title: The Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica: A Reader
author: Michael E. Smith
description: "This volume is one of a very few that deal with the whole array ofcivilizations in ancient Mexico and Central America. It will be awelcome companion for readers new to the astonishing achievementsand daunting variety of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The editors havechosen well: the papers collected here highlight the common threadsthat bind Mesoamerican civilizations together, while portrayingtheir individuality and reflecting the diversity of approaches thearchaeologists bring to the task of interpreting them." <i>John S.Henderson, Cornell University</i><br />
zlib_text: #  Interregional Interaction in Ancient Mesoamerica
  
  EDITED BY
  
  Joshua D. Englehardt and Michael D. Carrasco
  
  UNIVERSITY PRESS OF COLORADO
  
  _Louisville_
  
  
  © 2019 by University Press of Colorado
  
  Published by University Press of Colorado
  
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  supported, in part, by Adams State University, Colorado State University, Fort
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  ISBN: 978-1-60732-835-3 (cloth)
  
  ISBN: 978-1-60732-836-0 (ebook)
  
  DOI: <https://doi.org/10.5876/9781607328360>
  
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  Names: Englehardt, Joshua, editor. | Carrasco, Michael, editor.
  
  Title: Inter