Mesoamerica; the Evolution of a Civilization

adaptation American archaeological Aztec bands Basin of Mexico calpulli centers Central Mexico Central Plateau characteristics Chiapas chiefdom level chiefdoms chinampa Cholula civilization competition complex correlation Cuicuilco cultivation culture demographic diffusion distribution Early ecological economic environment evidence evolution factors function groups Guatemala highland hydraulic agriculture hydraulic society integration intensive irrigation systems Kaminaljuyú La Venta labor land Late Formative maize Maya ment Meso Mexican Middle Formative Millon Monte Albán nucleated nucleated settlements Oaxaca Olmec organization overall period Petén phase pochteca political population density population growth Postclassic present probably problem production regional relatively religious residence rural settlement pattern significant sixteenth century social structure social systems South Gulf Coast specialization square kilometer stage stratification subsistence suggests swidden agriculture Tehuacán Tenochtitlán Teotihuacán Teotihuacán Valley Tikal tion tlacolol Tlatilco tlatoani tribal tribes urban Valley of Oaxaca variations Veracruz World zones