Robert M. Rosenswig is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Albany. He has directed archaeological fieldwork in Mexico, Belize, and Costa Rica and has published numerous articles on the origins of agriculture and the development of socio-political complexity in Mesoamerica.
Part I. An Early Formative Mesoamerican Problem: 1. Introduction
2. Knowledge in an archipelago of complexity
3. Mesoamerica's first style horizons and the 'Olmec problem'
Part II. Archaeological Data: 4. Settlement patterns and architecture
5. Diet, food processing and feasting
6. Representations and aesthetics
7. Inter-regional exchange patterns
Part III. Deriving Meaning from the Archaeological Record: 8. Data and expectations
9. Conclusions.
