Mesoamerica; the Evolution of a Civilization |
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Introduction | 5 |
PART ONE Civilization as an Ecological System | 35 |
Archaeology and Social Systems | 52 |
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adaptation American Anthropology archaeological Aztec Basin of Mexico calpulli centers Central Mexico Central Plateau characteristics Chiapas chiefdom level chiefdoms chinampa Cholula civilization competition complex correlation Cuicuilco cultivation culture demographic diffusion distribution Early ecological economic environment evidence evolution evolutionary factors function geographical groups Guatemala highland hydraulic agriculture hydraulic society integration intensive irrigation systems Kaminaljuyú La Venta labor land Late Formative maize Maya ment Mesoamerica Mexican Middle Formative Millon Monte Albán nucleated nucleated settlements Oaxaca Olmec organization period Petén phase pochteca political population density population growth Postclassic probably problem production relatively residence rural Sanders settlement pattern significant sixteenth century social structure social systems South Gulf Coast specialization square kilometer stage stratification subsistence suggests swidden agriculture Tehuacán Tenochtitlán Teotihuacán Teotihuacán Valley Tikal tion tlacolol Tlatilco tlatoani tribal urban Valley of Oaxaca variations Veracruz World zones