Teotihuacan

The World Beyond the City

Edited by Kenneth G. Hirth, David M. Carballo, Barbara Arroya

Teotihuacan was a city of major importance in the Americas between 1 and 550 CE. It developed a network of influence that stretched across Mesoamerica. The size of its urban core, the scale of its monumental architecture, and its singular apartment compounds made Teotihuacan unique among Mesoamerica’s urban state societies.

Teotihuacan: The World Beyond the City brings together specialists in art and archaeology to develop a synthetic overview of the urban, political, economic, and religious organization of a key power in Classic-period Mesoamerica. Contributors debate whether Teotihuacan’s interactions were hegemonic, diplomatic, stylistic, or a combination of these or other social processes. The authors cover various questions about the nature of Teotihuacan’s commercial relations, its political structure, its military relationships with outlying areas, the prestige of the city, and the worldview it espoused through both monumental architecture and portable media.

About the Authors:  Kenneth G. Hirth is Professor of Anthropology at Penn State University.  David M. Carballo is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Boston University.  Barbara Arroyo is a Research Associate at the Museo Popol Vuh, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City.

HARDCOVER

ISBN 9780884024675

Publication Date: 07/07/2020 

320 pages

8-1/2 x 11 inches

93 photos, 30 color photos, 72 illus., 1 map, 20 tables