamerican late Postclassic period : a case study from the Templo mayor in Tenochtitlán / Niklas Schulze and Blanca E. Maldonado -- Competitive versus peaceful interaction / Joyce Marcus -- Conclusion : The world as they knew it : the interaction sphere concept in current Mesoamerican archaeology / David Freidel.
edited by Joshua D. Englehardt and Michael D. Carrasco.
Includes bibliographical references and index.