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Cultural Ecology Reconsidered

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Richard E. Blanton*
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

Abstract

This is a response to Santley's criticisms of my suggestions concerning Monte Albán, the ancient Zapotec capital. It consists of first questioning his cultural ecological theoretical base, then showing that his interpretation of the nature of Monte Albán and its hinterland is faulty.

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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1980

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