book chapter
Colonization and conquest
Zapotec civilization : how urban society evolved in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley, Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery • New York, N.Y. • Published In 1996 • Pages: 195-207, 249
By: Marcus, Joyce, Flannery, Kent V..
Abstract
Marcus and Flannery discuss Monte Albán as an expansionist state by examining the evidence for colonization and conquest. Monte Albán documented their expansion with some hieroglyphic stone carvings known as 'conquest slabs.' These slabs seem to indicate some areas joined Monte Albán voluntarily while others were annexed militarily. Nine areas outside the Valley of Oaxaca where there is evidence of an abrupt change in ceramics to Monte Albán gray ware are discussed.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- General Middle America and the Caribbean
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2009
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 2500-1800 BP (500 BC-AD 200)
- Coverage Place
- central and Pacific coast, Mexico
- Notes
- Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249)
- LCCN
- 95060561
- LCSH
- Zapotec Indians--Antiquities
- Zapotec Indians--Politics and government
- Land settlement--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley
- Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities