A Fuego Y Sangre : Early Zapotec Imperialism in the Cuicatlán Cañada, Oaxaca

In this volume, Elsa M. Redmond reconstructs the history of the Cuicatec region in Oaxaca, Mexico, from the Middle Formative period through the Lomas phase, when the Zapotec state based at Monte Albán took control, into the Trujano phase and the Spanish conquest. Redmond integrates archaeological data and sixteenth-century ethnohistoric records to inform her study of the political and social strategies of the Cuicatec region during these time periods. From 1977 to 1978, Redmond conducted an archaeological survey in this region, and she presents the results of that fieldwork here. Contents Tables Figures Plates Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Monte Albán as a Militaristic State The Role of Militarism in Early State Development Toward an Interregional Perspective on Militarism and the Monte Albán State 2. The Cuicatlán Cañada: A Model of its Proposed Subjugation by Monte Albán The Cuicatlán Cañada Selecting the Cuicatlán Cañada for Study The Proposed Subjugation of the Cuicatlán Cañada by Monte Albán The 1977-78 Cuicatlán Cañada Project 3. The Cuicatlán Cañada During the Perdido Phase Perdido Phase Settlements and Regional Organization Perdido Phase Settlements and their Highland Neighbors 4. The Cuicatlán Cañada During the Lomas Phase Transition The Structure of a Frontier Region The Quiotepec Frontier Military Control and Administration at the Quiotepec Frontier Civil Administration of the Central and Southern Cañada A Port of Trade Beyond the Frontier Summary 5. The Cuicatlán Cañada During the Trujano Phase Transition Classic Period Developments in Highland Mesoamerica Ethnohistory and Postclassic Period Developments in the Cuicatlán Cañada The Emergence of Autonomous Cacicazgos in the Cuicatlán Cañada 6. Summary and Conclusion Summary Conclusion Appendix 1. Neutron-Activation Analysis of Ceramics from the Valley of Oaxaca and the Cuicatlán Cañada / Elsa M. Redmond and Garman Harbottle Bibliography Resumen en Español By Elsa M. Redmond. Partially Funded By Grant-in-aid No. 4453 From The Wenner-gren Foundation For Anthropological Research. Bibliography: P. 207-212. Summary In Spanish.