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The Mural Painting of Teotihuacan
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The article was published on 1973-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 68 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mural & Painting.read more
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Rereading the Maps of the Columbian Encounter
TL;DR: The authors argue that Native American mapping belongs in the cartographic record of the Encounter, and that European maps of the period can be viewed as statements of territorial appropriation, cultural reproduction, or as devices by which a Native American presence could be silenced.
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The Archaeological Study of Empires and Imperialism in Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico
Michael E. Smith,Lisa Montiel +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a model based on Michael Doyle's analytical approach to imperialism is developed from historical and archaeological research on ancient Mesoamerica from the Old World and South America.
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The Social Life of Pre‐Sunrise Things
TL;DR: This article explored the social life of objects and places from the past in three paired locations: the Classic site of Teotihuacan and the 16th-century Mexica Aztec capital of Tenochtitln; the Classic sites of Yucuudahui and 16thcentury Mixtec community of Chachoapan; and the Postclassic site of Chichen Itza and the 20thcentury Yucatec Maya community of Chan Kom.
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Ancient Teotihuacan: Early Urbanism in Central Mexico
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a view of Teotihuacan in a wider perspective, focusing on the ideation and religion of the people of the area around the pyramids.
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The Thorny Oyster and the Origins of Empire: Implications of Recently Uncovered Spondylus Imagery from Chan Chan, Peru
TL;DR: The use and use of exotic, valuable, and ritually important elite goods is a prominent feature of many imperial political economies as discussed by the authors, and an architectural relief recently excavated at Chan Chan, the capital of Chimor, sheds new light on the use of expensive materials and long-distance trade and exchange along the Pacific coast of South America in the late Prehispanic period.