28 Part I: Historical Perspectives if somewhat uneasy use. This is because what
archaeologists have understood to be “landscape archaeology” has shifted, so that today it …

The variance between the standard view of Aztec time and the difficulties that are evident
after a closer examination of the calendar suggest more than that the conventional view is …

Indigenous allies helped the Spanish gain a foothold in the Americas. What did these Indian
conquistadors expect from the partnership, and what were the implications of their …

“Not Letting the City Eat This Town Up” ocotepec 9 3 stead asked him to leave. During my
stay, the Zapatista Army for National Liberation (EZLN), based in Chiapas, led a peace …

Landscape archaeology focuses on the relationship between archaeological data and its
natural setting or environment, and one facet of this approach is aimed at understanding the …

A new popular culture was needed for the reborn city. Previous forms like the corrido no
longer spoke to the lives and needs of these urban neophytes. Bolero and its dance …

Until now, archaeological and historical studies of Mesoamerican plazas have been scarce
compared to studies of the surrounding monumental architecture such as pyramidal temples …

Throughout the Americas, between at least 3000 BC and AD 1492, cultural values and
spiritual qualities inhered in the diversity of matter that constituted the natural world. For pre …

Archaeoastronomy is a discipline pioneered at Stonehenge and other megalithic sites in
Britain and France. Many sites in the southwestern United States have yielded evidence of …

By the time the Spanish army led by Hernan Cort6s fought and talked its way into the Halls
of Moctezuma in 1519, Europeans had become well aware that Indians periodically ate …