… Archaeological cases in the Andean world provide a series of pristine or original forms
that illustrate the unique characteristics of archaic state governance. It is very likely that the …

… (Finsten 1995:12–14, 81– 82; Marcus and Flannery 1990). This view was reiterated in personal
communications by Joyce Marcus and Christina Elson to Smith in 2004. We believe, …

… As stated by Marcus and Feinman (1998) these more complex … Archaic States, edited by
Gary Feinman and Joyce Marcus, pp.95-134. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe…

We reassess San Estevan's role within the Late Formative period political geography of
northern Belize. This medium-sized site has been interpreted as a subsidiary center to Nohmul …

Recent calls to extricate the Maya from the stereotype of collapse have singled out cultural
resilience as the viable new brand for the political present. In this paper I examine two …

… Cojti Ren (2004) contends that linking indigenous cultures to precontact warfare and ritual
violence will “lead us to believe that in preconquest times our People were already in a state …

… For example, the image on the back of an old nickel actually … The orientation of the long axis
is approximately 98. The … Yet whereas Joyce argues that the first monumental architecture in …

Sarah Milledge Nelson’s bold thesis is that the development of states in East Asia—China,
Japan, Korea—was an outgrowth of the leadership in smaller communities guided by …

… 30 to 72 m (98 to 236 ft.). This characteristic extends to sites such as Calakmul, Yaxnohcah,
and Balakbal (in Mexico) located in the far north of the same geographical system. Platforms …

… Reginald Horsman, my neighbor and colleague, persuaded Mark White, editor of a Longmans
Press series of texts for United States history courses, that American history did not begin …