Women's Ritual in Formative Oaxaca: Figurine-making, Divination, Death and the Ancestors
by Joyce Marcus
University of Michigan Press, 1998
eISBN: 978-1-951519-93-3 | Paper: 978-0-915703-48-7
Library of Congress Classification GN2.M52 no. 33
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.48897607274
eISBN: 978-1-951519-93-3 | Paper: 978-0-915703-48-7
Library of Congress Classification GN2.M52 no. 33
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.48897607274
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
This book covers divination, figurine-making, and women’s ritual treatment of ancestors in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, from 1600 to 500 BC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
The Early and Middle Formative Periods: 1800-500 b.c.
Figurines
The Context of Oaxaca's Figurines
The Message of This Volume
Research Design
The Household: Archaeological Manifestations
The Role of Zapotec Women in Divination
Evidence for Water Divination in the Early Formative
The Involvement of Zapotec Women with Recent Ancestors
The Concept of Facelessness
Was There Such a Thing as "Ancestor Worship"?
"Recent" vs "Remote" Ancestors
Why Were Ancestors Not Shown as "Old"?
Summary
Whole Figurines in Burials
Figurines in Formative Burials from Outside the Valley of Oaxaca
Large Hollow White-slipped "Dolls"
Summary
Chapter 6. The Social Information in Figurine Hairstyles
Mixtec Hairdos
Zapotec Hairdos
Some Common Terms Used for Formative Hairstyles
The Earliest Figurine from the Valley of Oaxaca
Summary
Previous Figurine Typologies
Prior Work on Valley of Oaxaca Figurines
Attributes of Tierras Largas Phase Figurines (1400-1150 b.c.)
Attributes of San José Phase Figurines (1150-850 b.c.)
Attributes of Guadalupe Phase Figurines (850-700 b.c.)
Attributes of Rosario Phase Figurines (700-500 b.c.)
Attributes of Monte Albán I Figurines (500-200 b.c.)
Chapter 9. The Tierras Largas Phase and the Spatial Separation of Men's and Women's Ritual
Figurines from Tierras Largas Phase Houses, Features, and Middens
San Jose Mogote, Area C
Households at the Tierras Largas Site
Tierras Largas Site, Feature 100
Plácido's Midden
Heads with Slit Eyes
Heads with Two-Ploughing-Stroke Eyes, Possible Hair Bun/Zulu Knot Poking Out above Cloth Wrap
"Tonsured Caciques"
"Hatchet-face" Figurines
Unusual Figurines
Torsos from Slender, Non-Pregnant Women
"House Dedication" Figurines
Pottery Masks
Eight Houses from Area C, San José Mogote
Two Middens from Area C
A Tertiary Context: The Area C Master Profile
Four Households from Area A
A Secondary Context: The Zone D Midden
A Low-Status Residence: House 13
Cutting the Area A Profile
House 17
House 16
Pottery Masks from House 16 Area
Feature 63
The Dooryard of Houses 16-17
Comments on Houses 16-17 and the Lower Terrace
The Upper Terrace
Household LSI-I, Area A
Household Unit LSJ-2
Tertiary Contexts at the site of Tierras Largas
Figurines from the Fill of Structure 2, Barrio del Rosario Huitzo
Operation A of San Sebastián Abasolo
Area B of San Sebastián Abasolo
Santo Domingo Tomaltepec
The Tomaltepec Cemetery
Primary Contexts at San José Mogote
Tertiary Contexts at San José Mogote
Primary Contexts at Huitzo
Secondary Contexts at Huitzo
Tertiary Contexts at Huitzo
Household Unit G-3 at the Site of Tierras Largas
Guadalupe Phase Figurines from Miscellaneous Proveniences at Tierras Largas
Households and Middens at Fábrica San José
Figurines from San Sebastián Abasolo
Changes in Ritual
Elite Households from San José Mogote
Rosario Phase Household Units from Fábrica San José
Secondary Contexts: Rosario Phase Middens at Fábrica San José
Disturbed Rosario Phase Household Units at San José Mogote
Tertiary Contexts at San José Mogote
A Tertiary Context at San Sebastián Abasolo
Changes in Ritual
Late Monte Albán I Figurines and Ceramic Effigies from Santo Domingo Tomaltepec
Epilogue
Who made the small solid figurines?
Why did figurine makers focus so much attention on hairstyles?
What form should future studies of Formative women's ritual take?
Chapter 20. Resumen en Español, by María de los Angeles Romero Frizzi
References Cited
Index
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