Early Mesoamerican Social Transformations: Archaic and Formative Lifeways in the Soconusco Region

Chapter 1. Early Social Transformations in Soconusco: An Introduction Richard G. Lesure Part I: Archaic to Formative: Transformations in Subsistence Chapter 2. A Gender-Based Model for Changes in Subsistence and Mobility during the Terminal Late Archaic Period on the Coast of Chiapas, Mexico Barbara Voorhies and Douglas J. Kennett Chapter 3. Evidence for the Diversity of Late Archaic and Early Formative Plant Use in the Soconusco Region of Mexico and Guatemala Michael Blake and Hector Neff Chapter 4. Archaic to Formative in Soconusco: The Adaptive and Organizational Transformation Richard G. Lesure and Thomas A. Wake Part II: Emergent Complexity: The Archaeological Records of Early Political Centers Chapter 5. Building History in Domestic and Public Space at Paso de la Amada--An Examination of Mounds 6 and 7 Michael Blake Chapter 6. Paso de la Amada as a Ceremonial Center Richard G. Lesure Chapter 7. A History of Disaster and Cultural Change in the Coatan River Drainage of the Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico Gerardo Gutierrez Chapter 8. La Blanca and the Soconusco Middle Formative Michael Love and Julia Guernsey Part III: Beyond the Individual Study Area: Grappling with Issues of Scale Chapter 9. Early Formative Transitions in Settlement and Subsistence at Chiquiuitan, Guatemala Molly Morgan Chapter 10. Jocotal Settlement Patterns, Salt Production, and Pacific Coast Interactions Mary Pye, John Hodgson, and John E. Clark Chapter 11. An Early Mesoamerican Archipelago of Complexity Robert M. Rosenswig Chapter 12. Concluding Thoughts: Macro-Regional Synthesis in the Archaeology of Early Mesoamerica Richard G. Lesure

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