Paso De La Amada An Early Preclassic Site In The Soconusco Chiapas Mexico
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Author | : Jorge Fausto Ceja Tenorio |
Publisher | : Provo, Utah : New World Archaeological Foundation, Brigham Young University |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Chiapas (Mexico) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Andrew J. McDonald |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 73 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Chiapas (Mexico) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard G Lesure |
Publisher | : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 2021-08-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1950446204 |
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Paso de la Amada, an archaeological site in the Soconusco region of the Pacific coast of Mexico, was among the earliest sedentary, ceramic-using villages of Mesoamerica. With an occupation that extended across 140 ha in 1600 BC, it was also one of the largest communities of its era. First settled around 1900 BC, the site was abandoned 600 years later during what appears to have been a period of local political turmoil. The decline of Paso de la Amada corresponded with a rupture in local traditions of material culture and local adoption of the Early Olmec style. Stylistically, the material culture of Paso de la Amada corresponds predominantly to the pre-Olmec Mokaya tradition. Excavations at the site have revealed significant earthen constructions from as early as 1700 BC. Those include the earliest known Mesoamerican ball court and traces of a series of high-status residences. This monograph reports on large-scale excavations in Mounds 1, 12, and 32, as well as soundings in other locations. The volume covers all aspects of excavations and artifacts and includes three lengthy interpretive chapters dealing with the main research questions, which concern subsistence, social inequality, and the organizational history of the site.
Author | : Richard G. Lesure |
Publisher | : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2010-12-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1938770269 |
Download Settlement and Subsistence in Early Formative Soconusco Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Soconusco region, a narrow strip of the Pacific coast of Mexico and Guatemala, is the location of some of the earliest pottery-using villages of ancient Mesoamerica. Mobile early inhabitants of the area harvested marsh clams in the estuaries, leaving behind vast mounds of shell. With the introduction of pottery and the establishment of permanent villages (from 1900 B.C.), use of the resource-rich estuary changed. The archaeological manifestation of that new estuary adaptation is a dramatic pattern of inter-site variability in pottery vessel forms. Vessels at sites within the estuary were about seventy percent neckless jars -- "tecomates" -- while vessels at contemporaneous sites a few kilometers inland were seventy percent open dishes. The pattern is well-known, but the the settlement arrangements or subsistence practices that produced it have remained unclear. Archaeological investigations at El Varal, a special-purpose estuary site of the later Early Formative (1250-1000 B.C.) expand possibilities for an anthropological understanding of the archaeological patterns. The goal of this volume is to describe excavations and finds at the site and to propose, based on a variety of analyses, a new understanding of Early Formative assemblage variability.
Author | : Richard G. Lesure |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2011-10-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520950569 |
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Between 3500 and 500 bc, the social landscape of ancient Mesoamerica was completely transformed. At the beginning of this period, the mobile lifeways of a sparse population were oriented toward hunting and gathering. Three millennia later, protourban communities teemed with people. These essays by leading Mesoamerican archaeologists examine developments of the era as they unfolded in the Soconusco region along the Pacific coast of Mexico and Guatemala, a region that has emerged as crucial for understanding the rise of ancient civilizations in Mesoamerica. The contributors explore topics including the gendered division of labor, changes in subsistence, the character of ceremonialism, the emergence of social inequality, and large-scale patterns of population distribution and social change. Together, they demonstrate the contribution of Soconusco to cultural evolution in Mesoamerica and challenge what we thought we knew about the path toward social complexity.
Author | : William R. Fowler, Jr. |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1991-08-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780849388316 |
Download The Formation of Complex Society in Southeastern Mesoamerica Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book presents discussions on the formation of complex society of Southeastern Mesoamerica throughout pre-Columbian times. These societies include ones from the Early Preclassic or Formative period to those encountered by the Spaniards when they arrived in the early 16th century. Diverse classes of data from archaeology, ethnography, and ethnohistory are utilized. The book provides wide spatial and temporal coverage, as well as a wide diversity of theoretical perspectives. Anyone interested in archeology or the evolution of prehistoric complex societies will find this book fascinating.
Author | : Richard G. Lesure |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2011-09-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520268997 |
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"Data and interpretations generated from the Soconusco are critical but often fail to inform larger debates in Mesoamerica as frequently as they should. This book remedies that situation; it will be of interest to all Mesoamericanists who work on the Archaic and Formative periods."--Jeffrey P. Blomster, editor of After Monte Alban: Transformation and Negotiation in Oaxaca, Mexico "This volume will be crucial to our understanding of the origins of civilization in Mesoamerica. Its interpretations are innovative and present a wealth of new research on an early time period from a very important region. Its importance cannot be underestimated."--Terry G. Powis, Department of Anthropology, Kennesaw State University
Author | : John Edward Clark |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard G. Lesure |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 842 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Chiapas (Mexico) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David C. Grove |
Publisher | : Dumbarton Oaks |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780884022527 |
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This volume is both a summation of work that has been carried out over a long period of time and a signpost pointing the way for future studies. Issues regarding gender, social identity, and landscape archaeology are present, as are the analysis of mortuary practices, questions of social hierarchy, and conjunctive studies of art and society that are in the best tradition of scholarship at Dumbarton Oaks.