Description
Typical histories of Mexico focus on the prosperity and accomplishments of Mesoamerica, located in the southern half of Mexico, due to the wealth of records about the glorious past of this region. Mesoamerica was only one of three cultural superareas of ancient Mexico, however, all interlinked by complex economic and social relationships.
Tracing the large social transformations that took place from the earliest hunter-gatherer times to the Postclassic states, the authors describe the ties between the three superareas of ancient Mexico, which stretched from present-day Costa Rica to what is now the southwestern United States. According to the authors, these superareas-Mesoamerica, Aridamerica, and Oasisamerica-cannot be viewed as independent entities. Instead, they must be considered as a whole to understand the complex reality of Mexico's past and possible visions of Mexico's future.
About the Author
Alfredo Lopez Austin, Emeritus Researcher and Professor of History at Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, is the author of numerous books on ancient Mexico, including Tamoanchan, Tlalocan: Places of Mist.
Leonardo Lopez Lujan, Senior Researcher and Professor of Archaeology at Museo del Templo Mayor, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, is the author of several books on the archaeology of Central Mexico, includingThe Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan.
Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano is the translator of Mexico's Indigenous Past and cotranslator of Myths of Ancient Mexico.
Book Information
ISBN 9780806137230
Author Alfredo Lopez Austin
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint University of Oklahoma Press
Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
Weight(grams) 490g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 18mm
