Formative Lifeways in Central Tlaxcala, Volume 1: Excavations, Ceramics, and Chronology

This book, the first of a projected three, reports on excavations at Formative-period sites in the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico. The transition to the Formative in the relatively high-altitude study region is later than in choice regions for early agriculture elsewhere in Mesoamerica. From 900 BC, however, population growth and sociopolitical development were rapid. A central claim in the research presented here is that a macroregional perspective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931745692
• ISBN13: 9781931745697
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.8" x 11.2"