Ideology and Pre-Columbian CivilizationsArthur Andrew Demarest, Geoffrey W. Conrad "The role played by ideology in the evolution of civilizations is being energetically debated by archaeologists, but until now the theoretical debates have had little impact on the actual interpretation of field data from Mesoamerica or South America. Studies on pre-Columbian ideology have generally used historical, ethnohistorical, and iconographic data to look synchronically at specific ancient religions. Little progress has been made in applying archaeological information to address the broader problem of the role of ideology in prehistoric culture change... The authors of these papers take a variety of theoretical approaches, seeking to understand how ideology interacts with the ecological, economic, and political factors involved in culture change. They are concerned not with ideologies or cosmologies per se but with the effect of ideology on power relations, since the expansions and collapses of civilizations are, in the end, the successes and failures of political systems"--Back cover. |
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... Mexico ( 5 percent , Otumba and Paredón ) during San Lorenzo subphase A ( 1150–1000 B.C . ) . 1 In the Valley of Mexico , 74 percent of the obsidian used by Early Forma- tive settlements came from the closest central Mexican sources ...
... Mexico ( 5 percent , Otumba and Paredón ) during San Lorenzo subphase A ( 1150–1000 B.C . ) . 1 In the Valley of Mexico , 74 percent of the obsidian used by Early Forma- tive settlements came from the closest central Mexican sources ...
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... Valley of Mexico sites , even though the nearby central Mexican sources could have fulfilled all needs , indicates that nonutilitarian factors may have been involved in the interaction , and that obsidian exchange cannot be thought of ...
... Valley of Mexico sites , even though the nearby central Mexican sources could have fulfilled all needs , indicates that nonutilitarian factors may have been involved in the interaction , and that obsidian exchange cannot be thought of ...
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... Valley of Mexico : studies in pre - hispanic ecology and society . Eric Wolf , ed . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series . 1976c The role of symbiosis in adaptation and ...
... Valley of Mexico : studies in pre - hispanic ecology and society . Eric Wolf , ed . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series . 1976c The role of symbiosis in adaptation and ...
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