This volume presents a long-overdue synthesis and update on West Mexican archaeology. Ancient West Mexico has often been portrayed as a ‘marginal’ or ‘und

"Diverse environments, from low-lying marshlands to naturally terraced hillsides to rugged mountains of pine and oak forest, afforded many opportunities for wel

"This volume highlights the diversity and complexity of western Mexico's pre-Hispanic cultures and argues that the region was more similar than many researchers

Documents more than 220 examples of ancient West Mexican sculpture

This is the first application of the comparative approach of world-systems analysis in Mesoamerican archaeology.