Post-Classic stage
Prehistoric period in the Americas
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In the classification of the archaeology of the Americas , the Post-Classic Stage is a term applied to some Precolumbian cultures , typically ending with local contact with Europeans. This stage is the fifth of five archaeological stages posited by Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips ' 1958 book Method and Theory in American Archaeology . [1]
- The Lithic stage
- The Archaic stage
- The Formative stage
- The Classic stage
- The Post-Classic stage
Cultures of the Post-Classic Stage are defined distinctly by possessing developed metallurgy . Social organization is supposed to involve complex urbanism and militarism . Ideologically, Post-Classic cultures are described as showing a tendency towards the secularization of society. [2]
Postclassic Mesoamerica runs from about 900 to 1519 AD, and includes the following cultures: Aztec , Tarascans , Mixtec , Totonac , Pipil , Itzá , Kowoj , K'iche' , Kaqchikel , Poqomam , Mam .
In the North American chronology , the "Post-Classic Stage" followed the Classic stage in certain areas, and typically dates from around AD 1200 to modern times. [3]
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- ↑ Willey, Gordon R. (1989). "Gordon Willey". In Glyn Edmund Daniel ; Christopher Chippindale (eds.). The Pastmasters: Eleven Modern Pioneers of Archaeology: V. Gordon Childe, Stuart Piggott, Charles Phillips, Christopher Hawkes, Seton Lloyd, Robert J. Braidwood, Gordon R. Willey, C.J. Becker, Sigfried J. De Laet, J. Desmond Clark, D.J. Mulvaney . New York: Thames & Hudson . ISBN 0-500-05051-1 . OCLC 19750309 .
- ↑ Gordon R. Willey and Philip Phillips (1957). Method and Theory in American Archaeology. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-89888-9 .
- ↑ "Method and Theory in American Archaeology" . Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips . University of Chicago. 1958. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. [ ISBN missing ]
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