book chapter

Alliance building and elite competition

Zapotec civilization : how urban society evolved in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley, Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery • New York, N.Y. • Published In 1996 • Pages: 111-120, 247

By: Marcus, Joyce, Flannery, Kent V..

Abstract

Marcus and Flannery examine alliance building and chiefly competition during the Guadalupe phase. There were rival chiefly centers that had their own public buildings and pottery and may have competed through feasting. Marcus and Flannery also look at alliance building through marriage of a high-status woman to a leader in a subordinate community. Evidence for this can be found in burials. Figurines also show status differences. Lastly, Marcus and Flannery present evidence for chiefdoms elsewhere in Mexico and Guatemala.

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

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry; 2008

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

2850-2700 BP (850-700 BC)

Coverage Place

Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

Notes

Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247)

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