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Spores, Ronald; Balkansky, Andrew K.

 
9780806143811: The Mixtecs of Oaxaca: Ancient Times to the Present
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ISBN 10 : 0806143819 ISBN 13 : 9780806143811
Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 2013

Synopsis

The Mixtec peoples were among the major original developers of Mesoamerican civilization. Centuries before the Spanish Conquest, they formed literate urban states and maintained a uniquely innovative technology and a flourishing economy. Today, thousands of Mixtecs still live in Oaxaca, in present-day southern Mexico, and thousands more have migrated to locations throughout Mexico, the United States, and Canada. In this comprehensive survey, Ronald Spores and Andrew K. Balkansky--both preeminent scholars of Mixtec civilization--synthesize a wealth of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic data to trace the emergence and evolution of Mixtec civilization from the time of earliest human occupation to the present.

The Mixtec region has been the focus of much recent archaeological and ethnohistorical activity. In this volume, Spores and Balkansky incorporate the latest available research to show that the Mixtecs, along with their neighbors the Valley and Sierra Zapotec, constitute one of the world's most impressive civilizations, antecedent to--and equivalent to--those of the better-known Maya and Aztec. Employing what they refer to as a "convergent methodology," the authors combine techniques and results of archaeology, ethnohistory, linguistics, biological anthropology, ethnology, and participant observation to offer abundant new insights on the Mixtecs' multiple transformations over three millennia.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ronald Spores is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University. His numerous publications include The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times and The Mixtec Kings and Their People.

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Éditeur
University of Oklahoma Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0806143819
ISBN 13 
9780806143811
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
328
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