Jeffrey P. Blomster is an assistant professor of anthropology at George Washington University.

"After Monte Alban truly fills a void in current archaeological perspectives on the development of late pre-Hispanic Oaxacan civilizations, placing them at the forefront of a new synthesis and at the same time highlighting a frontier of exciting research avenues for the future." -- Marilyn Masson, University at Albany (SUNY). "This is without a doubt one of the best volumes ever to be produced on the ancient history of Oaxaca." -- Heather S Orr, Western State College of Colorado.

• Contents; Preface; Section I. The Late Classic/Postclassic in Oaxaca'An Introduction; 1. Changing Cloud Formations: The Sociopolitics of Oaxaca in Late Classic/Postclassic Mesoamerica; Jeffrey P. Blomster; Section II. Chronology, Continuity, and Disjunction: Etic and Emic Perspectives; 2. Advances in Defining the Classic-Postclassic Portion of the Valley of Oaxaca Ceramic Chronology: Occurrence and Phyletic Seriation; Robert Markens; 3. The Postclassic Period in the Valley of Oaxaca: The Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Records; Michel R. Oudijk; 4. Heirlooms and Ruins: High Culture, Mesoamerican Civilization, and the Postclassic Oaxacan Tradition; Byron Ellsworth Hamann; Section III. Continuity and Abandonment of Houses in the Valley of Oaxaca: Lambityeco and Macuilxochitl; 5. The Classic to Postclassic at Lambityeco; Michael D. Lind; 6. Ethnohistory, Oral History, and Archaeology at Macuilxochitl: Perspectives on the Postclassic Period (800'1521 CE) in the Valley of Oaxaca; Robert Markens, Marcus Winter, and Cira Martinez Lopez; Section IV. Changing Power Relations and Interaction in the Lower Rio Verde Valley; 7. Domination, Negotiation, and Collapse: A History of Centralized Authority on the Oaxaca Coast before the Late Postclassic; Arthur A. Joyce; 8. Interregional Networks of the Oaxacan Early Postclassic: Connecting the Coast and the Highlands; Stacie M. King; Section V. Sacred History and Legitimization in the Mixteca Alta; 9. Legitimization, Negotiation, and Appropriation in Postclassic Oaxaca: Mixtec Stone Codices; Jeffrey P. Blomster; 10. Tree Birth, the Solar Oracle, and Achiutla: Mixtec Sacred History and the Classic to Postclassic Transition; Bruce E. Byland; Section VI. New Research Frontiers in Oaxaca and Eastern Guerrero; 11. Classic and Postclassic Archaeological Features of the Mixteca-Tlapaneca-Nahua Region of Guerrero: Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me the Classic Period Was Over?; Gerardo Gutierrez; 12. Classic to Postclassic in Four Oaxaca Regions: The Mazateca, the Chinantla, the Mixe Region, and the Southern Isthmus; Marcus Winter; List of Contributors; Index

Jeffrey P. Blomster is an assistant professor of anthropology at George Washington University.

"After Monte Alban truly fills a void in current archaeological perspectives on the development of late pre-Hispanic Oaxacan civilizations, placing them at the forefront of a new synthesis and at the same time highlighting a frontier of exciting research avenues for the future." -- Marilyn Masson, University at Albany (SUNY). "This is without a doubt one of the best volumes ever to be produced on the ancient history of Oaxaca." -- Heather S Orr, Western State College of Colorado.

• Contents; Preface; Section I. The Late Classic/Postclassic in Oaxaca'An Introduction; 1. Changing Cloud Formations: The Sociopolitics of Oaxaca in Late Classic/Postclassic Mesoamerica; Jeffrey P. Blomster; Section II. Chronology, Continuity, and Disjunction: Etic and Emic Perspectives; 2. Advances in Defining the Classic-Postclassic Portion of the Valley of Oaxaca Ceramic Chronology: Occurrence and Phyletic Seriation; Robert Markens; 3. The Postclassic Period in the Valley of Oaxaca: The Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Records; Michel R. Oudijk; 4. Heirlooms and Ruins: High Culture, Mesoamerican Civilization, and the Postclassic Oaxacan Tradition; Byron Ellsworth Hamann; Section III. Continuity and Abandonment of Houses in the Valley of Oaxaca: Lambityeco and Macuilxochitl; 5. The Classic to Postclassic at Lambityeco; Michael D. Lind; 6. Ethnohistory, Oral History, and Archaeology at Macuilxochitl: Perspectives on the Postclassic Period (800'1521 CE) in the Valley of Oaxaca; Robert Markens, Marcus Winter, and Cira Martinez Lopez; Section IV. Changing Power Relations and Interaction in the Lower Rio Verde Valley; 7. Domination, Negotiation, and Collapse: A History of Centralized Authority on the Oaxaca Coast before the Late Postclassic; Arthur A. Joyce; 8. Interregional Networks of the Oaxacan Early Postclassic: Connecting the Coast and the Highlands; Stacie M. King; Section V. Sacred History and Legitimization in the Mixteca Alta; 9. Legitimization, Negotiation, and Appropriation in Postclassic Oaxaca: Mixtec Stone Codices; Jeffrey P. Blomster; 10. Tree Birth, the Solar Oracle, and Achiutla: Mixtec Sacred History and the Classic to Postclassic Transition; Bruce E. Byland; Section VI. New Research Frontiers in Oaxaca and Eastern Guerrero; 11. Classic and Postclassic Archaeological Features of the Mixteca-Tlapaneca-Nahua Region of Guerrero: Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me the Classic Period Was Over?; Gerardo Gutierrez; 12. Classic to Postclassic in Four Oaxaca Regions: The Mazateca, the Chinantla, the Mixe Region, and the Southern Isthmus; Marcus Winter; List of Contributors; Index

Jeffrey P. Blomster is an assistant professor of anthropology at George Washington University.

"After Monte Alban truly fills a void in current archaeological perspectives on the development of late pre-Hispanic Oaxacan civilizations, placing them at the forefront of a new synthesis and at the same time highlighting a frontier of exciting research avenues for the future." -- Marilyn Masson, University at Albany (SUNY). "This is without a doubt one of the best volumes ever to be produced on the ancient history of Oaxaca." -- Heather S Orr, Western State College of Colorado.

• Contents; Preface; Section I. The Late Classic/Postclassic in Oaxaca'An Introduction; 1. Changing Cloud Formations: The Sociopolitics of Oaxaca in Late Classic/Postclassic Mesoamerica; Jeffrey P. Blomster; Section II. Chronology, Continuity, and Disjunction: Etic and Emic Perspectives; 2. Advances in Defining the Classic-Postclassic Portion of the Valley of Oaxaca Ceramic Chronology: Occurrence and Phyletic Seriation; Robert Markens; 3. The Postclassic Period in the Valley of Oaxaca: The Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Records; Michel R. Oudijk; 4. Heirlooms and Ruins: High Culture, Mesoamerican Civilization, and the Postclassic Oaxacan Tradition; Byron Ellsworth Hamann; Section III. Continuity and Abandonment of Houses in the Valley of Oaxaca: Lambityeco and Macuilxochitl; 5. The Classic to Postclassic at Lambityeco; Michael D. Lind; 6. Ethnohistory, Oral History, and Archaeology at Macuilxochitl: Perspectives on the Postclassic Period (800'1521 CE) in the Valley of Oaxaca; Robert Markens, Marcus Winter, and Cira Martinez Lopez; Section IV. Changing Power Relations and Interaction in the Lower Rio Verde Valley; 7. Domination, Negotiation, and Collapse: A History of Centralized Authority on the Oaxaca Coast before the Late Postclassic; Arthur A. Joyce; 8. Interregional Networks of the Oaxacan Early Postclassic: Connecting the Coast and the Highlands; Stacie M. King; Section V. Sacred History and Legitimization in the Mixteca Alta; 9. Legitimization, Negotiation, and Appropriation in Postclassic Oaxaca: Mixtec Stone Codices; Jeffrey P. Blomster; 10. Tree Birth, the Solar Oracle, and Achiutla: Mixtec Sacred History and the Classic to Postclassic Transition; Bruce E. Byland; Section VI. New Research Frontiers in Oaxaca and Eastern Guerrero; 11. Classic and Postclassic Archaeological Features of the Mixteca-Tlapaneca-Nahua Region of Guerrero: Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me the Classic Period Was Over?; Gerardo Gutierrez; 12. Classic to Postclassic in Four Oaxaca Regions: The Mazateca, the Chinantla, the Mixe Region, and the Southern Isthmus; Marcus Winter; List of Contributors; Index