A Fuego y Sangre: Early Zapotec Imperialism in the Cuicatlán Cañada, Oaxaca

Contents
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Plates
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
	Monte Albán as a Militaristic State
	The Role of Militarism in Early State Development
	Toward an Interregional Perspective on Militarism and the Monte Albán State
2. The Cuicatlán Cañada: A Model of its Proposed Subjugation by Monte Albán
	The Cuicatlán Cañada
	Selecting the Cuicatlán Cañada for Study
	The Proposed Subjugation of the Cuicatlán Cañada by Monte Albán
	The 1977-78 Cuicatlán Cañada Project
3. The Cuicatlán Cañada During the Perdido Phase
	Perdido Phase Settlements and Regional Organization
	Perdido Phase Settlements and their Highland Neighbors
4. The Cuicatlán Cañada During the Lomas Phase
	Transition
	The Structure of a Frontier Region
	The Quiotepec Frontier
	Military Control and Administration at the Quiotepec Frontier
	Civil Administration of the Central and Southern Cañada
	A Port of Trade Beyond the Frontier
	Summary
5. The Cuicatlán Cañada During the Trujano Phase
	Transition
	Classic Period Developments in Highland Mesoamerica
	Ethnohistory and Postclassic Period Developments in the Cuicatlán Cañada
	The Emergence of Autonomous Cacicazgos in the Cuicatlán Cañada
6. Summary and Conclusion
	Summary
	Conclusion
Appendix 1. Neutron-Activation Analysis of Ceramics from the Valley of Oaxaca and the Cuicatlán Cañada / Elsa M. Redmond and Garman Harbottle
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