Reassessing the Aztatl疣 World: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Continuity in Northwest Mesoamerica (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781647691493)

The Aztatl疣 tradition of northwest Mesoamerica (AD 850/900-1350+) is one of the most understudied and enigmatic cultural developments in the Americas. This volume presents a spectrum of interdisciplinary research into Aztatl疣 societies, combining innovative archaeological methods with historical and ethnographic investigations. The results offer significant revelations about west Mexico's critical role in over a millennium of cultural interaction between Indigenous societies in northwest and northeast Mexico, the Greater U.S. Southwest, Mesoamerica, lower Central America, and beyond.

Volume contributors show how those responsible for the Aztatl疣 tradition were direct ancestors of diverse Indigenous peoples such as the N畭yeri (Cora), Wix疵ika (Huichol), O'dam (Tepehuan), Caz' Ahmo (Caxcan), Yoeme (Yaqui), Yoreme (Mayo), and others who continue to reside across the former Aztatl疣 region and its frontiers. The prosperity of the Aztatl疣 tradition was achieved through long-distance networks that fostered the development of new ritual economies and integrated peoples in Greater Mesoamerica with those in the U.S. Southwest/Mexican Northwest.

Author: Michael D. Mathiowetz
ISBN-10: 1647691494
ISBN-13: 9781647691493
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2024
Pages: 258
Format: Hardcover