The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica and Central America : Their Societies, Cultures, and Histories.

Cover -- The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica and Central America -- The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica and Central America -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Spaniards Discover Aboriginal Central America -- COLUMBUS ENCOUNTERS THE MESOAMERICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PEOPLES -- NATIVE PEOPLES OF VERAGUA -- CENTRAL AMERICAN GEOGRAPHIC, ECOLOGICAL, AND NATURAL FEATURES -- Major Ecological Features of the Region -- Highland Regional Features -- Lowland Regional Features -- Unique Isthmus Regional Features -- Chapter 2 -- Native Peoples of the Three Major Pre-Hispanic Central American Sociocultural Regions -- THE NORTHERN REGION -- THE MIDDLE REGION -- THE LOWER REGION -- HISTORICAL SUMMARIES OF THE THREE CENTRAL AMERICAN REGIONS -- Pre-Hispanic Peoples -- COLONIAL PEOPLES -- MODERN CENTRAL AMERICAN PEOPLES -- Chapter 3 -- Central American Native Peoples at the Time of Spanish Contact -- STATE SOCIETIES OF NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA -- CHIEFDOM SOCIETIES OF MIDDLE AND LOWER CENTRAL AMERICA -- TRIBAL SOCIETIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA -- REGIONAL DIVISIONS BETWEEN CENTRAL AMERICAN PEOPLES AT SPANISH CONTACT -- Chapter 4 -- Mesoamerican Influence on and Ties with Central America's Native American Peoples -- COMPLEXITY OF MEXICO'S MESOAMERICAN WORLD -- MESOAMERICA AS A WORLD-SYSTEM -- MESOAMERICAN PEOPLES IN CENTRAL AMERICA Mayas of the Northern Region -- Gulf Coast Native Peoples -- South Pacific Coastal Peoples -- Caribbean Coastal Peoples -- Other Mesoamerican Peripheral Peoples -- CENTRAL AMERICANS WITHIN THE MESOAMERICAN WORLD-SYSTEM -- Chapter 5 -- Case Study 1 -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES -- K'ICHE'-MAYAN SOCIO-CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS -- MAJOR K'ICHE'-MAYAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES -- POST-HISPANIC K'ICHE' ETHNOHISTORY -- Chapter 6 -- Case Study 2 -- PRE-HISPANIC NATIVE PEOPLES OF NICARAGUA -- COLONIAL MASAYA -- MODERN MASAYA.

MASAYA AND THE NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION -- Chapter 7 -- Case Study 3 -- THE ABORIGINAL BUENOS AIRES AREA -- THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD -- BUENOS AIRES OF CONTEMPORARY COSTA RICA -- NATIVE PEOPLES OF BUENOS AIRES -- Chapter 8 -- The Lasting Legacy of the Central American Native Peoples -- HISTORICAL LEGACIES FROM SPANISH CONQUEST TO THE PRESENT -- Legacy of the Spanish Conquest -- Legacy of the Colonial Period -- Legacy of the Modern Period -- Contemporary Cultural Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Robert M. Carmack examines the history, societies, and cultures of native peoples of Central America and relates their many historical accomplishments and contributions to larger world history.

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