University Press Of Colorado: 252 books
Human Adaptation in Ancient Mesoamerica
Empirical Approaches to Mesoamerican Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
This volume explores the dynamics of human adaptation to social, political, ideological, economic, and environmental factors in Mesoamerica and includes a wide array of topics, such as the hydrological engineering behind Teotihuacan’s layout, the complexities of agriculture and sustainability in...
Cooperation and Collective Action
Archaeological Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Past archaeological literature on cooperation theory has emphasized competition's role in cultural evolution. As a result, bottom-up possibilities for group cooperation have been under theorized in favor of models stressing top-down leadership, while evidence from a range of disciplines has demonstrated...
Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands
Integration, Interaction, Dissolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015
Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands investigates Maya political and social structure in the southern lowlands, assessing, comparing, and interpreting the wide variation in Classic period Maya polity and city composition, development, and integration. Traditionally, discussions of Classic...
by Kathryn R Venzor
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Organized by the theme of place and place-making in the Southwest, Contemporary Archaeologies of the Southwest emphasizes the method and theory for the study of radical changes in religion, settlement patterns, and material culture associated with population migration, colonialism, and climate change...
The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context
Case Studies in Resilience and Vulnerability
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
In The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context, contributors reject the popularized link between societal collapse and drought in Maya civilization, arguing that a series of periodic “collapses,” including the infamous Terminal Classic collapse (AD 750–1050), were not caused solely by climate...
Crossroads of Culture
Anthropology Collections at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
The hectic front of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science hides an unseen back of the museum that is also bustling. Less than 1 percent of the museum's collections are on display at any given time, and the Department of Anthropology alone cares for more than 50,000 objects from every corner of...
In the Realm of Nachan Kan
Postclassic Maya Archaeology at Laguna De On, Belize
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The prevailing view of the lowland Maya during the Postclassic period (A.D. 1050-1500) has been one of an impoverished, "degenerated" society devoid of cultural accomplishment. However, Marilyn A. Masson offers a fresh interpretation of this society as one that represented a complex, sophisticated,...
by Matt Sponheimer, Julia A. Lee-Thorp, Kaye E. Reed
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
An introduction to the multidisciplinary field of hominin paleoecology for advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduate students, Early Hominin Paleoecology offers an up-to-date review of the relevant literature, exploring new research and synthesizing old and new ideas.
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Mixtec Evangelicals
Globalization, Migration, and Religious Change in a Oaxacan Indigenous Group
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Mixtec Evangelicals is a comparative ethnography of four Mixtec communities in Oaxaca, detailing the process by which economic migration and religious conversion combine to change the social and cultural makeup of predominantly folk-Catholic communities. The book describes the effects on the home...
Creating Dialogues
Indigenous Perceptions and Changing Forms of Leadership in Amazonia
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Creating Dialogues discusses contemporary forms of leadership in a variety of Amazonian indigenous groups. Examining the creation of indigenous leaders as political subjects in the context of contemporary state policies of democratization and exploitation of natural resources, the book addresses...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Presenting prehistoric, historic, and ethnographic data from Mongolia, China, Iceland, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States, The Anthropological Study of Class and Consciousness offers a first step toward examining class as a central issue within anthropology. Contributors to this volume use the...
by Jan J. Nyberg
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Current mainstream books and publicity about management and administration in health care are concerned with the takeover of health care by managed-care organizations. Many provide lots of quick and externally focused answers. Many of them are economically driven, to the exclusion of humans, values,...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Population growth and industrial development have put the wide-open spaces and natural resources that define the West under immense stress. Vested interests clash and come to terms over embattled resources such as water, minerals, and even open space. The federal government controls 40 to 80 percent...
An Inconstant Landscape
The Maya Kingdom of El Zotz, Guatemala
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Presenting the results of six years of archaeological survey and excavation in and around the Maya kingdom of El Zotz, An Inconstant Landscape paints a complex picture of a dynamic landscape over the course of almost 2,000 years of occupation. El Zotz was a dynastic seat of the Classic period in Guatemala....