The Legacy of Mesoamerica History and Culture of a Native American Civilization, 2nd Edition

Sayil, 73
Schele, Linda, 55
Schwartz, Norman, 33, 34
Sedentism, 45–46
Semiotics, 33
Semiperipheral zones, 124,
134–39
Sepúlveda, Juan Ginés de,
162, 164
Sierra Madre del Sur, 14
Sierra Madre Occidental, 17
Sierra Nahuatl, 499–500
Sinaloa, 17
Slash-and-burn horticulture
system, 11, 111, 34 8
Slaves, 156, 160, 163, 1 8 7, 201
Smith, Michael, 93
Social classes, 19 8 –201
Soconusco, 51, 52
Sonora, 17, 141
Southeastern Central Amer-
ica periphery, 146–47
Southern Highlands, 14–15
South Pacific Coast, 135–37
Spanish conquest period,
151– 8 1, 349
beginning of, 155–60
campaign against Aztecs,
164–75
conquest of Michoacán,
175–76
diseases, 156–5 8 , 172–73
end of, 256–64
Indian rights, debate over,
160–64
Mayan area, 176– 80
origins of Spanish
imperialism, 151–55
women in, 445–47
Spanish contact period, 2–4,
111, 120–50
city-states and empires,
121–22
ethnic groups, 122–23
regional networks, 123

INDEX 557

Spanish imperialism, origins

of, 151–55

Spanish Inquisition, 1 86

Stephens, John Lloyd, 27, 3 8

Steward, Julian, 32

Stone Age, 90

Structuralism, 33

Swidden agriculture, 11

Syntax, 416–1 8

T

Tabasco Plains, 16

Tabasco region, 134

Tarascans, 12, 8 7, 101, 140,

175–76

Technology, in prehistoric

period, 54–55

Tehuacán, 43, 46

Tekum, 177, 17 8 , 179, 339

Templo Mayor, 91

Tenochtitlan, 4–5, 90, 91,

101, 10 8 , 164, 170–75

Teotanango, 72

Teotihuacan, 32, 52, 56–60,

66, 71, 7 8

Tepanecs, 89

Tepexpan man, 42

Tepoztlán, 2 81

Terminal classic period, 39

Tezcatlipoca, 99, 101, 165

Tierra Caliente, 9, 16, 17, 1 8

Tierra Fria, 9, 11, 13, 15

Tierra Templada, 9, 11, 13,

15

Tikal, 59, 60, 62, 64–66, 67

Tlacaelel, 9 8

Tlaloc, 101, 165

Tlapacoya, 40

Tlapanec language, 144

Tlatelolco, 134, 237, 241

Tlatilco, 4 8

Tlatoani, 90, 96, 97, 9 8 , 121

Tlaxcala, 3, 12 8 , 16 8 , 169,

171

Tlazolteotl, 142

Toltec dynasty, 76

Toluca Basin, 13

Toluca Valley, 72

Tonatiuh, 99

Tools, 40, 42, 45, 54–55

Torquemada, Juan de, 22

Totonac language, 12 8 , 16 8

Townsend, Richard, 101

Trade, 2 8 7, 363–65

coffee, 292

contact period, 134–35,

137, 13 8

oil, 290

Teotihuacan, 59

Treaty of Guadelupe, 2 89

Treaty of Tordesillas, 155

Tres Zapotes, 49

Tula, 74, 76, 88 , 106

Tulum, 8 3, 117

Tu tino, John, 267

Tzeltal revolt, 21 8 –19

Tzintzicha Tangachoan, 176

Tzintzuntzan, 176

Tzotzil language, 269, 330,

519

Tzotzil Mayas, 176

Tzul, Atanasio, 2 88

U

Ubico, Jorge, 293, 323

United Fruit Company

(UFCO), 292, 294

United States, interference

of, 2 8 9–95

Usumacinta River, 134

Uto-Aztecan language, 126

Uxmal, 73

V

Valladolid debates, 163

Vegetation, 15

Velásquez, Diego, 170

Veracruz, 2, 16, 4 8 , 72