Merchant Colonies, Semi-Mesoamericans, and the Study of Cultural Contact
A Comment on Anawalt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4373585 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen Perlstein Pollard (Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 383-385 |
| Publication date | 1993-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6635 • E-ISSN: 2325-5080 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/972074 |
| OpenAlex | W2328631302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
Using evidence of dress modes, metallurgy, mortuary structures, and language, Anawalt (1992) presents a model of the impact of Ecuadorean trading colonies on West Mexican prehistory. But the model is built on inaccurate data about the Tarascans, and simplifies, to the point of distortion, the prehistory of the region. Furthermore, by linking the hypothesized Ecuadorean colonies to a semi-mesoamerican quality that is assumed to characterize West Mexico, Anawalt perpetuates a normative, typological approach to the definition of Mesoamerica and the study of cultural interaction
Archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · Mesoamerica · Normative · Political science · Prehistory · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Latin American history and culture · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1997 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |