Monte Negro and the Urban Revolution in Oaxaca, Mexico

This paper is about Monte Negro’s origins, and how this site fits the emerging pattern in studies of Oaxacan urbanization including the Zapotec capital at Monte Albán. Our settlement data from a multivalley regional survey in the Mixteca Alta including Monte Negro allows comparison with other urban...

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Published in:Latin American antiquity 2004-03, Vol.15 (1), p.33-60
Main Authors: Balkansky, Andrew K., Rodríguez, Verónica Pérez, Kowalewski, Stephen A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Architecture
Cities
Palaces
Population estimates
Settlement patterns
Spores
Temples
Terraces
Urbanization
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Summary:This paper is about Monte Negro’s origins, and how this site fits the emerging pattern in studies of Oaxacan urbanization including the Zapotec capital at Monte Albán. Our settlement data from a multivalley regional survey in the Mixteca Alta including Monte Negro allows comparison with other urban centers that we have surveyed. Monte Negro’s origins are due to internal settlement shifts, but occurred in the external context of widespread militarism and multiple urban transitions. Examination of local, regional, and macroregional settlement systems through time reveals variation in urban trajectories that current models were not designed to explain.
ISSN:1045-6635
2325-5080
DOI:10.2307/4141563