{"product_id":"framing-complexity-in-formative-mesoamerica-hardcover","title":"Framing Complexity in Formative Mesoamerica - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Delance\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGary M. Feinman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fresh examination of variable social and economic processes, \u003ci\u003eFraming Complexity in Formative Mesoamerica\u003c\/i\u003e explores nascent social complexity during the Preclassic\/Formative period in Mesoamerica and addresses broader social questions about egalitarian and transegalitarian prehispanic Mesoamerican cultural groups. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors present multiple lines of evidence demonstrating the process of social complexity and reconsider a number of traditionally accepted models and presumed tenets as a result of the wealth of empirical data that has been gathered over the past four decades. Their chapters approach complexity as a process rather than a state of being by exploring social aggregation, the emergence of ethnic affiliations, and aspects of regional and macroregional variability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFraming Complexity in Formative Mesoamerica\u003c\/i\u003e presents some of the most recent data--and the implications of that data--for understanding the development of complex societies as human beings moved into urban environments. The book is an especially important volume for researchers and students working in Mesoamerica, as well as archaeologists taking a comparative approach to questions of complexity. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors: \u003c\/i\u003e Jaime J. Awe, Sarah B. Barber, Jeffrey S. Brezezinski, M. Kathryn Brown, Ryan H. Collins, Kaitlin Crow, Lisa DeLance, Gary M. Feinman, Sara Dzul Gongora, Guy David Hepp, Arthur A. Joyce, Rodrigo Martin Morales, George Micheletti, Deborah L. Nichols, Terry G. Powis, Zoe J. Rawski, Prudence M. Rice, Michael P. Smyth, Katherine E. South, Jon Spenard, Travis W. Stanton, Wesley D. Stoner, Teresa Tremblay Wagner \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa DeLance\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in anthropology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and the project archivist for the Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance (BVAR) Project. Her research focuses on social complexity, state formation processes, negotiations of power, gender, and kinship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary M. Feinman\u003c\/b\u003e is the MacArthur Curator of Anthropology at The Field Museum, Chicago. He is the founding and contact coeditor for the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Archaeological Research\u003c\/i\u003e and has published more than 15 books and 200 scholarly articles, reviews, and chapters. His research interests include comparative studies of leadership, cooperation, and inequality; preindustrial economics; urbanism; and the complex relations between humans and environments over time.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170178568327,"sku":"9781646422876","price":145.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4713e28642c03c6baad2b2a0b78b1309.webp?v=1733346558","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/framing-complexity-in-formative-mesoamerica-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}