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Pre-Mamom Pottery Variation and the Preclassic Origins of the Lowland Maya
Pre-Mamom Pottery Variation and the Preclassic Origins of the Lowland Maya summarizes archaeological researchers’ current views on the adoption and first use of pottery across the Maya lowlands.
Power and Identity at the Margins of the Ancient Near East
Power and Identity at the Margins of the Ancient Near East rethinks the dichotomy between antiquated terms such as “core” and “periphery,” explores lived realities in the margins of central authority, and centers those margins as places of resistance and power in their own right.
The Transnational Construction of Mayanness
Reading Modern Mesoamerica through US Archives
The Transnational Construction of Mayanness explores how US academics, travelers, officials, and capitalists contributed to the construction of the Maya as an area of academic knowledge and affected the lives of the Maya peoples who were the subject of generations of anthropological research from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
From Ancient Rome to Colonial Mexico
Religious Globalization in the Context of Empire
From Ancient Rome to Colonial Mexico compares the Christianization of the Roman Empire with the evangelization of Mesoamerica, offering novel perspectives on the historical processes involved in the spread of Christianity.
Manzanar Mosaic
Essays and Oral Histories on America's First World War II Japanese American Concentration Camp
Pushing Boundaries in Southwestern Archaeology
Chronometry, Collections, and Contexts
Pushing Boundaries in Southwestern Archaeology draws together the proceedings from the sixteenth biennial Southwest Symposium.
Paul Kontny
A Modern Artist in Europe and America
The Power of Nature
Archaeology and Human-Environmental Dynamics
Climatic events, pathogens, and animals as nonhuman agents, ranging in size from viruses to mega-storms, have presented our species with dynamic conditions that overwhelm human capacities.