Beginnings of Mesoamerican Civilization

Mesoamerica is one of several cradles of civilization in the world. In this book, Robert M. Rosenswig proposes that we understand Early Formative Mesoamerica as an archipelago of complex societies that interacted with one another over long distances and that were separated by less sedentary peoples. These early ''islands'' of culture shared an Olmec artistic aesthetic, beginning approximately 1250...