Ecology and cultural syncretism in 16th-century Mesoamerica

Bibliographic Data

ID3782014
AuthorsWilliam T Sanders (Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume66
Issue250
Pages172-190
Publication date1992-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00081175
OpenAlexW1212182112
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

During the 1930s and 40s most studies of Indian villages in Mesoamerica focussed on acculturation, the adoption and integration of Spanish cultural traits into the native cultural system. This paper summarizes that research, also applying an evolutionary perspective, particularly an ecosystem model. It focusses on the 16th century, when two great cultures - each the product of thousands of years of independent, parallel evolution - clashed and exchanged cultural traits. From this blend began an internal growth that continues to the present

Acculturation · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Cultural ecology · Enculturation · Environmental ethics · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Linguistics · Mesoamerica · Perspective (graphical) · Sociology · Syncretism (linguistics) · Transculturation · Anthropology · Ecology · Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia · History · History and Politics in Latin America · Medieval and Early Modern Iberia · Philosophy

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