Reassessing the Aztatlán World: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Continuity in Northwest Mesoamerica

The Aztatl n tradition of northwest Mesoamerica (AD 850/900-1350+) is one of the most understudied and enigmatic cultural developments in the Americas. This volume presents a spectrum of interdisciplinary research into Aztatl n societies, combining innovative archaeological methods with historical and ethnographic investigations. The results offer significant revelations about west Mexico's critical role in over a millennium of cultural interaction between Indigenous societies in northwest and northeast Mexico, the Greater U.S. Southwest, Mesoamerica, lower Central America, and beyond.

Volume contributors show how those responsible for the Aztatl n tradition were direct ancestors of diverse Indigenous peoples such as the N ayeri (Cora), Wix rika (Huichol), O'dam (Tepehuan), Caz' Ahmo (Caxcan), Yoeme (Yaqui), Yoreme (Mayo), and others who continue to reside across the former Aztatl n region and its frontiers. The prosperity of the Aztatl n tradition was achieved through long-distance networks that fostered the development of new ritual economies and integrated peoples in Greater Mesoamerica with those in the U.S. Southwest/Mexican Northwest.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647691494
• ISBN13: 9781647691493
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 2.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.6" x 11.1"