Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica After the Spanish Invasion

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Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica After the Spanish Invasion
Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica After the Spanish Invasion
Author : Rani T. Alexander
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Language : English
Release Date : 06 May 2024
ISBN : 9780826360151
Pages : 296 pages
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Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica After the Spanish Invasion by Rani T. Alexander Book PDF Summary

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 in Mesoamerica After the Spanish Invasion

Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica After the Spanish Invasion by Rani T. Alexander

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

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Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica after the Spanish Invasion

Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica after the Spanish Invasion by Rani T. Alexander

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

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