Corporate Power Strategies in the Late Formative to Early Classic Tequila Valleys of Central Jalisco

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4374802
AutoresChristopher S Beekman (0000-0001-9671-171X, University of Colorado Denver, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen19
Número4
Páginas414-434
Fecha de publicación2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLatin American Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1045-6635 • E-ISSN: 2325-5080
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1045663500004363
OpenAlexW998089562
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas43

Corporate political strategies (Blanton et al. 1996) that privilege power-sharing over exclusionary tactics are recognized to be important yet understudied forms of political behavior in early complex polities. I present the case of the Tequila valleys of western Mexico to illustrate several points about this corporate system: that the component descent groups can be recognized through their different approaches to architectural construction and burial patterns; that they form groups of counterpoised lineages that shared power; that the relationships between these groups become more fixed and hierarchical across different scales of architecture; and that there are distinct strata within the burial patterns that separate power-sharing groups from the rest of the community. It may be easier to identify and trace aspects of political organization here than in complex and layered urban settings that have been the focus of similar research

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