Cultural Continuity in Mesoamerica / / ed. by David L. Browman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: AGUILAR, CARLOS H.,; BEADLE, GEORGE W.,; BERDAN, FRANCIS FREI,; BULLEN, RIPLEY P.,; ELLIOTT, JORGE,; EVANS, BILLY JOE,; GALARZA, JOAQUÍN,; GIFFORD, JAMES C.,; HOBGOOD, JOHN,; HOWRY, JEFFREY C.,; IRWIN-WILLIAMS, CYNTHIA,; KINZHALOV, R. V.,; LANDAR, HERBERT,; OLEA, HORACIO CORONA,; QUIRARTE, JACINTO,; RILEY, CARROLL L.,; WEBB, MALCOLM C.,; WHEELER PIRES-FERREIRA, JANE,; WHEELER ΡIRES-FERREIRA, JANE,
• HerausgeberIn: Browman, David L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (438 p.) :; 39 plates. 2 maps.
• Other title: I-XIV --; PART ONE: Early Man in Mesoamerica and the Agricultural Basis --; Introduction --; Summary of Archaeological Evidence from the Valsequillo Region, Puebla, Mexico --; The Origin of Zea mays --; PART TWO: Exchange Networks --; Obsidian Exchange Networks: Inferences and Speculations on the Development of Social Organization in Formative Mesoamerica --; Shell Exchange Networks in Formative Mesoamerica --; Mössbauer Spectral Analysis of Olmec Iron Ore Mirrors: New Evidence of Formative Period Exchange Networks in Mesoamerica --; The Significance of the "Epiclassic" Period in Mesoamerican Prehistory --; Ports of Trade in Mesoamerica: A Reappraisal --; PART THREE: Ethnographic Contributions to Prehistory --; The Ancient Maya in Light of Their Ethnographic Present --; Ideas Concerning Maya Concepts of the Future --; Ethnographic Realities of Mayan Prehistory --; Mesoamericans as Cultural Brokers in Northern New Spain --; PART FOUR: Painting, Hieroglyphs, Ceramics, and Mythology --; Toward the Reconstruction of the Olmec Mythological System --; Maya and Teotihuacán Traits in Classic Maya Vase Painting of the Petén --; The Aztec System of Writing: Problems of Research --; The Deciphering of Glyphs Representing Mexica Governmental Titles --; The Aztec Day Names --; The Relationship Between Painting and Scripts --; Petroglyphs of the Antilles --; Contribution to the Study of Cultural Sequences in the Central Area of Costa Rica --; Biographical Notes --; Index of Names --; Index of Subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110807776; 9783110637922
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110807776
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by David L. Browman.