This book offers a new account of human interaction and culture change for Mesoamerica that connects the present to the past. Social histories that assess the c

This impressive collection features the work of archaeologists who systematically explore the material and social consequences of new technological systems intr

A unique and wide-ranging introduction to the major prehispanic and colonial societies of Mexico and Central America, featuring new and revised material through

"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 Cortâes jo

The volume contributes to disrupt the old grand narrative of cultural contact and colonialism in Spanish and Portuguese America in a wide and complete sense. Th