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Landscapes of the Itza
"An insightful collection, rich in new data and insights; at once the harvest of a generation of fieldwork and the foundation for work to come."--Mary E. Miller, coauthor of The Spectacle of the Late Maya Court: Reflections on the Murals of Bonampak "Reminds us that there are always new things to learn about iconic places like Chichen Itza and that we can fall in love with them all over again."--Jennifer P. Mathews, coeditor of Lifeways in the Northern Maya Lowlands: New Approaches to Archaeology in the Yucatan Peninsula "Long overdue. Brings together new data and interpretations about Chichen Itza through a refreshing mix of art history and archaeology, particularistic interpretation, and c...
Homenaje al profesor Ángel García Cook
Usted encontrará en este libro los lugares y temas más emblemáticos en la trayectoria de más de 50 años del profesor Ángel García Cook, pues se resaltan las aportaciones de un amplio espectro que logró como investigador, funcionario y maestro de grupo en los que dejó su huella.
Western Mesoamerican Calendars and Writing Systems
Mesoamerica is one of the few places to witness the independent invention of writing. Bringing together new research, papers discuss the writing systems of Teotihuacan, Mixteca Baja, the Epiclassic period and Aztec writing of the Postclassic. These writing systems represent more than a millennium of written records and literacy in Mesoamerica.
La fábrica del prestigio en Mesoamérica
The mural paintings of Cacaxtla offer the starting point for a discussion of cultural interactions and the fabrication of prestige. After the disintegration of the Teotihuacán system, this book considers how city-states of the Central Highlands transformed their material culture to construct new political discourses to establish local authority.
Estudio de la lítica en Mesoamérica
Estudio de la lítica tallada y pulida en México en diferentes tipos de artefactos líticos
Agroecology
Introduction : why agroecology? -- The scientific principles of agroecology -- The scientific evidence for agroecology : can it feed the world? -- Scaling up agroecology : social process and organization -- The politics of agroecology -- Conclusions : conform or transform?
Estudio de la lítica arqueológica en Mesoamérica
"The tests that make up this work are the result of recent research and present a broad overview on the issues, perspectives and interpretations that are currently applied to the study of the stone carving and polished in Mexico. Its content refers to different types of lithic artifacts from heterogeneous contexts that account for certain moments in history culture. Includes observations on different techniques of development and function of the studied pieces. The texts, among other issues, study the deposits of obsidian, the workshops of elaboration of the artifacts and those artifacts as offerings in specific rituals as well as artifacts, symbols, etc. In terms of raw material, some artic...
Latinas in the United States
A comprehensive, historical encyclopedia that covers the full range of Latina economic, political, and cultural life in the United States.
Just Neighbors?
Blacks and Latinos have transformed the American city—together these groups now constitute the majority in seven of the ten largest cities. Large-scale immigration from Latin America has been changing U.S. racial dynamics for decades, and Latino migration to new destinations is changing the face of the American south. Yet most of what social science has helped us to understand about these groups has been observed primarily in relation to whites—not each other. Just Neighbors? challenges the traditional black/white paradigm of American race relations by examining African Americans and Latinos as they relate to each other in the labor market, the public sphere, neighborhoods, and schools. ...
