scholarly journals Distant Neighbours: Different Visions about Mexican Archaeology

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 11
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Archaeology

Pollen Analysis and Mexican Archaeology: An Attempt to Apply the Method

1946 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 511
Author(s):  
Loren C. Eiseley ◽  
Edward S. Deevey
Keyword(s):  
Pollen Analysis ◽  
Mexican Archaeology

MEXICAN ARCHAeOLOGY

Science ◽  
1891 ◽  
Vol ns-17 (429) ◽  
pp. 232-232
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Archaeology

scholarly journals INTRODUCTION

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Fowler ◽  
Geoffrey G. McCafferty ◽  
Amy J. Hirshman
Keyword(s):  
Special Section ◽  
World System ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Programs ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
West Mexico ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mexican Archaeology

One of the healthiest trends in Mesoamerican studies in the past two or thee decades has been the recognition that the pre-Columbian cultures of west Mexico were full participants in the Mesoamerican world-system. Long past are the days when west Mexico was excluded from consideration as part of Mesoamerica because of seemingly exotic features such as shaft tombs and round pyramids. Another problem that distanced west Mexico conceptually from greater Mesoamerica was the lack of good chronologies which precluded an understanding of interaction between west and central Mexico. In the introduction to another recent special section, more extensive comments were offered on the history of research in west Mexican archaeology and especially the tension between the fascination with the exotic and the need to develop archaeological research programs based on both chronological and anthropological concerns (Fowler et al. 2006).

Pollen Analysis and Mexican Archaeology: An Attempt to Apply the Method

1944 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward S. Deevey
Keyword(s):  
Mexico City ◽  
Pollen Analysis ◽  
Field Trip ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
Cultural Sites ◽  
Middle America ◽  
Mexican Archaeology ◽  
Previous Training ◽  
Pollen Analyses

The studies reported here were made during a brief field trip to Mexico in the summer of 1941, when two weeks were spent in Mexico City and one week was spent in Michoacán. In so far as archaeological material was touched, they represent a venture into a field of research in which the author possesses no competence or previous training. The main object of the trip was limnological, and financial resources were meager. How blind the resulting gropings were was fully appreciated only after the trip, when a better acquaintance with the literature on Middle America was possible. Although some definite results were achieved in the form of a respectable pollen sequence 6.2 meters in length, obtained from deposits of the modern Lake Patzcuaro, the pollen analyses from cultural sites in the Valley of Mexico and at Tzintzuntzan were negative. Nevertheless, it is felt that their publication is justified, since the method, if properly applied, holds distinct promise, and future workers will undoubtedly wish to know what was done and wherein the failure lay.

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