Richard E. Blanton

Author Richard E. Blanton proposes new methods for comparative analyses of houses and uses these methods, along with the community ethnographic data, to develop new and evaluate current household theories

A Comparative Study

Houses and Households

The author presents a large comparative database derived from ethnographic and architectural research in Southeast Asia, Egypt, Mesoamerica, and other areas; proposes new methodologies for comparative analyses of houses; and critically examines existing methodologies, theories, and data. His work expands on and systematizes comparative and cross-cultural approaches to the study of households and their environments to provide a firm foundation for this emerging line of study.

Laura Finsten

Eva Fisch

The Prehispanic Settlement Patterns of the Central and Southern Parts of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

Gary M. Feinman

Stephen A. Kowalewski

Linda M. Nicholas

Over two thousand years ago, Oaxaca, Mexico, was the site of one of the New World's earliest episodes of primary state formation and urbanism, and today it is one of the world's archaeologically best-studied regions. This volume, which thoroughly revises and updates the first edition, provides a highly readable yet comprehensive path to acquaint readers with one of the earliest and best-known examples of Native American state formation and its consequences as seen from the perspectives of urbanism, technology, demography, commerce, households, and religion and ritual. Written by prominent archaeological researchers who have devoted decades to Oaxacan research and to the development of suitable social theory, the book places ancient Oaxaca within the context of the history of ideas that have addressed the causes and consequences of social evolutionary change. It also critically evaluates the potential applicability of more recent thinking about state building grounded in collective action and related theories.

The Monte Albán State

Ancient Oaxaca

William O. Autry

Settlement Patterns at the Ancient Zapotec Capital

Monte Albán

Jill Appel

In this revised and updated 1993 edition the authors synthesize recent research to provide a comprehensive survey of Mesoamerica.

A Comparison of Change in Three Regions

Ancient Mesoamerica

Frances Berdan

Michael E. Smith

Elizabeth Hill Boone

Martha and Donald Robertson Chair in Latin American Art Elizabeth Hill Boone

Emily Umberger

Mary G. Hodge

School of Human Evolution and Social Change Michael E Smith

"Based on a ten-week working seminar in 1986, offers new interpretations of the extent, organization, and imperial strategies of the Aztec empire. Analyzes data from the major chroniclers and from individual towns and places throughout the empire. Informa

Aztec Imperial Strategies

Gary Feinman

Stephen Kowalewski

Monte Alban's Hinterland, Part I

Richard E. Blanton

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