E. W. Adams / J. MacLeod (eds.)

The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas

Herausgeber: Adams, Richard E. W.; Macleod, Murdo J.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book gives a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the history of all the important native civilizations of Mesoamerica.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 588
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1096g
• ISBN-13: 9780521351652
• ISBN-10: 0521351650
• Artikelnr.: 21006902

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to a survey of the native prehistoric cultures of
Mesoamerica Richard E. W. Adams; 2. The Paleoindian and Archaic cultures of
Mesoamerica Robert N. Zeitlin and Judith Francis Zeitlin; 3. The preclassic
societies of the central highlands of Mesoamerica David C. Grove; 4. The
precolumbian cultures of the Gulf Coast Richard A. Diehl; 5. The Maya
lowlands: pioneer farmers to merchant princes Norman Hammond; 6. The
central American highlands from the rise of Teotihuacan to the decline of
Tula George L. Cowgill; 7. Western and Northwestern Mexico Shirley S.
Gorenstein; 8. Cultural evolution in Oaxaca: the origins of the Zapotec and
Mixtec civilizations Joyce Marcus and Kent V. Flannery; 9. The southeast
frontiers of Mesoamerica Payson D. Sheets; 10. The Maya highlands and the
adjacent Pacific coast Robert J. Sharer; 11. The Aztecs and their
contemporaries: the central and Eastern Mexican highlands Thomas H.
Charlton.