Between 3500 and 500 bc, the social landscape of ancient Mesoamerica was completely transformed. At the beginning of this period, the mobile lifeways of a spars

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This study of early cities in Mesoamerica will contribute significantly to the world-wide discourse on early cities and urbanism.

Preceramic Mesoamerica delivers cutting-edge research on the Mesoamerican Paleoindian and Archaic periods. The chapters address a series of fundamental question

This book offers a new account of human interaction and culture change for Mesoamerica that connects the present to the past. Social histories that assess the c