On the Periphery of the Periphery

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. On the Periphery of the Periphery

   • Sam R. Sweitz

   Pages 1-11

3. A Theoretical Context for Documenting Social Change in Yucatán: Changing Modes of Production and the Entry of the Yucatec Maya into the World System

   • Sam R. Sweitz

   Pages 13-33

4. A Theoretical Context for Documenting Social Change in Yucatán, Part 2: Culture Change, Social Stratification, and Power Relationships

   • Sam R. Sweitz

   Pages 35-52

5. Methodological Approaches to the Social and Economic Dynamics of Life on a Hacienda

   • Sam R. Sweitz

   Pages 53-76

6. A Historical Outline of Hacienda San Juan Bautista Tabi

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   Pages 77-87

7. Archaeological Investigations at Hacienda Tabi

   • Sam R. Sweitz

   Pages 89-147

8. The Long Duration: The Geohistory of the Yucatán Peninsula

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   Pages 149-175

9. The Long Duration: The Cultural History of Yucatán

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   Pages 177-195

10. The Medium Term: The Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries in Yucatán

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    Pages 197-216

11. The Short Term: The Implications of Archeology for Understanding Life at Hacienda Tabi

    • Sam R. Sweitz

    Pages 217-237

12. Total History: The Meaning of Hacienda Tabi

    • Sam R. Sweitz

    Pages 239-251

13. Back Matter

    Pages 253-266

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This book examines from an archaeological perspective the social and economic changes that took place in Yucatán, Mexico beginning in the 18th century, as the region became increasingly articulated within global networks of exchange. Of particular interest is the formation and ultimate supremacy of the hacienda system in Yucatán and the effect that new forms of capitalist organized production had on native Maya social organization. Household archaeology and spatial analysis conducted on the grounds of the former Hacienda San Juan Bautista Tabi provides the data for analyzing the results of this change on the daily lives and existence of those individuals incorporated within the hacienda system. The use of archaeological excavation to place the lives of local individuals within the context of larger global processes makes this book a worthy contribution to the study of archaeology.

• annales concept and archaeology
• archaeology of the hacienda system
• cultural heritage of the Hacienda system
• household archaeology of the Yucatan
• origins of the Hacienda system

• , Social Sciences Department, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA

  Sam R. Sweitz

Sam Sweitz is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology and a faculty member of the Industrial Archaeology Program at Michigan Technological University.  His research focuses on the evolution and impact of the sugar industry in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Dr. Sweitz is particularly interested in how social change is related to the articulation of local people within global economic processes.   

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