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INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE AND EARLY COMPLEX SOCIETIES OF THE BASIN OF MEXICO: THE FORMATIVE PERIOD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 December 2015

Deborah L. Nichols
Deborah L. Nichols*
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Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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E-mail correspondence to: Deborah.L.Nichols@dartmouth.edu
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Abstract

Intensive agriculture was a key feature in the development of early complex societies in the Basin of Mexico. In this paper, I review the theoretical underpinnings of archaeological understandings of agriculture change, its relationship to culture change, and how these theoretical perspectives have shifted between top-down and bottom up perspectives. Next I examine current knowledge of intensive agriculture within the dynamic context of the Formative or Preclassic period. The paper concludes with a discussion of how our models and theories of the complex interplay between intensive agriculture and political economy to explain the change from village-based societies to states and cities outstrip available data in the basin.

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Special Section: Taking Stock of Basin of Mexico Archaeology in the Early Twenty-First Century, Part 2
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , Fall 2015 , pp. 407 - 421
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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