Background
Spores, Ronald Marvin was born on January 25, 1931 in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Son of Marvin C. and Marie (Norwood) Spores.
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The Mixtecs of Oaxaca: Ancient Times to the Present (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)
( The Mixtec peoples were among the major original develo...)
The Mixtec peoples were among the major original developers of Mesoamerican civilization. Centuries before the Spanish Conquest, they formed literate urban states and maintained a uniquely innovative technology and a flourishing economy. Today, thousands of Mixtecs still live in Oaxaca, in present-day southern Mexico, and thousands more have migrated to locations throughout Mexico, the United States, and Canada. In this comprehensive survey, Ronald Spores and Andrew K. Balkanskyboth preeminent scholars of Mixtec civilizationsynthesize a wealth of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic data to trace the emergence and evolution of Mixtec civilization from the time of earliest human occupation to the present. The Mixtec region has been the focus of much recent archaeological and ethnohistorical activity. In this volume, Spores and Balkansky incorporate the latest available research to show that the Mixtecs, along with their neighbors the Valley and Sierra Zapotec, constitute one of the world’s most impressive civilizations, antecedent toand equivalent tothose of the better-known Maya and Aztec. Employing what they refer to as a convergent methodology,” the authors combine techniques and results of archaeology, ethnohistory, linguistics, biological anthropology, ethnology, and participant observation to offer abundant new insights on the Mixtecs’ multiple transformations over three millennia.
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The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times (Civilization of the American Indian)
(Mixtec Indians, Oaxaca History)
Mixtec Indians, Oaxaca History
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Ronald Marvin Spores
Edit ProfileEthnohistorian anthropology educator
Education
Bachelor of Science, University Oregon, 1953; Master of Arts, Mexico City College, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1964.
Career
Assistant professor anthropology, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1964-1965; professor anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1965-1993; director anthropology program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1967-1977; professor emeritus, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1993.
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Works
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The Mixtecs of Oaxaca: Ancient Times to the Present (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)
( The Mixtec peoples were among the major original develo...)
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The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times (Civilization of the American Indian)
(Mixtec Indians, Oaxaca History)
- Mixtec Kings and Their People (Civilization of American Indian)
- The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times (Civilization of the American Indian) by Ronald Spores (1985-03-03)
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The Mixtecs of Oaxaca: Ancient Times to the Present (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)
Membership
Served with United States Army, 1953-1955, Korea. Member American Society for Ethnohistory (president 1978-1979).
Connections
Children: Lisa France, Ronald Jonathan.
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Republican