Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Geologic Origins
Forming Techniques
Firing of Wares
Functions of Early Formative Pottery
Glossary of Ceramic Terms
Coyotepec
Atzompa
Pottery Making at Atzompa
The Incorporation of Sherds into Households
Bell-Shaped Pits in Dooryards
Community and Barrio Middens
Samples from Public Buildings
Arroyos and Slopewash
How Formative Villages Grew
Summary
Summary
The Order of Data Presentation
An Adequate Sample of What?
Our Choice of Ceramic Typology
Purron-Espiridion Comparisons
Bottle Gourds as Prototypes in Other Regions
Purron Plain
Espiridion Thin
A Possible Figurine of Miniature Mask
Chapter 8. The Tierras Largas Phase
Tierras Largas Burnished Plain
Tierras Largas Unburnished Plain
General Category: Early Highland Red-on-Buff Painted Wares
Avelina Red-on-Buff
Clementina Fine Red-on-Buff
Matadamas Red
Matadamas Orange
Ocos Black
Zone H
The G2-G1 Boundary
Conclusion
Feature 100 at Tierras Largas
Feature 65, Area B, San Jose Mogote
Summary
Appendix to Chapter 10
Structure 3
Structure 5
Structure 6
Chapter 12. The San Jose Phase
"Earth" and "Sky" in the Symbolism of the San Jose Phase
An Inventory of Double-Line-Breaks
Fidencio Coarse
Leandro Gray
Atoyac Yellow-white
San Jose Red-on-White
Lupita Heavy Plain
San Jose Black-and-White
Xochiltepec White
Delfina Fine Gray
San Jose Specular Red
La Mina White
Coatepec White-rimmed Black
Delia White
Other Foreign Pottery Types
Synchronic Variation in Foreign Types
Features in Bedrock
Selected Features from Zone E
Later Stratigraphic Levels
Area A: Four Households and a Midden
Eight Houses from Area C, San Jose Mogote
Features Related to the Area C Houses
Summary of Area C
House 14, Area C
House 13, San Jose Mogote
Evidence for High Status
Conclusion
Household Units C4-C1, Area A
Houses 16-17, Area B
Conclusion
Chapter 17. Synchronic Variation 3: Differences Between Villages 30 km Apart
Midden Stratigraphy of Operation A at Abasolo
House 1 of Abasolo
Structures 7, Area C
Structure 16, Area A
Structures 1 and 2, Area A
Conclusion
Problems with Radiocarbon Dating
The Espiridion Complex
The Tierras Largas Phase
Ties with the Basin of Mexico
Ties with the Southern Puebla
Relations to the South
The San Jose/Guadalupe Transition in the Etla Region
Conclusion
Chapter 20. The Olmec and the Valley of Oaxaca: A Revision
How Our Ideas Have Changed
Suggestions for the Future
Chapter 21. Resumen en Espanol, por Sonia Guillen
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