The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the AmericasBruce G. Trigger, Wilcomb E. Washburn, Richard E. W. Adams, Murdo J. MacLeod, Frank Salomon, Stuart B. Schwartz Cambridge University Press, 1996 - 464 pages The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, gives a comprehensive and authoritative overview of all the important native civilizations of the Mesoamerican area, beginning with archaeological discussions of paleoindian, archaic and preclassic societies and continuing to the present. Fully illustrated and engagingly written, the book is divided into sections that discuss the native cultures of Mesoamerica before and after their first contact with the Europeans. The various chapters balance theoretical points of view as they trace the cultural history and evolutionary development of such groups as the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztec, the Zapotec, and the Tarascan. |
Contents
An Overview | 1 |
History of | 44 |
The Native Peoples of Northeastern Mexico | 89 |
The Indigenous Peoples of Western Mexico from the Spanish | 136 |
Native Peoples of Colonial Central Mexico | 187 |
Native Peoples of Central Mexico since Independence | 223 |
The Central American Highlands from the Rise of Teotihuacan | 250 |
Native Peoples of the Gulf Coast from | 274 |
The Indigenous Population of Oaxaca from the Sixteenth | 302 |
Western and Northwestern Mexico | 318 |
The Lowland Maya from the Conquest to the Present | 346 |
The Origins of the Zapotec | 358 |
The Highland Maya | 392 |
The Southeast Frontiers of Mesoamerica | 407 |
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agrarian agricultural altepetl American areas Austin Aztec Belize caciques Center-West centers central Mexico changes Chiapas Chichimeca Chichimeca War Christian cofradías colonial period communal lands conquest cultural demographic early economic eighteenth century ejidos elites encomienda especially ethnic European Franciscan frontier García González groups Guachichiles Guadalajara Guatemala haciendas Hidalgo highland Huasteca Huichol important Indian indígena indigenous communities indios Itza Jalisco José Juan labor language lowland Maya María Maya Mesoamerica mestizo Mexican Mexico City Michoacan mission Mixteca modern Nahua Nahuatl native communities native population Nayarit nineteenth century non-Indians northeast northern Nueva España Nueva Galicia Nuevo León Oaxaca Otomí Pames Papantla peasants political Popoluca prehispanic production pueblos rancherías Rarámuri rebellion region religious resistance Revolution ritual rural San Luis settlements Sierra siglo sixteenth century social society Sonora southern Spain Spaniards Spanish studies survival Tarahumara Tarascan Tepehuanes tion Tlaxcalan Totonac towns tribute valleys Veracruz villages vols Yaquis Yucatan Zacatecas Zapotecs