Prehispanic Domestic Units in Western Mesoamerica: Studies of the Household, Compound, and Residence

INTRODUCTION. Household Studies in Western Mesoamerica (Robert S. Santley and Kenneth G. Hirth). METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES. The Household as an Analytical Unit: Problems in Method and Theory (Kenneth G. Hirth). Craft Specialization, Refuse Disposal, and the Creation of Spatial Archaeological Records in Prehispanic Mesoamerica (Robert S. Santley and Ronald R. Kneebone). HOUSEHOLD STUDIES FROM CENTRAL MEXICO. Late Formative Period Society at Loma Torremote: A Consideration of the Redistribution versus the Great Provider Models as a Basis for the Emergence of Complexity in the Basin of Mexico (Robert S. Santley). Social Organization and Household Structure of a Teotihuacan Apartment Compound: S3W1:33 of the Tlajinga Barrio (Randolph J. Widmer and Rebecca Storey). Urbanism at Tula from the Perspective of Residential Archaeology (Dan M. Healan). Identifying Rank and Socioeconomic Status in Domestic Contexts: An Example from Central Mexico (Kenneth G. Hirth). Aztec Household-Based Craft Production: Archaeological Evidence from the City-State of Otumba, Mexico (Cynthia Otis Charlton, Thomas H. Charlton, and Deborah L. Nichols). Aztec Household Organization and Village Administration (Susan T. Evans). Houses and the Settlement Hierarchy in Late Postclassic Morelos: A Comparison of Archaeology and Ethnohistory (Michael E. Smith). The Social Organization of Households among the Tenochca Mexica before and after Conquest (Susan Kellogg). HOUSEHOLD STUDIES FROM THE GULF COAST. Household Ceramics Production at Middle Classic Period Matacapan (Philip J. Arnold III and Robert S. Santley). Hierarchical Social Differentiation among Late to Terminal Classic Residential Locations in La Mixtequilla, Veracruz, Mexico (Barbara L. Stark and Barbara A. Hall). COMMENTARY. Mesoamerican Household Archaeology Comes of Age (William T. Sanders).