Domestic Life in Prehispanic Capitals: A Study of Specialization, Hierarchy, and Ethnicity
edited by Linda R. Manzanilla and Claude Chapdelaine
University of Michigan Press, 2009 Paper: 978-0-915703-71-5 | eISBN: 978-1-951519-80-3 Library of Congress Classification F1219.D67 2009 Dewey Decimal Classification 307.336209809021
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
With major differences in size, urban plans, and population density, the capitals of New World states had large heterogeneous societies, sometimes multiethnic and highly specialized, making these cities amazing backdrops for complex interactions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: MESOAMERICAN EXAMPLES
Introduction: Mesoamerican Domestic Structures, Compounds, and Neighborhoods 1
Linda R. Manzanilla
1 Ritual and Social Stratification at Monte Alban, Oaxaca: Strategies from a
Household Perspective 7
Ernesto Gonzdtlez Licdn
2 Corporate Life in Apartment and Barrio Compounds at Teotihuacan, Central
Mexico: Craft Specialization, Hierarchy, and Ethnicity 21
Linda R. Manzanilla
3 Household, Workshop, Guild, and Barrio: The Organization of Obsidian Craft
Production in a Prehispanic Urban Center 43
Kenneth G. Hirth
4 Household, Neighborhood, and Urban Structure in an "Adobe City": Tula,
Hidalgo, Mexico 67
Dan M. Healan
5 Tikal: Evidence for Ethnic Diversity in a Prehispanic Lowland Maya State
Capital 89
Marshall Joseph Becker
6 Maya Home Life: Daily Practice, Politics, and Society in Copan, Honduras 105
Julia A. Hendon
7 Beyond Capitals and Kings: Domestic Organization and Ethnic Dynamics at
Chac-Sayil, Yucatan 131
Michael P. Smvth
PART II: ANDEAN EXAMPLES
Introduction to Andean Examples 151
Claude Chapdelaine
8 Residence and Ritual in Tiwanaku: Hierarchy, Specialization, Ethnicity, and
Ceremony 159
John W Janusek
9 Domestic Life in and around the Urban Sector of the Huacas of Moche Site,
Northern Peru 181
Claude Chapdelaine
10 Huari: A New Direction in Central Andean Urban Evolution 197
William H. Isbell
11 Domestic Economy as Political Economy at Chan Chan, Perd 221
John R. Topic
12 Domestic Life and Craft Specialization in Inka Cusco and Its Rural Hinterland 243
R. Alan Covey
PART III: COMMENTARY
13 - Understanding Houses, Compounds, and Neighborhoods 255
Joyce Marcus
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Domestic Life in Prehispanic Capitals: A Study of Specialization, Hierarchy, and Ethnicity
edited by Linda R. Manzanilla and Claude Chapdelaine
University of Michigan Press, 2009 Paper: 978-0-915703-71-5 eISBN: 978-1-951519-80-3
With major differences in size, urban plans, and population density, the capitals of New World states had large heterogeneous societies, sometimes multiethnic and highly specialized, making these cities amazing backdrops for complex interactions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: MESOAMERICAN EXAMPLES
Introduction: Mesoamerican Domestic Structures, Compounds, and Neighborhoods 1
Linda R. Manzanilla
1 Ritual and Social Stratification at Monte Alban, Oaxaca: Strategies from a
Household Perspective 7
Ernesto Gonzdtlez Licdn
2 Corporate Life in Apartment and Barrio Compounds at Teotihuacan, Central
Mexico: Craft Specialization, Hierarchy, and Ethnicity 21
Linda R. Manzanilla
3 Household, Workshop, Guild, and Barrio: The Organization of Obsidian Craft
Production in a Prehispanic Urban Center 43
Kenneth G. Hirth
4 Household, Neighborhood, and Urban Structure in an "Adobe City": Tula,
Hidalgo, Mexico 67
Dan M. Healan
5 Tikal: Evidence for Ethnic Diversity in a Prehispanic Lowland Maya State
Capital 89
Marshall Joseph Becker
6 Maya Home Life: Daily Practice, Politics, and Society in Copan, Honduras 105
Julia A. Hendon
7 Beyond Capitals and Kings: Domestic Organization and Ethnic Dynamics at
Chac-Sayil, Yucatan 131
Michael P. Smvth
PART II: ANDEAN EXAMPLES
Introduction to Andean Examples 151
Claude Chapdelaine
8 Residence and Ritual in Tiwanaku: Hierarchy, Specialization, Ethnicity, and
Ceremony 159
John W Janusek
9 Domestic Life in and around the Urban Sector of the Huacas of Moche Site,
Northern Peru 181
Claude Chapdelaine
10 Huari: A New Direction in Central Andean Urban Evolution 197
William H. Isbell
11 Domestic Economy as Political Economy at Chan Chan, Perd 221
John R. Topic
12 Domestic Life and Craft Specialization in Inka Cusco and Its Rural Hinterland 243
R. Alan Covey
PART III: COMMENTARY
13 - Understanding Houses, Compounds, and Neighborhoods 255
Joyce Marcus
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