Mesoamerica in the Preclassic Period: Early, Middle, Late Formative

Doering, Travis

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“…Formative societies are characterised by major corporate architectural projects, as seen not only in the Andes but also in Mesoamerica. There, the Formative or Pre-Classic periods saw the “emergence, establishment, and dissemination of unprecedented social, political, and economic practices along with ideological conventions and materializations that would serve as the framework upon which all subsequent Mesoamerican societies would be based” (Doering 2014: 4785). The Formative period in the Central Andes offers a similar picture.…”

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Social complexity and core-periphery relationships in an Andean Formative ceremonial centre: domestic occupation at Chavín de Huántar

Mesia-Montenegro¹

2022

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The site of Chavín de Huántar, Peru, lies at the heart of developing social complexity in the Andean Formative period. The archaeological contexts on the site's immediate periphery are assessed to investigate the nature of occupation, activities practised, and relationships between the area's inhabitants and Chavín's ceremonial centre. The peripheral Wacheqsa sector, which began as a modest, domestic occupation in the second millennium BC, was reconfigured c. 800 cal BC into a more substantial settlement, perhaps inhabited by craftspeople producing artefacts for the Chavín authorities. The implications of this study are relevant to wider questions regarding relationships between monumental ceremonial centres and their immediate peripheries, and the study of early socio-economic complexity.

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Social complexity and core-periphery relationships in an Andean Formative ceremonial centre: domestic occupation at Chavín de Huántar

Mesia-Montenegro¹

2022

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“…(Andrews and Robles Castellanos 2018; Iceland 1997, 2005; Lohse 2010; Lohse et al 2006), while the Initial/Early Formative in Mesoamerica dates from 2000 to 1000 b.c . (Doering 2014; Grove 2001; Pool 2007). During these periods, evidence throughout the Maya Lowlands suggests that aceramic, mobile populations occupied the same landscapes prior to the “settling down” of communities (Lohse 2010; Lohse et al 2006).…”

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The Development of Landesque Capital in the Maya Lowlands During the Middle Preclassic

Reese-Taylor

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In this article, we argue that landesque capital was integral to the development of complexity in the Maya Lowlands. Such features involved permanent investments in the landscape that supported material and ideological practices, resulting in increased sustainability and well-being. We contend that these developments stemmed from accretional modifications to soils in the Preceramic/Early Preclassic, as well as intentional investments of labor in agricultural features, large public works, and select civic complexes during the Middle Preclassic. Capital improvements were particularly important during the Middle Preclassic, when sedentary occupations and civic life were established. The timing and location of the investments strongly correlate with other aspects of Middle Preclassic lifeways, such as the transition to sedentism, acquisition and control of resources, changes in lithic production, and the emergence of an elite class. We note that some of the largest investments in landscape management during the Middle Preclassic occurred in the Central Karstic Uplands, where substantial cities rose in the Late Preclassic. We conclude that during the Middle Preclassic an ontology of landesque capital developed, based on the synergistic fusing of daily and ritual practices with physical features, which provided a foundation for resilience, sustainability, and well-being in subsequent generations.

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Mesoamerica in the Preclassic Period: Early, Middle, Late Formative

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Social complexity and core-periphery relationships in an Andean Formative ceremonial centre: domestic occupation at Chavín de Huántar

Social complexity and core-periphery relationships in an Andean Formative ceremonial centre: domestic occupation at Chavín de Huántar

The Development of Landesque Capital in the Maya Lowlands During the Middle Preclassic

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