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Mirrors in the Mesoamerican Realm

University Press of Colorado
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Lithic Technologies in Sedentary Societies

University Press of Colorado

Examines lithic technology from ancient societies in Mesoamerica, the Near East, South Asia, and North America.

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Governors and the Progressive Movement

University Press of Colorado

The first comprehensive overview of the Progressive movement’s unfolding at the state level, covering every state in existence at the time through the words and actions of state governors.

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Religion, History, and Place in the Origin of Settled Life

Edited by Ian Hodder
University Press of Colorado

This volume explores the role of religion and ritual in the origin of settled life in the Middle East.

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Interregional Interaction in Ancient Mesoamerica

University Press of Colorado

Explores the role of interregional interaction in the dynamic sociocultural processes that shaped the pre-Columbian societies of Mesoamerica.

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The Archaeology of Medieval Islamic Frontiers

From the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea

Edited by A. Asa Eger
University Press of Colorado

The Archaeology of Medieval Islamic Frontiers demonstrates that different areas of the Islamic polity previously understood as “minor frontiers” were, in fact, of substantial importance to state formation.

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La Consentida

Settlement, Subsistence, and Social Organization in an Early Formative Mesoamerican Community

University Press of Colorado
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Anthropomorphizing the Cosmos

Middle Preclassic Lowland Maya Figurines, Ritual, and Time

University Press of Colorado

Explores the sociocultural significance of more than three hundred Middle Preclassic Maya figurines uncovered at the site of Nixtun-Ch'ich' on Lake Petén Itzá in northern Guatemala.

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The Archaeology of Wak'as

Explorations of the Sacred in the Pre-Columbian Andes

Edited by Tamara L. Bray
University Press of Colorado

In this edited volume, Andean wak'as—idols, statues, sacred places, images, and oratories—play a central role in understanding Andean social philosophies, cosmologies, materialities, temporalities, and constructions of personhood. Top Andean scholars from a variety of disciplines cross regional, theoretical, and material boundaries in their chapters, offering innovative methods and theoretical frameworks for interpreting the cultural particulars of Andean ontologies and notions of the sacred.

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