Spanish colonial archaeology has undergone a fundamental shift since the Columbian
Quincentenary due to the adoption of a bottom-up understanding of colonialism that …

Focusing on the native ceramic technology of central Mexico during the early colonial period
and the present-day, this book offers a refreshing view into the process of cultural continuity …

Stratigraphic sequences in the flood plains of the eastern Basin of Mexico reveal episodes of
intense flooding in the past 3000 years, represented by the deposition of alluvial units C, D …

This article explores the role of material culture, specifically ceramics, in the construction of
identity, socialmemory, and understandings of the past in the Postclassic Basin of Mexico …

This paper exposes the results of Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) on 46
pottery sherds, fragments of Spanish olive jars (botijas) and stoneware containers …

The Spanish colonization dramatically interrupted the autonomous development of ancient
Mesoamerican culture. Nevertheless, indigenous societies learned to live with the conquest …

Mesoamerica, an indigenous New World culture area (compare definitions in Adams [2005],
Kirchhoff [1943], Weaver [1993], and West [1964])(Fig. 1), is characterized by the presence …

On November 3, 1519, Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and his army reached a
mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada from where they contemplated a valley with of lakes …

Indigenous pottery traditions and other material aspects of daily life in Yucatan were slow to
change during the early colonial period. This conservativism reflects a gradual rate of social …

Since 2004, archaeological, ethnographic, and archival investigations at the ex-hacienda
San Miguel Acocotla in Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico, have explored the lives of indigenous …