{"product_id":"ancient-southeast-mesoamerica-political-economies-without-the-state-hardback-9781107172746","title":"Ancient Southeast Mesoamerica; Political Economies without the State (Hardback) 9781107172746","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAncient Southeast Mesoamerica\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolitical Economies without the State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores the development and political history of Southeast Mesoamerica from its earliest inhabitants up to the Spanish conquest.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatricia A. Urban (Author), Edward M. Schortman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107172746, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e410 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.74 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAncient Southeast Mesoamerica explores the distinctive development and political history of the region from its earliest inhabitants up to the Spanish conquest. It was composed of a matrix of social networks rather than divided by distinct cultures and domains. Making use of the area's rich archaeological data, Edward Schortman and Patricia Urban provide a social network analysis of southeast Mesoamerica. They demonstrate how inhabitants from different locales were organized within such networks, and how they mobilized the assets that they needed to define and achieve their own goals. The also provide evidence for the actions of other groups, who sought to promote their importance at local and regional scales, and often opposed those efforts. Schortman and Urban's study demonstrates the fresh insights gained from study of socio-political structures via a social network perspective. It also challenges models that privilege the influence of powerful leaders in shaping those structures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Ways of understanding Southeast Mesoamerica\u003cbr\u003e 2. Power, hierarchy, and social differentiation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Early arrivals, domestication, and emerging sociopolitical complexity in Southeast Mesoamerica (10,000 (?) – 400 BCE)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reformulating social networks through the novel uses of things (400 BCE – CE200)\u003cbr\u003e 5. The arrival of divine lords: early classic Southeast Mesoamerica (CE 200 – 600)\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Copán realm, its colonies and allies (CE 600–800)\u003cbr\u003e 7. The end of days: political decentralization and its aftermath among Members of the Copán-centered network (CE 820–1000)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Concentrating power and building hierarchy beyond the Copán-centered network (CE 600–800)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Concentrating power in the terminal classic beyond Copán (CE 800–1000)\u003cbr\u003e 10. Power and political economy in the late classic Naco and Middle Chamelecón Valleys (CE 600–800)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Hierarchy to heterarchy in the terminal classic Naco and Middle Chamelecón Valleys (CE 800–1000)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Contrasting forms of complexity: the postclassic (CE 1000–1550) in Southeast Mesoamerica\u003cbr\u003e 13. Contesting for power, challenging hierarchy, making history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology by period \/ region [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology by period \/ region\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeology%20by%20period%20\/%20region%20%5BHDD%5D%22\"\u003eHDD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415681167640,"sku":"9781107172746","price":86.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781107172746i.jpg?v=1784422831","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ancient-southeast-mesoamerica-political-economies-without-the-state-hardback-9781107172746","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}