Caciques and Their People: A Volume in Honor of Ronald Spores (Anthropological Papers (Univ of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology))

A volume of essays by Mesoamerican scholars on topics ranging from Zapotec archaeology to Cuicatec irrigation and Mixtec codices to Aztec ethnohistory. Authors use a direct historical approach, the comparative method, or develop models that contribute to ethnological and archaeological theory. Contributors: J. Chance, G. Feinman, K.V. Flannery, F. Hicks, R. Hunt, M. Lind, J. Marcus, J. Monaghan, J. Paddock, E. Redmond, M. Romero Frizzi, M.E. Smith, C. Spencer, and J. Zeitlin. Articles Review Spores' Contributions To Mixtec Archaeology, Ethnohistory, And Ethnology. Other Topics Include Archaeological Theory, The Colonial Period, Xaltocán, Cholula, Codex-style Vessel From Nochixtlan, Codex Selden, Irrigation In Mixtec Cacicazgos And Cuicatlan, Mixtec Cacicazgos Organization, Spanish Conquest Of Oaxaca, Zapotec Inauguration, And Tehuantepec Barrio Organization--handbook Of Latin American Studies, V. 57. Retired? You Must Be Kidding! A Tribute To Ronald Spores / Joyce Marcus And Kent V. Flannery -- Toward And Archaeology Without Polarization / Gary M. Feinman -- Indian Elites In Late Colonial Mesoamerica / John K. Chance -- Xaltocan Under Mexica Domination 1435-1520 / Frederic Hicks -- The Obverse Of The Codex Of Cholula: Defining The Borders Of The Kingdom Of Cholula / Michael Lind -- A Codex Style Vessel From Nochixtlan, Oaxaca / John Paddock -- Why The Second Codex Selden Was Painted / Mary Elizabeth Smith -- Irrigation And Ecological Complementarity In Mixtec / Cacicazgos, Monaghan -- Irrigation In Cuicatlán: The Question Of Río Grande Waters / Robert C. Hunt The Cacicazgo / Elsa M. Redmond And Charles S. Spencer -- Indigenous Mentality And Spanish Power: The Conquest In Oaxaca / María De Las Angeles Romero Frizzi -- A Zapotec Inauguration In Comparative Perspective / Joyce Marcus -- Precolombian Barrio Organization In Tenhuantepec, Mexico / Judith Francis Zeitlin. Edited By Joyce Marcus And Judith Francis Zeitlin. Includes Bibliographical References. Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface / Joyce Marcus and Judith Francis Zeitlin Chapter 1. Retired? You Must be Kidding! A Tribute to Ronald Spores / Joyce Marcus and Kent V. Flannery Chapter 2. Toward an Archaeology without Polarization: Comments on Contemporary Theory / Gary M. Feinman Chapter 3. Indian Elites in Late Colonial Mesoamerica / John K. Chance Chapter 4. Xaltocan under Mexica Domination, 1435-1520 / Frederic Hicks Chapter 5. The Obverse of the Codex of Cholula: Defining the Borders of the Kingdom of Cholula / Michael Lind Chapter 6. A Codex Style Vessel from Nochixtlan, Oaxaca / John Paddock Chapter 7. Why the Second Codex Selden Was Painted / Mary Elizabeth Smith Chapter 8. Irrigation and Ecological Complementarity in Mixtec Cacicazgos / John Monaghan Chapter 9. Irrigation in Cuicatlán: The Question of Río Grande Waters / Robert C. Hunt Chapter 10. The Cacicazgo: An Indigenous Design / Elsa M. Redmond and Charles S. Spencer Chapter 11. Indigenous Mentality and Spanish Power: The Conquest in Oaxaca / María de los Angeles Romero Frizzi Chapter 12. A Zapotec Inauguration in Comparative Perspective / Joyce Marcus Chapter 13. Precolumbian Barrio Organization in Tehuantepec, Mexico / Judith Francis Zeitlin A complete survey of the operation of Quality Control Circles in Japan.