Primary state formation in Mesoamerica

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2004, Pages 173-199

  Spencer, Charles S ^a   Redmond, Elsa M ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiefdom; Conquest; Monte Alb n; Oaxaca; Palace; Political evolution; Settlement hierarchy; Temple

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL HISTORY; STATE BUILDING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9144226270     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143823     Document Type: Article

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