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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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
The University of Arizona Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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