The beginnings of Mesoamerican civilization. Inter-regional interaction and the olmec
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Mesoamerica is one of several cradles of civilisation in the world. In this book, Robert M. Rosenswig proposes that we understand Early Formative Mesoamerica as an archipelago of complex societies that interacted ...
Read more- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521111027
- ISBN10 0521111021
- Type BOOK
- Pages 374
- Published 2010
- Language English
- Bookbinding Cloth
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Anthropology. General ThemesThe beginnings of Mesoamerican civilization. Inter-regional interaction and the olmec
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mesoamerica is one of several cradles of civilisation in the world. In this book, Robert M. Rosenswig proposes that we understand Early Formative Mesoamerica as an archipelago of complex societies that interacted ...
Mainland Spain
Book details
Mesoamerica is one of several cradles of civilisation in the world. In this book, Robert M. Rosenswig proposes that we understand Early Formative Mesoamerica as an archipelago of complex societies that interacted with one another over long distances and that were separated by less sedentary peoples. These early 'islands' of culture shared an Olmec artistic aesthetic, beginning approximately 1250 BCE (uncalibrated), that first defined Mesoamerica as a culture area. Rosenswig frames the Olmec world from the perspective of the Soconusco area on Pacifica Chiapas and Guatemala. The disagreements about Early Formative society that have raged over the past 30 years focus on the nature of inter-regional interaction between San Lorenzo and other Early Formative regions. He evaluates these debates from a fresh theoretical perspective and integrates new data into an assessment of Soconusco society before, during, and after the apogee of the San Lorenzo polity.
Rosenswig evaluates the disagreement about Early Formative Society from a fresh theoretical perspective Integrates new data in an assessment of Soconusco society before, during, and after the apogee of the San Lorenzo polity Proposes that we understand Early Formative Mesoamerica as an archipelago of complex societies that interacted with one another over long distances