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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I would be interested in hearing commentary from linguists
and others about David’s very interesting paper in Acta Universitaria
(the link is in his latest post). I found this paper extremely enlightening and
very surprising. Who would have thought that the political, urban, and social
hierarchies in Otomi and Nahuatl cultures were virtually identical in
structure? Perhaps my amazement comes from ignorance or naiveté. But in
Mesoamerican studies we are accustomed to thinking in ethnic terms, and
interpreting societies, cultures, and material culture in terms of ethnic
groups. The Nahuas were like this, and the Otomis were like that. Maybe we have
internalized the ethnic stereotypes in Sahagún (Otomi blockheads, etc.). But I
found David’s article enlightening and I am having students read it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>How common is his notion of a “essentially homogeneous
plurilinguistic culture” ? Is this a common occurrence in other areas? Is
his model surprising, or something to be expected? What are the implications of
this kind of model for understanding prehispanic society in central <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place>?
(please pardon my ignorance here, I readily admit to being among the linguistically-challenged,
and I no longer have departmental colleagues like <st1:PersonName w:st="on">John
Justeson</st1:PersonName> to pester about these things).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mike Smith<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:left;
text-indent:-.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wright Carr, David Charles<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:left;
text-indent:-.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2</span></font><font face=Arial><span
lang=ES style='font-family:Arial'>008 La sociedad prehispánica en las lenguas
Náhuatl y Otomí. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Acta Universitaria
(Universidad de Guanajuato)</span></i> 18(especial):15-23.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Michael E. Smith</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, Professor</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>School</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Human</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Evolution &
Social Change</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Arizona</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.public.asu.edu/~mesmith9">www.public.asu.edu/~mesmith9</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com">http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://calixtlahuaca.blogspot.com">http://calixtlahuaca.blogspot.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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