Human Adaptation in Ancient Mesoamerica : Empirical Approaches to Mesoamerican Archaeology /: Empirical Approaches to Mesoamerican Archaeology. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nancy Gonlin, Kirk D. French.
• Editors: Gonlin, Nancy; French, Kirk D
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-Cover' class='sequence-1'>Cover <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-2'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-ix' class='sequence-3'>List of Figures <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xiii' class='sequence-4'>List of Tables <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xv' class='sequence-5'>Foreword <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xxvii' class='sequence-6'>Preface <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-1' class='sequence-7'>SECTION I: Introduction <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-3' class='sequence-8'>1. Empirical Archaeology and Human Adaptation in Mesoamerica <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-23' class='sequence-9'>SECTION II: Water and Land <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-25' class='sequence-10'>2. Water Temples and Civil Engineering at Teotihuacan, Mexico <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-53' class='sequence-11'>3. Measuring the Impact of Land Cover Change at Palenque, Mexico <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-73' class='sequence-12'>4. Complementarity and Synergy: Stones, Bones, Soil, and Toil in the Copan Valley, Honduras <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-95' class='sequence-13'>SECTION III: Population and Settlement Studies <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-97' class='sequence-14'>5. Chronology, Construction, and the Abandonment Process: A Case Study from the Classic Maya Kingdom of Copan, Honduras <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-125' class='sequence-15'>6. The Map Leads the Way: Archaeology in the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-153' class='sequence-16'>SECTION IV: Reconstruction and Burial Analysis <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-155' class='sequence-17'>7. The Excavation and Reconstruction of Group 8N-11, Copan, Honduras: The Process of Discovery and Rediscovery <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-175' class='sequence-18'>8. The Maya in the Middle: An Analysis of Sub-Royal Archaeology at Copan, Honduras <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-209' class='sequence-19'>SECTION V: Political Economy <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-211' class='sequence-20'>9. Life under the Classic Maya Turtle Dynasty of Piedras Negras, Guatemala: Households and History <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-241' class='sequence-21'>10. The Production, Exchange, and Consumption of Pottery Vessels during the Classic Period at Tikal, Petén, Guatemala <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-293' class='sequence-22'>SECTION VI: Reflections and Discussion <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-295' class='sequence-23'>11. Forty Years in Petén, Guatemala: A Hagiographic Prosopography <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-335' class='sequence-24'>12. Two-Katun Archaeologist <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-361' class='sequence-25'>List of Contributors <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-363' class='sequence-26'>Index.
• Publisher Details: Louisville : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Archaeology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781607323921
• Related ISBNs: 9781607323914
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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