Overview
- Draws on specific, archaeological data drawn from households in the Yucatan to reveal insights into the daily lives of historical peoples
- Explores the origin of the Hacienda system in the Yucatan from an archaeological perspective
- Uses the Annales school concept of total history to relate the archaeological data of the individual to larger, regional and global historical trends
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology (CGHA, volume 3)
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About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: On the Periphery of the Periphery
Book Subtitle: Household Archaeology at Hacienda San Juan Bautista Tabi, Yucatán, Mexico
Authors: Sam R. Sweitz
Series Title: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1496-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-1495-7Published: 30 November 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0090-9Published: 25 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-1496-4Published: 17 November 2011
Series ISSN: 1574-0439
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 266
Topics: Archaeology, Anthropology, Regional and Cultural Studies