DeLance, Lisa, editorFeinman, Gary M., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2022-09-282022-09-282022https://hdl.handle.net/10217/235789Includes bibliographical references and index.An examination of variable social and economic processes, Framing Complexity in Formative Mesoamerica explores nascent social complexity during the Preclassic/Formative period in Mesoamerica and addresses broader social questions about egalitarian and transegalitarian Pre-hispanic Mesoamerican cultural groups. The chapters explore social aggregation, emergence of ethnic affiliations, and regional and macro-regional variability.--Provided by publisher.Framing complexity / Lisa L DeLance -- Heterarchy and the emergence of social complexity in Formative period coastal Oaxaca, Mexico / Guy David Hepp -- Pottery and society during the Preclassic period at Yaxuná, Yucatán / Travis W. Stanton, Sara Dzul Góngora, Ryan H. Collins, Rodrigo Martín Morales -- The emergence of complex imagery on late Terminal Formative gray ware pottery from coastal Oaxaca, Mexico / Jeffrey S. Brzezinski, Sarah B. Barber, Arthur A. Joyce -- The beginnings of complexity in the central Petén Lakes area / Prudence M. Rice, Katherine E. South -- Shifting ceramic styles in the Formative period Basin of Mexico / Wesley D. Stoner, Deborah L. Nichols -- Urban organization and origins of complexity in the Puuc Region of Northern Yucatan / Michael P. Smyth -- The role of monumental architecture and landscape modification in the development of complexity at early Xunantunich, Belize / Zoē J. Rawski, M. Kathryn Brown -- The complexity of figurines: ancestor veneration at Cahal Pech, Cayo, Belize / Lisa L. DeLance, Jamie J. Awe -- From shell beads to symbolic royal bodies: a diachronic comparison of body ornamentation production, consumption, and social complexity at prehispanic Pacbitun, Belize / Jon Spenard, George J. Micheletti, Kaitlin Crow, Terry G. Powis, Teresa Tremblay -- Why the Mesoamerican Formative period matters? Vantages on human aggregation and cooperation / Gary M. Feinman.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Indians of Mexico -- Social conditionsIndians of Central America -- Social conditionsIndians of Mexico -- AntiquitiesIndians of Central America -- AntiquitiesIndigenous peoples -- MexicoIndigenous peoples -- Central AmericaExcavations (Archaeology) -- MexicoExcavations (Archaeology) -- Central AmericaTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.