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Mixteca Alta Formative Project (2003–present) is an archaeological project directed by Andrew Balkansky that focuses on the
Mixtec The Mixtecs (), or Mixtecos, are indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerrero. The Mixtec Culture wa ...
of Oaxaca, Mexico. The project, which is funded by the
National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National I ...
, the
National Geographic Society The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and ...
, and the H. John Heinz III Fund, seeks to understand Mixtec origins and their transition to urbanism. Excavations are currently taking place at the ancient site of Tayata.Duncan, William N., Andrew K. Balkansky, Kimberly Crawford, Heather A. Lapham, Nathan J. Meissner. 2008
Human Cremation in Mexico 3,000 Years Ago
''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'' 105 (14):5315-5320.


Further reading


Articles

* Balkansky, Andrew K., Gary M. Feinman, and Linda M. Nicholas. 1997. Pottery Kilns of Ancient Ejutla, Oaxaca, Mexico. ''Journal of Field Archaeology'' 24 (2):139-160. * Balkansky, Andrew K. 1998. Urbanism and Early State Formation in the Huamelulpan Valley of Southern Mexico. ''Latin American Antiquity'' 9 (1):37-67. * Balkansky, Andrew K., Stephen A. Kowalewski, Verónica Pérez Rodríguez, Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Charlotte A. Smith, Laura R. Stiver, Dmitri Beliaev, John F. Chamblee,Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza, and Roberto Santos Pérez. 2000. Archaeological Survey in the Mixteca Alta of Oaxaca, Mexico. ''Journal of Field Archaeology'' 27 (4):365-389. * Balkansky, Andrew K., Veronica Perez Rodriguez, and Stephen A. Kowalewski. 2004. Monte Negro and the Urban Revolution in Oaxaca, Mexico. ''Latin American Antiquity'' 15 (1):33-60. * Balkansky, Andrew K., and Michelle M. Croissier. 2009. Multicrafting in Prehispanic Oaxaca. ''Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association'' 19 (1):58-74. * Borah, Woodrow. 1951. Notes on Civil Archives in the City of Oaxaca. ''The Hispanic American Historical Review'' 31 (4):723-749. * Burland, C.A. 1957. Ancient Mexican Documents in Great Britain. ''Man'' 57:76-77. * Chance, John K. 1976. The Urban Indian in Colonial Oaxaca. ''American Ethnologist'' 3 (4):603-632. * Chance, John K., and William B. Taylor. 1977. Estate and Class in a Colonial City: Oaxaca in 1792. ''Comparative Studies in Society and History'' 19 (4):454-487. * Chance, John K. 2009. Marriage Alliances among Colonial Mixtec Elites: The Villagomez Caciques of Acatlan-Petlalcingo. ''Ethnohistory'' 56:91-123. * Cristensen, Alexander F. 1998. Colonization and Microevolution in Formative Oaxaca, Mexico. ''World Archaeology'' 30 (2):262-285. * Feinman, Gary M., Sherman Banker, Reid F. Cooper, Glen B. Cook, and Linda M. Nicholas. 1989. A Technological Perspective on Changes in the Ancient Oaxacan Grayware Ceramic Tradition: Preliminary Results. ''Journal of Field Archaeology'' 16 (3):331-344. * Joyce, Arthur A. 1991. Period Social Change in the Lower Rio Verde Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico. ''Latin American Antiquity'' 2 (2):126-150. * Joyce, Arthur A. 1994. Late Formative Community Organization and Social Complexity on the Oaxaca Coast. ''Journal of Field Archaeology'' 21 (2):147-168. * Joyce, Arthur A., and Marcus Winter. 1996. Ideology, Power, and Urban Society in Pre-Hispanic Oaxaca. ''Current Anthropology'' 37 (1):33-47. * Meissner, Nathan J., Katherine E. South, Andrew K. Balkansky. 2013. Figurine Embodiment and Household Ritual in an Early Mixtec Village. ''Journal de la Société des Américanistes'' 99 (1):7-44. * Nagengast, Carole, and Michael Kearney. 1990. Mixtec Ethnicity: Social Identity, Political Consciousness, and Political Activism. ''Latin American Research Review'' 25 92):61-91. * Perez Rodriguez, Veronica. 2006. States and Households: The Social Organization of Terrace Agriculture in Postclassic Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico. ''Latin American Antiquity'' 17 (1):3-22. * Spores, Ronald. 1964. The Genealogy of Tlazultepec: A Sixteenth Century Mixtec Manuscript. ''Southwestern Journal of Archaeology'' 20 (1): 15-31. * Spores, Ronald. 1974. Marital Alliance in the Political Integration of Mixtec Kingdoms. ''American Anthropologist'' 76 (2):297-311.


Theses and Dissertations

* Ahern, Frances. 1993. ''Pottery Stylistic Variation among Coastal Mixtec and Amuzgo: An Ethnoarchaeological Study''. PhD dissertation, State University of New York, Stony Brook. * Alexander, Wynona W. 1981. ''An Assessment of Mixtec Gold and Silversmithing Technology''. PhD dissertation, University of North Texas. * Balkansky, Andrew K. 1997. ''Archaeological Settlement Patterns of the Sola Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico''. PhD dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison. * Bellas, Monica L. 1997. ''The Body in the Mixtec Codices: Birth, Purification, Transformation and Death''. PhD dissertation, University of California, Riverside. * Browning, Anjalil. 2010. ''South of Hope: The Impacts of US - Mexican State-Level Restructuring and Faltering Corn Production on the Lives of Indigenous Zapotec Maize Farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico''. PhD dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. * Brulotte, Ronda L. 2007. ''Revealing Artifacts: Prehispanic Replicas in a Oaxacan Woodcarving Town''. PhD dissertation, University of Texas, Austin. * Christensen, Alexander F. 1998. ''Biological Affinity in Prehispanic Oaxaca''. PhD dissertation, Vanderbilt University. * Edwards, Meghan E. 2009. ''Crafting Culture: Artisan Cooperatives in Oaxaca, Mexico''. M.A. thesis, University of California, San Diego. * Forde, Jaime E. 2006. ''Ideology, Identity, and Icons: A Study of Mixtec Polychrome Pottery from Late Postclassic Yucu Dzaa (Tututepec), Oaxaca, Mexico''. M.A. thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder. * Gandhi, Kashmira. 2010. ''Crafting Through the Storm: Oaxacan Women's Cooperatives and Gender Roles in Times of Turmoil''. M.A. thesis, University of Wyoming. * Hedgepeth, Jessica D. 2009. ''The Domestic Economy of Early Postclassic Rio Viejo, Oaxaca, Mexico: Daily Practices and Worldviews of a Commoner Community''. M.A. thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder. * Hernandez-Juarez, Martin. 2009. ''Changing Livelihoods among Low-Income and Rural Households in Oaxaca, Mexico''. PhD dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison. * Jayyousi, Thaer. 2008. ''Using Evolutionary Computation and Data Mining to Model the Emergence of Archaic Urban Centers''. M.S. thesis, Wayne State University. * Jennings, Sarah. 2010. ''Mold-Made Figurines of the Lower Rio Verde Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico: Insights into Popular Ideology in the Classic and Early Postclassic''. M.A. thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder. * Johnson, Nicholas C. 2005. ''The Format of the Pre-Hispanic Mixtec Historical Screenfold Manuscripts''. PhD dissertation, Tulane University. * Levine, Marc N. 2007. ''Linking Household and Polity at Late Postclassic period Yucu Dzaa (Tututepec), a Mixtec Capital on the Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico''. PhD dissertation, University of Colorado, Boulder. * Pohl, John M. 1984. ''The Earth Lords: Politics and Symbolism of the Mixtec Codices''. PhD dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. * Romero-Mendez, Rodrigo. 2009. ''A Reference Grammar of Ayutla Mixe (Tukyo'm ayuujk)''. PhD dissertation, State University of New York, Buffalo. * Smith, Marissa. 2010. ''Neoliberalism, Urban Expansion, and Political Change in Oaxaca, Mexico: The Creation of Gendered City Spaces''. PhD dissertation, Arizona State University. * Stiver, Laura R. 2001. ''Prehispanic Mixtec Settlement and State in the Teposcolula Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico''. PhD dissertation, Vanderbilt University. * Stokes, Phil. 1995. ''The Origins of the Mixtec "Lords": As Given in Their Own Histories''. PhD dissertation, University of Essex, United Kingdom. * Trogdon, Michelle L. 2010. ''Ways of Farming in the Nochixtlan Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico''. M.A. thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder. * Whittaker, Gordon. 1980. ''The Hieroglyphics of Monte Alban''. PhD dissertation, Yale University. * Williams, John N. 2009. ''Patterns of Tree Diversity in the Tropical Dry Forests of Pacific Coast Mexico''. PhD dissertation, University of California, Davis. * Williams, Robert L. 2009. ''Codex Zouche-Nuttall, Pages 1-41: Narrative Structure, Contents, and Chronologies''. PhD dissertation, University of Texas, Austin.


References

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