Maize and Ecological Worldbuilding in Central Mexico
Inside the farming traditions that have supported food sovereignty and community resistance in past and present Tlaxcala In this book, Keitlyn Alcantara draws on research from the state of Tlaxcala in Mexico to describe how its people resisted imperial domination and survived centuries of upheaval. Threatened by embargoes from the Aztec Empire ......
Maize and Ecological Worldbuilding in Central Mexico
Inside the farming traditions that have supported food sovereignty and community resistance in past and present Tlaxcala In this book, Keitlyn Alcantara draws on research from the state of Tlaxcala in Mexico to describe how its people resisted imperial domination and survived centuries of upheaval. Threatened by embargoes from the Aztec Empire ......
Social Movements, Identities, and Pottery Production on the Gulf Coast
Exploring a period of transformative change for the Woodland-era societies of Florida's Lower Suwannee region In this book, Jessica Jenkins provides a detailed look at the transition from the Middle to Late Woodland periods in the Lower Suwannee region of Florida's Gulf Coast. Drawing on ceramic analysis techniques, Jenkins argues that this time ......
A rare eyewitness account of a journey from Spain to the Americas during the Spanish colonial period Among documents of Florida's Spanish colonial period, few eyewitness accounts exist. One of these, the 1595 narrative by Fray Andres de San Miguel, expertly translated into English by John Hann, describes the two-year odyssey of a teenager from ......
A groundbreaking overview of how disability studies can enrich interpretations of the past and make the profession of archaeology more inclusive and accessible An Introduction to Crip Archaeology is a groundbreaking exploration of how disability studies and critical disability studies can transform the way archaeologists interpret the past. ......
Understanding a medieval poetry genre through modern translations, commentary, and the role of performance Middle English lyrics are anonymous short poems that were composed between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries. They address a range of themes, both secular and religious, and usually emphasize the author's personal relationship to the ......
Exploring how humans and animals in the US Southeast interacted to shape social, ritual, and cosmological worlds across thousands of years Archaeologists often approach the study of animals mainly as evidence of human diet or ecology, but this volume highlights the broader significance of animals across what is now the US Southeast from the ......
A memoir of growing up in Florida interwoven with cultural reflections of the state from The X-Files to Emerson-revealing the complex truths of life as a Floridian Florida and pop culture are a magnetic, viral match. From true crimes on social media to spring break movies to Miami Vice, the state has been served up for the rest of the world ......
Archaeologists tend to rely on scientific methods to reconstruct past histories, an approach that can alienate local indigenous populations and limit the potential of archaeological research. Essays in this volume argue that listening to and learning from local and descendant communities is vital for interpreting the histories and heritage values ......
