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Reflecting extensive archaeological fieldwork carried out under the author's direction, and richly illustrated throughout, this is the first comprehensive reference on two great but little-known Mesoamerican cultures that flourished for thousands of years in the present-day southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The Zapotecs were skilled builders who constructed one of early America's most magnificant architectural complexes on the hilltop pf Monte Alban, a site that includes elaborately crafted temples, plaza, tombs and statuary. The nearby Mixtecs lived in smaller units and created fabulous mosaics, sculpture, and jewelry. They also developed a pictographic system of writing, which they drew on exquisite polychrome pottery and deersking codices. Through careful dechiphering and analysis of written, artistic, and architectural remains, Ancient Mesoamericans provides extraordinary glimpses of these two very different societies, their culture, rituals, and daily lives.
Esta importante contribución analiza los esqueletos provenientes de una gran diversidad de entierros y tumbas estudiadas por Alfonso Caso, Daniel Rubín de la Borbolla y Javier Romero. Después de décadas de investigación, los autores presentan nuevos datos sobre aproximadamente mil personas enterradas en Monte Albán.
In this paper I discuss in general the impact that massive tourism has in the Mexican archaeological zones and which can be the strategies to follow to perceive tourism not as a threat but as a factor that support scientific research and an integral conservation of archaeological zones with the participation of the actual neighboring communities. It is analyzed the particular case of the archaeological zone of Monte Albán and the Historical District of Oaxaca City, Mexico, declared conjointly as World Heritage Patrimony by the Unesco and where the fast growing of the Oaxaca City is jeopardizing part of the archaeological zone. As part of the solution, it is proposed an integral approach, where all the actors involved are invited as the three government levels, civil organizations, and the neighboring communities.
In this revised and updated 1993 edition the authors synthesize recent research to provide a comprehensive survey of Mesoamerica.
La presente publicación reúne investigaciones sobre el patrimonio cultura de Oaxaca de las áreas de antropología social, arqueología, antropología física, etnohistoria, lingüística, conservación, restauración, museos comunitarios, y monumentos históricos, todas las investigaciones publicadas en esta obra son inéditas.
Collection of articles providing new research on warfare in ancient Maya and other Mesoamerican societies based on archaeological, ethnohistorical, and linguistic evidence