Excavations at San José Mogote 2 : the cognitive archaeology / by Kent V. Flannery, Joyce Marcus ; with contributions by Chris L. Moser [and 4 others]
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 410 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
San José Mogote
San José Mogote (Mexico)
Date:
2015
Summary:
"Excavations at San José Mogote 2: The Cognitive Archaeology (2015) deals with every building and feature that can shed light on indigenous ritual, religion, and political ideology. Filling 432 pages and utilizing more than 400 photographs and line drawings, this book describes in detail more than 35 public buildings, including men's houses, one-room temples, a performance platform, two-room state temples, a ballcourt, and two types of palaces. These new empirical data allow the authors to reconstruct the evolution of complex Zapotec state religion from the simpler ritual features and buildings of Oaxaca's earliest sedentary communities. Many basic concepts of indigenous belief endured for thousands of years, but dramatic innovations signaled the periodic transformation of Zapotec religion to keep up with changes in society and politics."-- Publisher's website.
