Ancient Mexico & Central America : archaeology and culture history /
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| Author / Creator: | Evans, Susan Toby, 1945- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Thames & Hudson, 2004. |
| Description: | 608 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5169630 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part 1. Mesoamerica, Middle America, and Its Peoples
- Chapter 1. Ancient Mesoamerica, the Civilization and Its Antecedents
- Ancient Mexico and Central America in Geographical, Cultural, and Global Context
- Middle American and Mesoamerican Culture History
- Chapter 2. Ecology and Culture: Mesoamerican Beginnings
- Mesoamerica's Major Geophysical and Biotic Features
- Mesoamericans and Cultural Ecology
- Cultural Regions
- Mesoamerica's First Inhabitants: Hunter-Foragers, to 8000 BC
- Chapter 3. Archaic Foragers, Collectors, and Farmers (8000-2000 BC)
- Archaic Transformations: Changes Toward Domestication of Plants, and Settled Life
- From Early Archaic to Middle Archaic and Beyond
- The Middle Archaic, C. 5500-3500 BC, and Late Archaic, C. 3500-2000 BC
- Chapter 4. The Initial Formative (C. 2000-1200 BC)
- Cultural Trends of the Formative Period
- Isthmian Region
- Highlands West of the Isthmus
- Part 2. Complex Societies of the Formative
- Chapter 5. The Olmecs: Early Formative (C. 1200-900/800 BC)
- Early Formative and Initial Olmec
- Early Olmecs and Their Neighbors
- Highland Developments, West of the Isthmus
- Chapter 6. The Olmecs: Middle Formative (C. 900-600 BC)
- Developments in the Southwestern Highlands
- Isthmus and East
- Chapter 7. Middle to Late Formative Cultures (C. 600/500-300 BC)
- West of the Isthmus: Rise of Monte Alban
- Elsewhere in the Highlands and West Mexico
- Last Years of the Olmecs in the Isthmus and East
- Chapter 8. The Emergence of States in the Late Formative (300 BC-AD 1)
- Proto-States in the Highlands West of the Isthmus
- Isthmus and East
- Chapter 9. The Terminal Formative (AD 1-300)
- Early Maya Centers
- West of the Isthmus
- Teotihuacan, The Place Where Time Began
- Part 3. Cultures of the Early Classic
- Chapter 10. Teotihuacan and Its International Influence (AD 250/300-600)
- Teotihuacan: Pyramids and Palaces
- Teotihuacan Presence West of the Isthmus
- Chapter 11. The Maya in the Early Classic (AD 250-600)
- Maya Lowlands
- Southeastern Mesoamerica and the Intermediate Area
- Isthmus, Coastal Plain, Chiapas, and Guatemala Highlands
- Part 4. Late Classic, Classic Collapse, and Epiclassic
- Chapter 12. The Lowland Maya: Apogee and Collapse (AD 600-900)
- Late Classic Maya Culture
- Maya of the Southern Lowlands
- Elsewhere Among the Maya
- Chapter 13. The Late Classic and Epiclassic in the West (AD 600-1000/1100)
- The Basin of Mexico and Regions to its North and West
- Gulf Lowlands
- Puebla, Tlaxcala, and Morelos
- Mixtec Regions and Oaxaca
- Chapter 14. The Maya in the Terminal Classic and Early Postclassic (AD 800-1200)
- Northwestern Yucatan: The Puuc Region
- Northeastern Yucatan: Coba and Its Region
- Vectors of Change: Chichen Itza and the Putun Maya
- Southern Pacific Coast and Southeastern Mesoamerica
- Chapter 15. The Rise of Tula and Other Epiclassic Transformations (AD 900-1200)
- Tula and Toltec Culture
- Tula's Neighboring Regions
- Puebla/Tlaxcala and the Southwestern Highlands
- Part 5. The Postclassic and the Rise of the Aztecs
- Chapter 16. The Middle Postclassic (1200s-1430)
- East of the Isthmus and the Gulf Lowlands
- West Mexico: The Rise of the Tarascans of Michoacan
- The Basin of Mexico
- Chapter 17. The Aztecs: An Empire is Born (1325-1440)
- Basin of Mexico
- Chapter 18. The Aztec Empire Develops (1440-1481)
- The Reign of Motecuzoma Ilhuicamina, 1440-1469
- The Reign of Axayacatl, 1469-1481
- Chapter 19. The Aztec Empire at its Height (1481-1519)
- Tizoc, 1481-1486
- Ahuitzotl, 1486-1502
- Motecuzoma Xocoyotzin, 1502-1520
- Chapter 20. The Conquest of Mexico and its Aftermath
- The Spaniards Collect Allies
- Motecuzoma, Prisoner of Fear
- Early Colonial New Spain
- Reference Maps
- Further Reading and Bibliography
- Sources of Illustrations
- Index
