Future directions for research / Christopher S. Beekman and Robert B. Pickering

"An in-depth laboratory manual and guide for examining and assessing ceramic figures and vessels excavated in western Mexico"--Back cover.

This volume presents a long-overdue synthesis and update on West Mexican archaeology. Ancient West Mexico has often been portrayed as a ‘marginal’ or ‘underdeveloped’ area of Mesoamerica. This book shows that the opposite is true and that it played a critical role in the cultural and historical development of the Mesoamerican ecumene.