Reassessing the Aztatlan World

Michael D. Mathiowetz is a research specialist at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. He has published widely in Kiva, Journal of the Southwest, Journal of Archaeological Research, British Archaeological Reports, Dumbarton Oaks, El Colegio de MichoacAn, and others. John M. D. Pohl's background in archaeology, art history, and media have taken him from feature film and television production to serving as a curator, writer, and designer for major museum exhibitions including "Sorcerers of the Fifth Heaven: Art and Ritual in Ancient Southern Mexico" for Princeton University and "Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico" for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Dallas Museum of Art.

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Introduction. Integrated Approaches to the AztatlAn Tradition: History, Scale, and New Directions by John M. D. Pohl and Michael D. Mathiowetz Part I. What is AztatlAn?: A Historical Perspective Chapter 1. The Current Status of the AztatlAn Phenomenon in Far Western Mexico: What? Where? and When? Joseph B. Mountjoy Part II. Local and Regional Viewpoints: AztatlAn Sociopolitical Organization and Complexity from Continental to Local Scales Chapter 2. Coast-to-Coast: Evidence for AztatlAn Articulation in Supraregional Interaction Networks Laura Solar Valverde Chapter 3. Ritual Objects as Cultural Capital: A Comparison between the Mixtec-Zapotec, AztatlAn, and Casas Grandes Cultural Co-Traditions John M. D. Pohl Chapter 4. Social Organization in the AztatlAn Tradition (AD850 - 1350): The Sayula and Chapala Basins (Jalisco), a Case Study Susana RamIrez Urrea Chapter 5. San Felipe AztatAn: An AztatlAn Political and Ceremonial Center in the Lower Basin of the RIo Acaponeta, Nayarit Mauricio GarduNo Ambriz Chapter 6. Not All that Glitters is AztatlAn Ceramics: The Development of Complex Societies in Southern Sinaloa Luis Alfonso Grave Tirado Chapter 7. Was There a Coastal Colony in the Eastern Valleys of Durango?: Notes on AztatlAn-Chalchihuites Interaction Cinthya Isabel Vidal Aldana Chapter 8. Interaction and Integration on the Northern AztatlAn Frontier in Sinaloa John P. Carpenter and Guadalupe SAnchez Chapter 9. Selective Influence of West Mexico Cultural Traditions in the Onavas Valley, Sonora, Mexico Cristina GarcIa Moreno, James T. Watson, and Danielle Phelps Part III. Technologies, Economies, and Trade in the AztatlAn Region and Beyond Chapter 10. Obsidian Usage and Trade in Postclassic West Mexico Daniel E. Pierce Chapter 11. A Spatial and Temporal Comparative Analysis of Metal Objects from MichoacAn to the Greater Southwest JosE Luis Punzo DIaz and Lissandra GonzAlez Part IV. AztatlAn Religion, Ritual Practice, and Worldview: The Archaeological Past and Continuities in the Ethnographic Present Chapter 12. Funerary Practices during the Epiclassic and Postclassic: La Pitayera, Nayarit JosE Carlos BeltrAn Medina, MarIa de Lourdes GonzAlez Barajas, Jorge Arturo Talavera GonzAlez, and Juan Jorge Morales Monroy Chapter 13. A World Within the World: Portraiture Effigy Bowls and Cargo Systems in Mitote Cycles of the AztatlAn Culture Michael D. Mathiowetz Chapter 14. The Flowering World of the Gran Nayar: An Ethnographic Approach for Conceptualizing Political Legitimacy in the AztatlAn World Philip E. Coyle Part V. Concluding Thoughts and New Directions Chapter 15. Discussion: The Three Transitions of AztatlAn Christopher S. Beekman References Cited Contributors Index

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