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  • Bridging the Gaps: Integrating Archaeology and History in Oaxaca, Mexico; A Volume in Memory of Bruce E. Byland
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  • Edited by Danny Zborover and Peter Kroefges
  • 2015
  • Published by: University Press of Colorado
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Bridging the Gaps: Integrating Archaeology and History in Oaxaca, Mexico does just that: it bridges the gap between archaeology and history of the Precolumbian, Colonial, and Republican eras of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, a cultural area encompassing several of the longest-enduring literate societies in the world.

Fourteen case studies from an interdisciplinary group of archaeologists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and art historians consciously compare and contrast changes and continuities in material culture before and after the Spanish conquest, in Prehispanic and Colonial documents, and in oral traditions rooted in the present but reflecting upon the deep past. Contributors consider both indigenous and European perspectives while exposing and addressing the difficulties that arise from the application of this conjunctive approach.

Inspired by the late Dr. Bruce E. Byland’s work in the Mixteca, which exemplified the union of archaeological and historical evidence and inspired new generations of scholars, Bridging the Gaps promotes the practice of integrative studies to explore the complex intersections between social organization and political alliances, religion and sacred landscape, ethnic identity and mobility, colonialism and resistance, and territoriality and economic resources.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-xii
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  1. 1. From “1-Eye” to Bruce Byland: Literate Societies and Integrative Approaches in Oaxaca
  2. Danny Zborover
  3. pp. 1-54
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  1. 2. The Convergence of History and Archaeology in Mesoamerica
  2. Ronald Spores
  3. pp. 55-74
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  1. 3. Bruce Edward Byland, PhD: 1950–2008
  2. John M.D. Pohl
  3. pp. 75-82
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  1. 4. Multidisciplinary Fieldwork in Oaxaca
  2. Viola König
  3. pp. 83-96
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  1. 5. Mythstory and Archaeology: Of Earth Goddesses, Weaving Tools, and Buccal Masks
  2. Geoffrey G. McCafferty, Sharisse D. McCafferty
  3. pp. 97-112
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  1. 6. Reconciling Disparate Evidence between the Mixtec Historical Codices and Archaeology: The Case of “Red and White Bundle” and “Hill of the Wasp”
  2. Bruce E. Byland
  3. pp. 113-130
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  1. 7. Mixteca-Puebla Polychromes and the Codices
  2. Michael D. Lind
  3. pp. 131-156
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  1. 8. Pluri-Ethnic Coixtlahuaca’s Longue Durée
  2. Carlos Rincón Mautner
  3. pp. 157-208
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  1. 9. The Archaeology and History of Colonialism, Culture Contact, and Indigenous Cultural Development at Teozacoalco, Mixteca Alta
  2. Stephen L. Whittington, Andrew Workinger
  3. pp. 209-230
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  1. 10. Salt Production and Trade in the Mixteca Baja: Case of the Tonalá-Atoyac-Ihualtepec Salt Works
  2. Bas van Doesburg, Ronald Spores
  3. pp. 231-262
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  1. 11. Integrating Oral Traditions and Archaeological Practice: The Case of San Miguel el Grande
  2. Liana I. Jiménez Osorio, Emmanuel Posselt Santoyo
  3. pp. 263-278
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  1. 12. Decolonizing Historical Archaeology in Southern Oaxaca, and Beyond
  2. Danny Zborover
  3. pp. 279-332
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  1. 13. Prehispanic and Colonial Chontal Communities on the Eastern Oaxaca Coast on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest
  2. Peter C. Kroefges
  3. pp. 333-362
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  1. 14. Locating the Hidden Transcripts of Colonialism: Archaeological and Historical Evidence from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
  2. Judith Francis Zeitlin
  3. pp. 363-390
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  1. 15. Using Nineteenth-Century Data in Contemporary Archaeological Studies: The View from Oaxaca and Germany
  2. Viola König, Adam T. Sellen
  3. pp. 391-410
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 411-412
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 413-428
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