Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica After the Spanish Invasion

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Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica After the Spanish Invasion is written by Rani T. Alexander and published by University of New Mexico Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0826360157 (ISBN 10) and 9780826360151 (ISBN 13).

This impressive collection features the work of archaeologists who systematically explore the material and social consequences of new technological systems introduced after the sixteenth-century Spanish invasion in Mesoamerica. It is the first collection to present case studies that show how both commonplace and capital-intensive technologies were intertwined with indigenous knowledge systems to reshape local, regional, and transoceanic ecologies, commodity chains, and political, social, and religious institutions across Mexico and Central America.