Teotihuacan The World Beyond the City (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia) by DavidM. Carballo, Kenneth G. Hirth, Barbara Arroyo Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2020 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-467-5, ISBN: 0-88402-467-9
"Teotihuacan was a city of major importance in the Americas between 1 and 550 CE. As one of only two cities in the New World with a population over one hundred thousand, it developed a network of influence that stretched across Mesoamerica. The size of its urban core, the scale of its monumental architecture, and its singular apartment compounds made Teotihuacan unique among Mesoamerica’s urban state societies.Teotihuacan: The World Beyo ..."
"Departing from the political economy perspective taken by the vast majority of volumes devoted to Mesoamerican obsidian, "Obsidian Reflections" is an examination of obsidian's sociocultural dimensionsparticularly in regard to Mesoamerican world view, religion, and belief systems.Exploring the materiality of this volcanic glass rather than only its functionality, this book considers the interplay among people, obsidian, and meaning and h ..."
"Urbanization and Religion in Ancient Central Mexico examines the ways in which urbanization and religion intersected in pre-Columbian central Mexico, with a primary focus on the later Formative period and the transition to the Classic period. The major societal transformations of this interval occurred approximately two-thousand years ago and over a millennium before Mexico's best known early civilization, the Aztecs. David M. Carballo ..."
Obsidian and the Teotihuacan State Weaponry and Ritual Production at the Moon Pyramid =: La Obsidiana y El Estado Teotihuacano: La Producción Militar ... de La Luna (English and Spanish Edition) by DavidM. Carballo, Alexander J. Martín Paperback, 198 Pages, Published 2011 by Center For Comparative Archaeology ISBN-13: 978-1-877812-89-7, ISBN: 1-877812-89-7
"Material. Frequencies. A strong similarity also exists between Deposits 1 and 2 in
their relative proportions of gray and green obsidian. Deposit 1 is comprised of
61 percent gray and 38 percent green obsidian; Deposit 2 is comprised of 59
percent gray and 40 percent green obsidian. In contrast, Deposit 3 is comprised
of 45 percent gray and 53 percent green obsidCapitulo 5 Después de estudiar la
reproducción lítica, el análisis tec ..."
Collision of Worlds A Deep History of the Fall of Aztec Mexico and the Forging of New Spain (Hardback) by DavidM. Carballo Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2020 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-086435-4, ISBN: 0-19-086435-4
""Mexico of five centuries ago was witness to one of the most momentous encounters between human societies, when a group of Spaniards led by Hernando Cortés joined forces with tens of thousands of Mesoamerican allies to topple the mighty ..."
Cooperation and Collective Action Archaeological Perspectives by DavidM. Carballo Hardcover, 364 Pages, Published 2013 by University Press Of Colorado ISBN-13: 978-1-60732-197-2, ISBN: 1-60732-197-1
""[Cooperation research] is one of the busiest and most exciting areas of transdisciplinary science right now, linking evolution, ecology and social science. . . this is the first major work or collection to address linkages between archaeology and cooperation research." -Michael E. Smith, Arizona State UniversityPast archaeological literature on cooperation theory has emphasized competition's role in cultural evolution. As a result, bot ..."
""Merchants, Markets, and Exchange in the Pre-Columbian World" examines the structure, scale, and complexity of economic systems in the pre-Hispanic Americas, with a focus on the central highlands of Mexico, the Maya Lowlands, and the central Andes. Civilization in each region was characterized by complex political and religious institutions, highly skilled craft production, and the long-distance movement of finished goods. Scholars have ..."
"Scott MacEachern (2005) has noted that the relatively stable climate of AD 300–
1100 was followed by environmental fluctuations starting in the twelfth century.
Political conditions in this era also fluctuated, with both centralized states and
smaller entitles interacting in a dynamic and complex fashion that included “
decreases as well as increases in degree of social hierarchy and political
centralization” (MacEachern 2005:452). A ..."
Collision of Worlds A Deep History of the Fall of Aztec Mexico and the Forging of New Spain by Carballo, DavidM. Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2022 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-766145-1, ISBN: 0-19-766145-9
"This Element reviews archaeological approaches to collective action drawing on theoretical perspectives from across the globe and case studies from prehispanic Mesoamerica."
Obsidian Reflections Symbolic Dimensions of Obsidian in Ancient Mesoamerica by DavidM. Carballo, Marc N. Levine 304 Pages, Published 2014 by University Press Of Colorado ISBN-13: 978-1-4920-1276-4, ISBN: 1-4920-1276-9
"... and Society: Unraveling the Threads of the Past and the Present, ed. Cynthia
Robin and Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, 60–75. Archaeological Papers of the American
Anthropological Association 18. Washington, DC: American Anthropological
Association. Morehart, Christopher T., David L. Lentz, and Keith Prufer. 2005. “
Wood of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Pine (Pinus spp.) by the Ancient Lowland
Maya.” Latin American Antiquity 16 (3): 255–74 ..."
Obsidian Reflections Symbolic Dimensions of Obsidian in Mesoamerica by DavidM. Carballo, Marc Levine 304 Pages, Published 2014 by University Press Of Colorado ISBN-13: 978-1-60732-301-3, ISBN: 1-60732-301-X
"Tezcatlipoca The cult of Tezcatlipoca was comparable in importance to that of
Huitzilopochtli, the supreme deity of the Mexica.The festival dedicated to
Tezcatlipoca, known as “Toxcatl” (what is dry), was celebrated on May 19 and
was the fourth feast in the Nahua calendar. Tezcatlipoca was considered a lunar
deity; during the festival in his honor, the darkness of night and wind were
invoked. Luis Barjau (1991) points out that Tezc ..."
"Archaeological Perspectives David M. Carballo. González family for their
hospitality at La Laguna, and the inhabitants of San José Laguna for inspiring my
thinking on collective labor and ritual consumption. ... “Geophysical Prospection
and Aerial Photography in La Laguna, Tlaxcala, Mexico.” Revue d'Archéométrie
33:17–20. Barba de Piña Chán, Beatriz. 2002. “Tlapacoya, probable centro de
peregrinaciones a las deidades del agua.” In ..."