Joyce, Arthur A., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032013http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87524Includes bibliographical references and index.Encapsulating two decades of research, Polity and Ecology in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca is the first major treatment of the lower Río Verde region of Oaxaca, investigating its social, political, and ecological history. Tracing Formative period developments from the earliest known evidence of human presence to the collapse of Río Viejo (the region's first centralized polity), the volume synthesizes the archaeological and paleoecological evidence from the valley. This period saw the earliest agricultural settlements in the region as well as the origins of sedentism and social complexity, and witnessed major changes in floodplain and coastal environments that expanded the productivity of subsistence resources. The book addresses theoretically significant questions of broad relevance such as the origins and spread of agriculture, the social negotiation of complex political formations, the effects of long-distance trade and interaction, the macroregional effects of landscape change, and prehispanic ideology and political power. Focusing on questions of interregional interaction, environmental change, and political centralization, Polity and Ecology in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca provides a comprehensive understanding of the Formative period archaeology of this important and long neglected region of Oaxaca.--Provided by publisher.Polity and ecology in formative period coastal Oaxaca: an introduction / Arthur A. Joyce -- Paleoecological evidence for early agriculture and forest clearance in coastal Oaxaca / Michelle Goman, Arthur A. Joyce, and Raymond G. Mueller -- Anthropogenic landscape cahnge and the human ecology of the lower Río Verde Valley / Raymond G. Mueller, Arthur A. Joyce, Aleksander Borejsza, and Michelle Goman -- Formative period burial practices and cemeteries / Sara B. Barber, Arthur A. Joyce, Arion T. Mayes, José Aguilar, and MIchelle Butler -- Place-making and power in the terminal formative: excavations on Río Viejo's acropolis / Arthur A. Joyce, Marc N. Levine, and Sarah B. Barber -- Defining community and status at outlying sites during the terminal formative period / Sarah B. Barber -- Coastal/Highland interaction in Oaxaca, Mexico: the perspective from San Francisco de Arriba / Andrew Workinger -- Examining ceramic evidence for the Zapotec imperialism hypothesis in the lower Río Verde region of Oaxaca, Mexico / Marc N. Levine -- From flesh to clay: formative period iconography from Oaxaca's lower Río Verde Valley / Guy David Hepp and Arthur A. Joyce -- Coastal Oaxaca and formative developments in Mesoamerica / Christopher A. Pool.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 -- Mexico -- Oaxaca (State) -- AntiquitiesIndians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Verde River Valley (San Luis Potosí) -- AntiquitiesIndians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Oaxaca (State) -- Politics and governmentIndians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Verde River Valley (San Luis Potosí) -- Politics and governmentIndigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Mexico -- Oaxaca (State)Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Mexico -- Verde River Valley (San Luis Potosí)Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Oaxaca (State)Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Verde River Valley (San Luis Potosí)Oaxaca (Mexico : State) -- AntiquitiesVerde River Valley (San Luis Potosí, Mexico) -- AntiquitiesTextAccess 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.