Evidence for the status of women in the high civilization of Mesoamerica over the past two millennia remains contradictory. Anthropologists specializing in the region and the period augment archaeolog
Prehistoric economic relationships are often presented as genderless, yet mounting research highlights the critical role gendered identities play in the division of work tasks and the development of s
US and Canadian archaeologists broaden the understanding of warfare and violent conflict in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and address approaches to the study of warfare in the archaeological record. They
Collection of articles providing new research on warfare in ancient Maya and other Mesoamerican societies based on archaeological, ethnohistorical, and linguistic evidence