Bruce E Byland
Biographic Data
| ID | 4053643 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce E Byland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce E |
| FAMILY NAME | Byland |
| SIGNATURE | BYLAND B E |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Graduate Center, CUNY |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 187 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Political factions in the transition from Classic to Postclassic in the Mixteca Alta
Introduction Discussion of factional politics often focuses on its divisive and transient nature. Factions are said to appear for the purpose of contesting particular issues (Lewellen 1983:109) and to disintegrate when these issues are resolved. Relative calm then ensues until the next contest when divisive factions will form again. But factions can produce both conflict and cooperation. A faction is, after all, an alliance forged by individuals …
Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World
Factionalism is an important force of social transformation, and this volume examines how factional competition in the kinship and political structures in ancient New World societies led to the development of chiefdoms, states and empires. The case studies, from a range of New World societies, represent all levels of non-egalitarian societies and a wide variety of ecological settings in the New World. They document the effects of factionalism on …
Mixtec Landscape Perception and Archaeological Settlement Patterns
We argue that a regional analysis which combines ethnohistoric, ethnographic, and archaeological Information can both discover and employ indigenous cultural ideals in a study of changing settlement Systems. Use of archaeological survey of the valleys of Tilantongo and Jaltepec in conjunction with the historical documentation in the Mixtec codices has allowed us to identify several ways in which ideals of landscape perception were encoded in the …
The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times
Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World
Factionalism is an important force of social transformation, and this volume examines how factional competition in the kinship and political structures in ancient New World societies led to the development of chiefdoms, states and empires. The case studies, from a range of New World societies, represent all levels of non-egalitarian societies and a wide variety of ecological settings in the New World. They document the effects of factionalism on …
Mixtec Landscape Perception and Archaeological Settlement Patterns
We argue that a regional analysis which combines ethnohistoric, ethnographic, and archaeological Information can both discover and employ indigenous cultural ideals in a study of changing settlement Systems. Use of archaeological survey of the valleys of Tilantongo and Jaltepec in conjunction with the historical documentation in the Mixtec codices has allowed us to identify several ways in which ideals of landscape perception were encoded in the …
The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times
The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times
Mixtec Landscape Perception and Archaeological Settlement Patterns
We argue that a regional analysis which combines ethnohistoric, ethnographic, and archaeological Information can both discover and employ indigenous cultural ideals in a study of changing settlement Systems. Use of archaeological survey of the valleys of Tilantongo and Jaltepec in conjunction with the historical documentation in the Mixtec codices has allowed us to identify several ways in which ideals of landscape perception were encoded in the …
Political factions in the transition from Classic to Postclassic in the Mixteca Alta
Introduction Discussion of factional politics often focuses on its divisive and transient nature. Factions are said to appear for the purpose of contesting particular issues (Lewellen 1983:109) and to disintegrate when these issues are resolved. Relative calm then ensues until the next contest when divisive factions will form again. But factions can produce both conflict and cooperation. A faction is, after all, an alliance forged by individuals …
Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World
Factionalism is an important force of social transformation, and this volume examines how factional competition in the kinship and political structures in ancient New World societies led to the development of chiefdoms, states and empires. The case studies, from a range of New World societies, represent all levels of non-egalitarian societies and a wide variety of ecological settings in the New World. They document the effects of factionalism on …
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