| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Anthropological Papers ; v. 81 |
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Anthropological papers (Vermillion, S.D.)
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| Contents |
Introduction. Themes and Contributions ; The Chontalpa Region, Islas de Los Cerros, and Chronology ; The Chapters -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 Chablé (E15 A-79-27-039) ; The Southwest Group ; The South Group ; Nonresidential Features ; Artifacts at Isla Chablé ; 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 -- 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? -- 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 -- 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 ; Comparison with Comalcalco ; Dating Vertebrate Remains ; Invertebrate Remains ; Architectural Materials ; Mortar or Plaster ; Brick ; Daub ; Clay ; Summary -- The Formative Periods. The Western Chontalpa ; Coast ; Lower Mezcalapa Delta ; Middle Mezcalapa and Terrace Valleys ; Conclusions ; ILC's Formative Settlement History ; Probable Features ; Subsistence ; Activities and Technologies ; Social Relations ; Synopsis -- The Late Classic Period. The Western Chontalpa ; A Chontalpa Early Classic Settlement Hiatus? ; Regional Integration ; Settlement Patterns ; ILC's Late Classic Settlement History ; Political Economy, Classes, and Identities ; Political Economies of Western Chontalpa States ; Ceremony, Power, and Elite Identities ; Classes at ILC ; Internal Class Differentiation ; Kinship, Identities, and Social Memory ; Approaches and Problems ; Mid-Level Theory ; Kinship at ILC ; A Tapestry of Kinship, Identities, Histories, Ancestors, Space, and Time ; Kinship in the Broader Western Chontalpa ; Gender and Age Relations ; Foodways and Feasting ; Foodways ; Feasting and Food Sharing ; Synopsis |
| Summary |
This book delivers a 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 understanding of the Mesoamerican Gulf Coast. -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-228) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 06, 2020) |
| Subject |
Coastal archaeology -- Mexico -- Tabasco (State)
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Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Chontalpa
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Antiquities
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Coastal archaeology
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Indians of Mexico
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| SUBJECT |
Chontalpa (Mexico) -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Mexico -- Chontalpa
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Mexico -- Tabasco (State)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816541911 |
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0816541914 |
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