On the Periphery of the Periphery Household Archaeology at Hacienda
This volume examines the social and economic changes that characterized Yucatán, Mexico, circa the late 18th through early 19th centuries, as the region became increasingly articulated within global networks of exchange. This work, utilizing archaeo
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Sam R. Sweitz
On the Periphery of the Periphery Household Archaeology at Hacienda San Juan Bautista Tabi, Yucatán, Mexico
Sam R. Sweitz Department of Social Sciences Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931, USA [email protected]
ISSN 1574-0439 ISBN 978-1-4614-1495-7 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-1496-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1496-4 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011939301 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book examines from an archaeological perspective the social and economic changes that took place in Yucatán, Mexico beginning in the eighteenth century, as the region became increasingly articulated within global networks of exchange. In this work I am particularly interested in the formation and ultimate supremacy of the hacienda system in Yucatán and the effect that new forms of capitalist organized production had on constructions of indigenous Maya social organization. I use household archaeology and spatial analysis, conducted on the grounds of the former Hacienda San Juan Bautista Tabi, to provide the data for analyzing the results of this change on the daily lives and existence of those individuals incorporated within the hacienda system. The historical perspective and interpretations regarding the evolution of social and economic organization on the Yucatán Peninsula outlined in this book are the result of my own personal history and evolution as a scholar. As a way of better positioning the reader to understand the “how” and “why” of this work, it might be fruitful to briefly trace the “what,” “where,” and “when” that have influenced my perspective on the past and as a consequence have influenced the interpretations expressed in the following pages. As an undergraduate at Boston University, my first foray into archaeological fieldwork involved excavations at pre-Hispanic Maya sites in northern Belize under the direction of Patricia McAnany and Norman Hammond. This experience left an indelible mark on me, not only by initiating
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