The Evolution of a Revolution: "The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization."

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Legacies of The Basin of Mexico: The Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization, Part 1" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Before the 1960s, books about ancient urbanism and cities often included no references to the prehispanic Americas. V. Gordon Childe’s "urban revolution" was conceived as a phenomenon of the "Old World" as the "cradle of cradle of civilization." Landmark projects in Central Mexico: the Basin of Mexico settlement pattern surveys, the Teotihuacan Mapping Project, and I.N.A.H.’s Special Project revolutionized understanding Teotihuacan and prehispanic Mesoamerica and how archaeologists study urbanism. The social context of the practice of archaeology also was important. I consider this "urban revolution" from two perspectives. What were the origins and development of prehispanic cities in the Basin of Mexico. How has modern scholarship, especially regional/landscape archaeology shaped understanding the urban transformation of the region.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Legacies of The Basin of Mexico: The Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization, Part 1   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 22909