Boswell, Alicia M., editorKnabb, Kyle A., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2022-09-282022-09-282022https://hdl.handle.net/10217/235790Includes bibliographical references and index.This book examines the sociopolitical and cultural strategies of resistance developed by marginal communities. Case studies from historic California, Medieval Iceland, ancient Mesoamerica, ancient Nubia, Colonial El Salvador, the prehistoric Levant, pre-Columbian Amazon, Africa's historic central Sahel, and ancient Peru, offer perspectives on how societies adapted to these liminal spaces.--Provided by publisher.Introduction to life at the Margins / Bradley J. Parker, Alicia M. Boswell, and Kyle A. Knabb -- Avoiding "State-ness" in Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) southern Jordan: settlement patterns from marginal landscapes associated with autonomous social organization / Kyle A. Knabb -- A marginal yet essential landscape: Collambay in the margins of the Chimú Empire / Alicia Boswell -- The pot's gone cold: reconsidering the development of social complexity in medieval Iceland / Tara D. Carter -- Refuge, frontier, and citadel: mojos as a political landscape / John H. Walker -- "Tierras de ningún provecho": eastern El Salvador, colonialism, and the myth of emptiness / Esteban Gómez -- Beyond the periphery: comparing complexities in southern California / Erin M. Smith and Mikael Fauvelle -- Incorporating the hinterlands: defining social identity in the Maya mountains region, southern Belize / Claire Novotny -- (Un)becoming states: their neighbors and the Wandala South of Lake Chad / Scott MacEachern -- The southern periphery of Egypt in the Predynastic period: Nubia in the fifth and fourth millennium BC / Elena A.A. Garcea -- Epilogue: borderlandscapes / Bradley J. Parker.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.Indigenous peoples -- Political aspectsIndigenous peoples -- Social conditionsState, TheCivilization, AncientExcavations (Archaeology)Life at the margins of the state: comparative landscapes from the old and new worldsTextAccess 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.