Contents
Tables
Figures
Plates
Acknowledgments
Monte Albán as a Militaristic State
The Role of Militarism in Early State Development
Toward an Interregional Perspective on Militarism and the Monte Albán State
The Cuicatlán Cañada
Selecting the Cuicatlán Cañada for Study
The Proposed Subjugation of the Cuicatlán Cañada by Monte Albán
The 1977-78 Cuicatlán Cañada Project
Perdido Phase Settlements and Regional Organization
Perdido Phase Settlements and their Highland Neighbors
Transition
The Structure of a Frontier Region
The Quiotepec Frontier
Military Control and Administration at the Quiotepec Frontier
Civil Administration of the Central and Southern Cañada
A Port of Trade Beyond the Frontier
Summary
Transition
Classic Period Developments in Highland Mesoamerica
Ethnohistory and Postclassic Period Developments in the Cuicatlán Cañada
The Emergence of Autonomous Cacicazgos in the Cuicatlán Cañada
Summary
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Neutron-Activation Analysis of Ceramics from the Valley of Oaxaca and the Cuicatlán Cañada / Elsa M. Redmond and Garman Harbottle
Bibliography
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