We are pleased to share with you that at the 35th Guadalajara International Book Fair, the book “The Mesoamerican World System, 200 – 1200 CE. A Comparative Approach Analysis of West Mexico”, by Archaeologist Peter F. Jiménez, will be presented on Thursday, December 2, 2021, from 8:00 – 8:50 pm, in Hall D, International Area, at Expo Guadalajara.

“Between 200 and 1200 CE, central Mexico was the scene of the formation and disintegration of two states, Teotihuacan and Tula. At their peak, both urban centers established far-reaching ties throughout Mesoamerica. The nature of their relationships has been the subject of analysis and debate for decades. In this study, Peter Jimenez uses the latest advances in world-systems analysis to study the networks of interaction in western Mexico from the Early Classic to the Postclassic periods. He demonstrates how the archaeological record contains empirical evidence of the impact of global processes on local developments, in detail, at kingdoms, and on spatial scales, revealed here for the first time. His examination of western Mexico’s relationships with the core states of central Mexico also underscores the critical role played by the semi-periphery in shaping and functioning the overall world-system in ancient Mesoamerica” (Translation of the reference made by Cambridge University Press).