Considerable literature has been devoted to the description of cargo systems (also known as civil-religious hierarchies) within Mesoamerica. This paper presents a comparative study of this extremely important institution in 26 communities. The changes which have been made in this system are described. A number of hypotheses concerning factors responsible for these changes are then tested and discussed.
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Billie R. DeWalt (1975) studied this question.
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