We introduce urban neighborhoods and districts as archaeological concepts, and illustrate them wi... more We introduce urban neighborhoods and districts as archaeological concepts, and illustrate them with the example of Bhaktapur, a Hindu city in Nepal. We describe the Aztec calpolli, the best-documented case of neighborhoods in Mesoamerica, as a basis for understanding other Mesoamerican residential zones. A review of previous research on Mesoamerican neighborhoods provides a context for the contributions of the chapters in this volume. We argue that the term “barrio” is an inappropriate terms for the neighborhoods ...
Bajo el volcán. Vida y ritualidad en torno al Nevado de Toluca
The book chapter examines ritual artifacts from the Aztec site of Calixtlahuaca in order to provi... more The book chapter examines ritual artifacts from the Aztec site of Calixtlahuaca in order to provide a context for the types of items found on the nearby Nevado de Toluca volcano. It uses distinctions between great and little tradition activities and public and private activities to compare items from the historical excavations of monumental architecture and more recent excavations of commoner households at the site.
We introduce urban neighborhoods and districts as archaeological concepts, and illustrate them wi... more We introduce urban neighborhoods and districts as archaeological concepts, and illustrate them with the example of Bhaktapur, a Hindu city in Nepal. We describe the Aztec calpolli, the best-documented case of neighborhoods in Mesoamerica, as a basis for understanding other Mesoamerican residential zones. A review of previous research on Mesoamerican neighborhoods provides a context for the contributions of the chapters in this volume. We argue that the term “barrio” is an inappropriate terms for the neighborhoods ...
Bajo el volcán. Vida y ritualidad en torno al Nevado de Toluca
The book chapter examines ritual artifacts from the Aztec site of Calixtlahuaca in order to provi... more The book chapter examines ritual artifacts from the Aztec site of Calixtlahuaca in order to provide a context for the types of items found on the nearby Nevado de Toluca volcano. It uses distinctions between great and little tradition activities and public and private activities to compare items from the historical excavations of monumental architecture and more recent excavations of commoner households at the site.
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