Contributions

  • López Luján, Leonardo. - Contributor

Publication

1996 - Colegio de México, Fideicomiso Historia de las Américas, México

Language

Spanish

Word Count

76,250 words, Guess

Page Count

305 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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Classifications

  • DDC972/.01
  • LCCF1219 .L858 1996
  • LCCF1219 .L85813 2001

Description

"Divides indigenous peoples into three major units: 1) 'Aridamérica' (including central and southern California, the Sonora coast, the Great Basin of Nevada, Utah, and northwestern Arizona, the Apache area, a small part of southern Texas, and a large portion of northern Mexico), 2) 'Oasisamérica' (covering parts of northern Mexico, southeastern California, all of Arizona, almost all of Utah, more than half of New Mexico, and the southwestern corner of Colorado); and 3) 'Mesoamérica' (defined, in part, as taking in the peoples of 16 linguistic families: Hokano-coahuilteca, Chinanteca, Otopame, Oaxaqueña, Mangueña, Huave, Tlapaneca, Totonaca, Mixe, Maya, Yutoazteca, Tarasca, Cuitlateca, Lenca, Xinca, and Misumalpa). Proceeds with an overview of the Mesoamerican preclassic, classic, epiclassic, and postclassic periods"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Hacia una nueva historia de México

Other Editions

  • El pasado indígenaColegio de México, Fideicomiso Historia de las Américas1996-01-01

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