Ancient Mesoamerican Warfare Contributor(s): Brown, Kathryn M. (Editor), Stanton, Travis W. (Editor), Ambrosino, James M. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0759102821 ISBN-13: 9780759102828 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: Collection of articles providing new research on warfare in ancient Maya and other Mesoamerican societies based on archaeological, ethnohistorical, and linguistic evidence |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico - History | Reference |
Dewey: 972.01 |
LCCN: 2002154153 |
Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.88" W x 9.16" (1.53 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
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Publisher Description: The understanding of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica has blossomed in recent years. In this volume, the authors use recent empirical studies to help us understand the patterns and nature of Mesoamerican warfare. Using evidence from ceramics, settlement pattern, epigraphy, ethnohistory, and ethnography, these projects define the martial nature of Mesoamerican societies and link it to ritual, political economy, and other cultural systems. The studies range from preclassic to post-contact and from Belize to Central Mexico. A comparison between this corpus and warfare studies in the American Southwest is also included. This volume will be of interest to Mesoamericanists and other archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians of ancient warfare. |