The Valley of Mexico
Studies in Pre-Hispanic Ecology and Society
Edited by Eric R. Wolf
The chapters in this volume present an important contemporary interpretation of the cultural and archaeological legacy of the Valley of Mexico, a rich and ancient place where the presence of the past is all around. The contributors apply a powerful explanatory model for the development of civilization in terms of environment, population growth, food production, settlement, social differentiation and hierarchy, along with the importance of local and regional interactions involving trade.
1976. 352 pp., 16 figures, 20 maps, 12 tables, notes, references, index, 6 x 9
Contributors: Richard E. Blanton, Edward E. Calnek, Richard A. Diehl, Michael H. Logan, René Millon, Jeffrey R. Parsons, Barbara J. Price, William T. Sanders, Eric R. Wolf
The Valley of Mexico inquiry:
- Introduction Eric R. Wolf
- A Chronological Framework for Cultural Development in Mesoamerica Barbara J. Price
- Chronological and Developmental Terminology: Why They Must Be Divorced René Millon
- The Model Michael H. Logan and William T. Sanders
- The Natural Environment of the Basin of Mexico William T. Sanders
- Settlement and Population History of the Basin of Mexico Jeffrey R. Parsons
- The Agricultural History of the Basin of Mexico William T. Sanders
- Summary and Conclusions William T. Sanders, Jeffrey R. Parsons, and Michael H. Logan
- The Role of Symbiosis in Adaptation and Sociocultural Change in the Valley of Mexico Richard E. Blanton
- Social Relations in Ancient Teotihuacán René Millon
- Pre-Hispanic Relationships between the Basin of Mexico and North and West Mexico Richard A. Diehl
- The Internal Structure of Tenochtitlan Edward E. Calnek