Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica after the Spanish Invasion: Archaeological Perspectives

Synopsis

This Impressive Collection Features The Work Of Archaeologists Who Systematically Explore The Material And Social Consequences Of New Technological Systems Introduced After The Sixteenth-century Spanish Invasion In Mesoamerica. It Is The First Collection To Present Case Studies That Show How Both Commonplace And Capital-intensive Technologies Were Intertwined With Indigenous Knowledge Systems To Reshape Local, Regional, And Transoceanic Ecologies, Commodity Chains, And Political, Social, And Religious Institutions Across Mexico And Central America-- Technology And Tradition After The Spanish Invasion: An Introduction / Rani T. Alexander -- Obsidian Production And Use In Central Mexico After The Spanish Invasion / Alejandro Pastrana Cruz, Patricia Fournier García, William J. Parry, And Cynthia L. Otis Charlton -- Postconquest Technological Innovation And Effect On Ceramic Traditions In Central Mexico / Patricia Fournier García And Cynthia L. Otis Charlton -- Ceramic Technology In Afromestizo Neighborhoods Of The Colonial Port Of Veracruz, Mexico / Krista L. Eschbach -- New Materials, New Technologies? Postclassic And Early Colonial Technological Transitions In The Nejapa Region Of Oaxaca, Mexico / Stacie M. King And Elizabeth Konwest -- Technology And Forest Transitions In The Soconusco Region Of Chiapas, Mexico / Mario A. Castillo And Janine Gasco -- Norias, Cenotes, And Rejolladas: Changes In Yucatán's Hydrogeologic Landscape After The Spanish Invasion / Rani T. Alexander And Nina Williams -- Technological Change Of Henequen Decorticating Machines During Yucatán's Gilded Age / Héctor Hernández Álvarez -- Cane And Consumerism: Nineteenth-century Sugar Growing At Lamanai, Belize / Tracie Mayfield, Elizabeth Graham, And David Pendergast -- An Archaeology Of Indigo: Changes In Labor And Technology In The Izalcos Region Of Western El Salvador / Kathryn E. Sampeck -- Technological And Cultural Change During The Conquest Period At Ciudad Vieja, El Salvador / Jeb J. Card And William R. Fowler Jr -- European Technology And Native Traditions In Mesoamerican History: A Commentary / Anthony P. Andrews. Edited By Rani T. Alexander. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.