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Cultural Ecology Reconsidered

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Richard E. Blanton
Richard E. Blanton*
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Abstract

This is a response to Santley's criticisms of my suggestions concerning Monte Albán, the ancient Zapotec capital. It consists of first questioning his cultural ecological theoretical base, then showing that his interpretation of the nature of Monte Albán and its hinterland is faulty.

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American Antiquity , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , January 1980 , pp. 145 - 151
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1980

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