The origins of inequality in archaeological narratives: the case of Paso de la Amada, Chiapas, Mexico

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Archaeology can contribute to the efforts of social scientists to understand the roots of inequality. However, there is a legitimate worry that we might end up imposing contemporary ideologies on the past. That is a particular concern for study of the Formative era in Mesoamerica, where a relatively short sequence from earliest village to urban state means that it is difficult to isolate changes in social inequality from a progressivist narrative of the march to complexity. One strategy for addressing that issue is to shift between analytical scales. That approach is applied in the Soconusco region of the Pacific coast through an examination of the trajectories of sociopolitical organization and social inequality at the large, initial-Formative site of Paso de la Amada. | L’archeologia può contribuire agli sforzi degli studiosi di scienze sociali per comprendere le radici dell’ineguaglianza. Tuttavia, c’è la legittima preoccupazione che si possa finire per imporre le ideologie...

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