Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Plates
List of Appendices
Acknowledgments
1. The Analytical Perspective and Objectivess of the Study
2. The Cultural Setting: The Formative Period in Mesoamerica
3. The Physical Setting: Oaxaca and the Sire of Tomaltepec
4. Excavations at Tomaltepec
2. Composition of the Community
4. Subsistence Activities
6. Summary
2. Composition of the Community
3. Social Differentiation
4. Subsistence Activties
5. Craft and Exchange Activities
6. Summary and Discussion of the Early Formative Evidence
2. Composition of the Community
4. Subsitence Activities
6. Summary
2. Composition of the Community
3. Social Differentiation
6. Summary and Discussion of the Middle Formative Evidence
2. Composition of the Community
3. Social Differentiation
5. Craft and Exchange Activities
6. Summary and Discussion of the Late Formative Evidence
2. Composition of the Community
4. Subsistence Activities
5. Craft and Exchange Activities
6. Summary and Discussion of the Terminal Formative Evidence
2. The Middle Formative
3. The Late Formative
5. Conclusions
Appendices
References
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