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Title: Human Adaptation in Ancient Mesoamerica : Empirical Approaches to Mesoamerican Archaeology
Description: This volume explores the dynamics of human adaptation to social, political, ideological, economic, and environmental factors in Mesoamerica and includes a wide array of topics, such as the hydrological engineering behind Teotihuacan's layout, the complexities of agriculture and sustainability in the Maya lowlands, and the nuanced history of abandonment among different lineages and households in Maya centers. The authors aptly demonstrate how culture is the mechanism that allows people to adapt to a changing world, and they address how ecological factors, particularly land and water, intersect with nonmaterial and material manifestations of cultural complexity. Contributors further illustrate the continuing utility of the cultural ecological perspective in framing research on adaptations of ancient civilizations. This book celebrates the work of Dr. David Webster, an influential Penn State archaeologist and anthropologist of the Maya region, and highlights human adaptation in Mesoamerica through the scientific lenses of anthropological archaeology and cultural ecology. Contributors include Elliot M. Abrams, Christopher J. Duffy, Susan Toby Evans, Kirk D. French, AnnCorinne Freter, Nancy Gonlin, George R. Milner, Zachary Nelson, Deborah L. Nichols, David M. Reed, Don S. Rice, Prudence M. Rice, Rebecca Storey, Kirk Damon Straight, David Webster, Stephen L. Whittington, Randolph J. Widmer, John D. Wingard, and W. Scott Zeleznik.
Authors: Nancy Gonlin, Kirk D. French
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Social archaeology--Mexico, Social archaeology--Central America, Mayas--Antiquities, Human ecology--Mexico--History--To 1500, Human ecology--Central America--History--To 1500, Mayas--Social conditions, Environmental archaeology--Mexico, Environmental archaeology--Central America
Categories: SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
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