Ancient Civilizations of the New World.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Complex Cultures, Cities, and a Rapid Survey of the Earliest Old World Civilizations -- Old World Pristine Civilizations -- Summary and Discussion -- 2 Mesoamerica: Origins and Early Civilizations -- Laying the Basis for Civilization: 7000-1500 B.C. -- The Olmec of the Gulf Coast -- The Izapan Group of Cultures -- The Origins of Civilization in the Valleys of Mexico and Oaxaca -- The Maya Lowlands -- Teotihuacan -- Monte Alban and the Classic Zapotees of Oaxaca -- Classic Maya Civilization -- 3 Mesoamerica: Transformations and the Late Civilizations -- Catastrophe, Disasters, Recoveries, and Transformations -- Late Classic May a Civilization and the Great Collapse, -- E lTajin: A Transitional Regional Civilization -- Tula and the Toltecs -- Late Maya Civilizations -- Zapotees and Mixtees in Oaxaca -- The Tarascans of Western Mexico -- The Totonac of the Gulf Coast -- The Aztecs and Their Empire -- 4 The Central Andes of South America: Origins and Early Civilizations -- Geography -- Earliest Inhabitants and Cultures -- Early Villages and Regional Centers (5500-2000 B.C.), -- Growth and Transformations (2000-800 B.C.) -- The Early Horizon (Chavin) -- Early Civilizations: Moche, Nazca, the Central Coast, andTiwanaku (200 B.C.-A.D. 600) -- 5 The Central Andes of South America: Late Civilizations and the Inca -- Fall and Transformation on the North Coast -- The Huari Empire -- The Chimu Kingdom and Chan Chan -- Inca Civilization -- Epilogue -- References -- About the Book and Author -- Index.

This book looks at the origins and development of ancient New World civilizations. It examines the development of the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca peoples, among others, from simple agricultural societies to urban civilizations with complex transportation networks.

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