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Oysters in the Land of Cacao : Archaeology, Material Culture, and Societies at Islas de Los Cerros and the Western Chontalpa, Tabasco, Mexico /

"Oysters in the Land of Cacao delivers a long-overdue presentation of the archaeology, material culture, and regional synthesis on the Formative to Late Classic period societies of the Western Chontalpa region (Tabasco, Mexico) through contemporary theory. It offers a significant new understand...

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Autor principal: Ensor, Bradley E., 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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490 0 |a Anthropological Papers ;  |v v. 81 
500 |a Comparison with Comalcalco 
505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Themes and Contributions -- The Chontalpa Region, Islas de Los Cerros, and Chronology -- The Chapters -- 2. The Islas de Los Cerros Archaeological Project -- Previous Research in the Chontalpa Region -- Preliminary Research -- 2001 -- Methods -- Outcomes -- 2004 -- Methods -- Outcomes -- 2005 -- Methods -- Outcomes -- 2007 -- Methods -- Outcomes -- Thermoluminescence Dating Experiment, 2011 -- Synopsis -- 3. Environment and Political Ecology -- The Environmental Setting -- Climate -- Hydrology and Geomorphology -- Flora 
505 0 |a Fauna -- Ecological Synergy -- Political Ecology -- Settlement -- Subsistence -- Commercial Development -- Old and New Impacts to Archaeological Resources -- 4. The Sites -- Previous Site Records -- Survey and Feature Classification -- Isla Boca Grande (E 15A-79-27-038) -- Isla del Campo (E 15A-79-27-075) -- Isla Santa Rosita (E15 A-79-27-073) -- Isla Dos Bocas Nuevas (E15 A-79-27-074) -- Isla Chable (E15 A-79-27-039) -- The Southwest Group -- The South Group -- Nonresidential Features -- Artifacts at Isla Chable -- La Islita (E15 A-79-27-078) -- El Canal (E15 A-79-27-079) 
505 0 |a El Bellote (E15 A-79-27-076) -- The Northeast Group -- The North-Central Group -- The Northwest Group -- The Central Group -- The South Group -- Artifacts at El Bellote -- Summary -- 5. The Features -- Questions and Hypotheses -- When Were the Features Built? -- How Did the Features Function? -- What Is the Construction Sequence? -- Size: Occupation Duration or Labor Investiture? -- Residential Platforms and Mounds -- Discrete Platforms -- Discrete Mounds -- Mounds-on-Platforms -- Multilevel Mounds -- Ceremonial Mounds -- General Characteristics -- Descriptions -- Summary -- Specialized Features 
505 0 |a Feature 92 -- Features 89 and 122 -- Feature 176 -- Feature 155 -- Summary -- Pits and Thermal Features -- Pits -- Thermal Features -- Summary -- Conclusions -- Formative and Late Classic Deposits -- Function -- Construction Sequence -- Size: Occupation Duration or Labor Investiture? -- 6. Pottery -- Pottery Classification -- Function, Suitability, and Performance -- Identities: Symbolic Display, Foodways, and Food Sharing -- Formative Period Types -- Formative Types of Known Period Affiliation -- Formative Types of Unknown Period Affiliation -- Late Classic Period Types 
505 0 |a Late Classic Period Coarse Paste Types -- Late Classic Period Fine Paste Types -- Types of Unknown Period Affiliations -- Bellote -- Type X -- Unclassified Pottery -- Regional Comparisons -- A Late Classic Pottery Frequency Sequence? -- A Thermoluminescence Dating Experiment -- Conclusions -- 7. Other Artifacts and Materials -- Re-Used Sherds and Other Ceramic Artifacts -- Bitumen -- Stone Tools -- Obsidian -- Chert -- Ground Stone -- The Functions and Paucity of Stone Tools -- Waterworn Stone -- Vertebrate Remains -- Aggregated Results -- Screen Mesh Size Effect -- Capture Techniques 
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