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Tables of Contents for Mexico
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
7
2
Chronological Table
9
2
Introduction
11
9
The geographic setting
12
4
Languages and peoples
16
2
Periods
18
2
Early Hunters
20
8
The Archaic Period
28
13
The Desert Culture in North America
28
1
The origins of Mexican cultivated plants
29
1
The importance of maize
30
3
Other cultigens
33
1
Caves and rockshelters of northeastern Mexico
34
1
Santa Marta rockshelter
35
1
The Tehuacan Valley
36
3
Other Archaic sites
39
1
The Archaic period and the origins of settled life
40
1
The Preclassic Period: Early Villagers
41
20
The Early Preclassic in Chiapas
43
2
Early Preclassic villagers in Oaxaca
45
1
The site of Tlatilco
46
5
Established villages of the Middle Preclassic
51
1
Late Preclassic cultures of the central highlands
52
3
The Mezcala puzzle
55
1
The shaft-tomb art of western Mexico and the Teuchitlan Tradition
56
5
The Preclassic Period: Early Civilizations
61
40
Background of civilized life
61
1
The Olmec civilization
62
6
The San Lorenzo Olmec
68
4
El Manati
72
1
The Olmec of La Venta
73
4
Tres Zapotes and the Long Count calendar
77
2
The Olmecs beyond the heartland
79
12
Early Zapotec civilization
91
7
Izapan civilization
98
1
La Mojarra and the Isthmian script
99
2
The Classic Period
101
30
Rise of the great civilizations
101
2
The urban civilization of Teotihuacan
103
17
The Great Pyramid of Cholula
120
1
Cerro de las Mesas
121
1
The Classic Veracruz civilization
122
2
Classic Monte Alban
124
6
The Classic downfall
130
1
The Epiclassic Period
131
18
The Maya connection: Cacaxtla and Xochicalco
131
7
Cholula
138
1
Cantona
138
1
El Tajin
139
3
Remojadas potters
142
3
Valley of Oaxaca
145
1
Northwestern Mexico
146
2
The end of the Epiclassic
148
1
The Post-Classic Period: The Toltec State
149
26
A time of troubles
149
2
The Chichimeca of northern Mexico
151
1
The Toltec annals
152
3
Archaecological Tula
155
16
Tula and Chich'en Itza
171
4
The Post-Classic Period: Rival States
175
15
Late Zapotec culture at Mitla
175
1
The Mixtecs
176
5
The Tarascan kingdom
181
3
Casas Grandes and the northern trade route
184
1
The rise of the Aztec state
184
3
The consolidation of Aztec power
187
3
The Aztecs in 1519
190
35
The island city
190
4
Aztec society
194
2
The long-distance merchants
196
1
Becoming an Aztec
197
1
Marriage
198
1
The Triple Alliance and the Empire
199
2
The emperor and the palace
201
1
Food and agriculture
202
1
War and human sacrifice
203
2
Aztec religion
205
7
Aztec art and architecture
212
9
Aztec thought and literature
221
4
Epilogue
225
7
The Spanish Conquest
225
4
New Spain and the Colonial world
229
1
The ``ladinoization'' of Mexico
230
1
Aftermath
231
1
Visiting Mexico
232
4
Reigning Monarchs of the Aztec State
236
1
Text References
236
1
Further Reading
237
5
List of Illustrations
242
3
Index
245