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Ethnic Identity in Nahua Mesoamerica: The View from Archaeology, Art History, Ethnohistory, and Contemporary Ethnography

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Over the past couple of decades there has been a virtual explosion of informative data on and about the pre-Columbian native populations of Central and South America. A seminal work of dedicated academic scholarship, "Ethnic Identity In Nahua Mesoamerica: The View From Archaeology, Art History, Ethnohistory, And Contemporary Ethnography" is the collaborative effort of a team of researchers and academics that includes Frances F. Berdan (Professor of Anthropology, California State University - San Bernardino); John K. Chance (Professor of Anthropology, Arizona State University); Alan R. Sandstrom (Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Antrhopology, Indiana University - Purdue University at Fort Wayne); Barbara L. Stark (Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University); James Taggart (Lewis Audenreid Professor at Franklin and Marshall College); and Emily Umberger (Professor of Art History, Arizona State University). A compilation of eight major papers ranging from Professors Stark and Chance's 'Diachronic and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Mesoamerican Ethnicity', to Professors' Sandstrom and Berdan's "Some Finish Thoughts and Unfinished Business", provides the reader with a multifaceted, multidisciplinary survey on Mexico's Nahuas population's ethnic identity, history, and social conditions drawing upon perspectives provided by archaeological researches, contemporary ethnographical studies, historical overviews, and art appreciation. Enhanced with the inclusion of figures, tables, notes, reference citations, and an index, "Ethnic Identity In Nahua Mesoamerica" is an impressively informed and informative contribution which is confidently recommended for academic library reference collections, as well as Native American Studies, Mexican History, and Nahua Ethnographic Studies supplemental reading lists.