Systemic Interdependencies in the Mesoamerican World System
Author(s): Ramiro Aguayo Haro; Agapi Filini
Year: 2015
Summary
The Mesoamerican world system was characterized by diverse kinds of interdependencies since the Preclassic to the Postclassic periods. Interdependencies generate sources of power such as economic and ideological which affect social structures well beyond cultural boundaries. This paper contends that in a highly complex exchange network that dominated the Mesoamerican landscape power was negotiated at the local and supralocal networks, and resulted in interdependencies of various levels and among various systemic actors.
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Systemic Interdependencies in the Mesoamerican World System. Ramiro Aguayo Haro, Agapi Filini. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 396371)
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Keywords
General
Interdependencies
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Mesoamerica
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World System
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica
Spatial Coverage
min long: -107.271; min lat: 12.383 ; max long: -86.353; max lat: 23.08 ;