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Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series

“Pots and Politics: Ceramic Exchange and State Formation in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico” by Dr. R. Jason Sherman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Event Details

Date
Friday, December 10, 2021
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
Description
The evolution of the Zapotec state—centered at the site of Monte Albán in the Valley of Oaxaca,
Mexico—is one of the best documented cases of primary state formation, consolidation, and decline in
the world. Ceramic studies have long played a key role in archaeologists’ understanding of political and
economic developments in the Oaxaca Valley.
Cost
Free

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