Aztec State Making: Ecology, Structure, and the Origin of the State
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Anthropologist
- Vol. 85 (2) , 261-284
- https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1983.85.2.02a00010
Abstract
It has become increasingly difficult to account for state formation solely in terms of ecological variables. It is suggested that consideration of prestate political structure and the interplay of ecological variables and political dynamics (political ecology) would enhance our understanding of why and how states emerge. The Aztecs provide a case for examination. [Aztecs, ecology, political competition, state origins]This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
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