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Appendix 2. Ceramic Types and Counts (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued). Test Excavation Units, Counts and Types UNIT 4 TYPE 71.4 71.5 71.6 71.7 71.8 71.9 71.10 81.1 81.2 81.3 81.4 81.5 LEVEL Depth (cm) I 0-10 1 2 I 10-20 1 I 20-30 3 10 1 I 30-40 4 4 3 4 8 I 40-50 6 6 6 9 1 I 50-60 2 1 3 2 II 60-70 1 3 6 II 70-80 1 1 1 1 3 II 80-90 2 5 4 2 II 90-100 10 2 2 7 1 II 100-110 1 1 1 2 III 100-110 1 2 2 TOTALS 16 38 19 3 4 27 26 1 0 0 3 2 UNIT 5 TYPE 71.4 71.5 71.6 71.7 71.8 71.9 71.10 81.1 81.2 81.3 81.4 81.5 LEVEL Depth (cm) 30-40 2 1 50-60 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 70-80 4 1 2 1 1 80-90 7 8 3 2 6 1 3 90-100 7 2 3 5 2 5 100-110 5 3 2 4 1 6 4 110-120 39 25 17 1 21 10 23 2 9 120-130 48 39 8 2 6 19 13 130-140 49 14 20 3 8 13 11 6 140-150 35 32 7 1 1 13 15 150-160 24 9 1 2 5 3 5 160-170 11 4 8 1 3 2 1 170-180 12 1 4 3 3 7 180-190 5 5 TOTALS 249 138 70 6 40 47 74 37 3 2 61 1 UNIT 6 TYPE 71.4 71.5 71.6 71.7 71.8 71.9 71.10 81.1 81.2 81.3 81.4 81.5 LEVEL Depth (cm) I 0-10 I 10-20 I 20-30 2 1 I 30-40 7 4 1 1 2 I 40-50 1 1 2 I 50-60 1 TOTALS 7 7 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 422
Appendix 2 Ceramic Types and Counts (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued). Test Excavation Units, Counts and Types UNIT 7 TYPE 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11,4a 11.5 11.6 11.11 11.12 21.1 LEVEL Depth (cm) 10-20 20-30 1 30-40 1 2 40-50 1 2 50-60 1 4 4 60-70 1 70-80 8 4 2 80-90 6 5 2 90-100 6 6 6 100-110 15 8 13 11 110-120 11 15 4 6 6 120-130 35 43 2 5 14 14 32 130-140 15 52 2 7 6 4 140-150 14 23 3 3 4 15 150-160 3 10 2 6 4 160-170 5 6 2 4 1 170-180 12 1 2 5 200-210 3 TOTALS 123 188 3 13 0 6 28 45 14 90 Test Excavation Units, Counts and Types UNIT 7 TYPE 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 31.1 31.2 31.3 320.1 320.2 320.3 41.1 41.2 LEVEL Depth (cm) 10-20 20-30 1 2 30-40 8 2 40-50 19 1 1 50-60 23 1 60-70 2 70-80 26 80-90 25 4 90-100 53 4 5 100-110 118 7 110-120 120 1 120-130 5 274 32 2 130-140 1 126 3 140-150 1 93 18 150-160 33 12 1 160-170 3 24 2 16 170-180 41 2 24 3 200-210 TOTALS 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 984 58 3 73 11 423
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An Unexplored Realm in the Heartlan
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“Note to Reader” The original o
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Confederacy Model 39 Feudalistic Mo
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Elemental Analysis of the Soils fro
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The Initial Occupation of El Marque
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List of Tables Table 5.1. Ceramic C
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Figure 3.14. Plan view of the Olmec
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Figure 5.7. Site map illustrating l
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Figure 5.53. El Marquesillo throne
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the resulting data do not fit many
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Furtherance of my academic career w
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Introduction Chapter 1. Archaeology
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esearch being conducted along the S
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its introduction to Mesoamerican ar
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participants. It is especially crit
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interpretations. Finally, I compare
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analogy (Diehl 1989:25; VanDerwarke
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change, fluctuates according to “
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embedded misconceptions about these
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The “Heartland” has been deline
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than a century after their occurren
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inference as opposed to evidence. T
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Sanders and Webster (1988:544) argu
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Park (1992:90) presents the Olmec a
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lowland subsistence economy until a
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Maya are lineal descendents of the
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continued to inhibit scientific inq
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describes this attempted conformanc
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The models used for evaluation of t
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number of archaeological correlates
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Confederacy Model Pool (2000:150;20
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Limitations and Cautions in the Use
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Lorenzo is considered the earliest
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Several lines of evidence suggest a
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turn, gave budding Olmec leaders co
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apid growth of settlements and thei
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techniques (Berger et al. 1967; Hei
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appear to characterize it as a “c
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iconographic detail, and appear to
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Formative period Southern Gulf Lowl
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Medellín-Zeníl (1960) found large
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de Agua, and the famous, iconograph
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egarding subsistence, settlement, p
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Introduction Chapter 3. El Marquesi
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300-900). Historical documentation
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The features of the San Juan are ch
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Figure 3.4. Aerial photograph of El
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At each of these three points of co
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El Marquesillo’s geographic locat
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of the location for more than 3,500
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The extensive Villa Alta architectu
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of constructions. This formal archi
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To achieve and maintain this elevat
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Figure 3.11. Map of the Southern Gu
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Teotihuacán and Aztec trade routes
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land was not in the form of gold an
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Huaspaltepec (Playa Vicente), betwe
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as listed in these records, include
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community members had to work the l
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The 1944 flood was a momentous even
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of ancient structures, including Ce
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to recover as much information as p
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Figure 3.17. Photograph of El Seño
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collection along the cut bank was a
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its termination line (Borstein 2001
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Figure 3.18. Illustration of San Lo
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is seated transitionally between th
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Introduction Chapter 4. El Marquesi
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Grove 1997; Tolstoy 1989). Landscap
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Determination of the Survey Area Th
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Surface Mapping and Terrain Modelin
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Global Positioning System (GPS) Map
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Figure 4.4. Map of El Marquesillo g
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have the potential to record points
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The topographic images and terrain
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Figure 4.8. Digital Terrain Model o
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Figure 4.11. View to the east of lo
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The western third of the platform h
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Figure 4.15. Elevated view of Field
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Figure 4.17. Topographic map of El
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Figure 4.19. Northwest view of spri
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Information Systems (GIS) approach
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Figure 4.21. Illustration of docume
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Magnetic Properties of Basalt The m
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Magnetic Data Collection, Condition
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The magnetometer was set to the bas
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Figure 4.23. Topographical base map
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of basalt, but instead, a body of s
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Figure 4.25. Topographic contour ma
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mercuric sulfide in the soil. There
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Coyote, Honduras (Terry et al. 2000
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intersection on the numbered rows a
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The results were reported in parts
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Figure 4.28b. Box plot summaries of
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Elemental Analysis of the Soils fro
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Summary of the Soil Analyses When t
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Figure 4.31a. Potassium distributio
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estriction prohibiting further exca
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The average depth of any observed a
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Figure 5.7. Site map illustrating l
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Figure 5.8. River cut profile 1A Le
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Figure 5.9. River cut profile 1B in
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Figure 5.10. River cut profile 2A L
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Figure 5.11. River cut profile 6B o
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Formative to Protoclassic ceramics
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fabrication methods, technologies,
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some of the Formative period wares
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The San Lorenzo Olmec Period (c. 11
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Figure 5.19. Examples of Middle For
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The Late Classic Period (c. AD 550-
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English annular ware (c. AD 1785-18
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Ceramic Collection Areas The identi
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Figure 5.26. Distribution of cerami
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Formative period accounted for 785
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The survey was conducted along the
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Figure 5.29. Diagram of Olmec thron
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Figure 5.30. Map illustrating the l
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Late Formative (263), Protoclassic
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demonstrates an analogous situation
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Offering I Figure 5.32. Locations o
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Figure 5.34. Offering I is at the c
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Figure 5.36. Two reconstructed plat
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crescent with its concave and conve
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The two figurine types are common t
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vessels that were deposited into a
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Figure 5.45. Two of three similar s
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Obsidian and Lithic Analyses The Ob
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Throne Units Test Units Offerings I
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inhabitants from other sites, or in
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Figure 5.50. Examples of stones tho
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Figure 5.51. El Marquesillo throne
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accomplished through violent blows
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Figure 5.56. Close-up of the figure
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Figure 5.58. Illustration of magnet
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Modifications to this pattern occur
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class occurred only in the presence
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appearance of ceramics occurred dur
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series of interrelated residential,
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The Early Formative period appearan
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Evidence of these constructions is
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and the excavated pit is not known,
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For the Gulf Olmec, monumental exhi
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precisely. This method would also m
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An earlier discussion suggested sty
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approximately 100 cm to 120 cm belo
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Nevertheless, the structural design
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discussion about the antiquity of t
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6.3). At La Venta equivalent basalt
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shamanistic ritual and rulership (F
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elevation provides an excellent ove
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further support to the idea that El
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Also contributing to the ceramic pr
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Another possible basalt deposition
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off is dramatic to say the least. T
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direction, a series of hills approx
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Finally, the selection and investig
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a metaphor for the movements of the
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plaza complex is also oriented to p
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the traditional communal ideology.
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where new diagnostic ceramic types
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Understanding of the early Postclas
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ceramics probably arrived at the en
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investigation before the direction
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Marquesillo, past and present. Fitt
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Through the integration of a sequen
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experienced an upward trend in popu
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prehispanic occupation would have b
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Assmann (2006) argues that prehisto
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1997:288). These changes in residen
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structures that could provide long-
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Analysis of these three components
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Early architectural units, specific
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activities and that these activitie
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political structure. Was it an inde
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subordinate to a nearby primary cen
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Explanation of Spatial Organization
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conjunction with other forms of arc
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Mesoamerican worldviews (Vogt 1981:
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Expanding the Boundaries and a Look
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to illustrate their power and wealt
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emains is striking. This disproport
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the earliest detectable occupation
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and Uxpanapa River Basins, I wonder
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Arnaiz-Villena, A., G. Vargas-Alarc
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Bassie, K. 2006 The Fire and Water
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Blake, M. and J. E. Clark 1999 The
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Butler, R. F. 1992 Paleomagnetism:
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2001 Gulf Lowlands: South Region. I
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Coe, M. D., D. Snow and E. Benson 1
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2003 Laguna de los Cerros: Una Capi
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2003 Analysis of Formative Period O
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Elachi, C. 1987 Introduction to the
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Foster, G. M. 1940 Notes on the Pop
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2001 La Venta, Tabasco, Mexico. In
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Halbwachs, M. 1992 On Collective Me
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Page 423 and 424: Appendix 1a. Ceramic Analysis: Type
Page 425 and 426: Appendix 1b. Ceramic Analysis: Type
Page 427 and 428: Appendix 2. Ceramic Types and Count
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Page 457 and 458: Appendix 3a. Obsidian from Test Uni
Page 459 and 460: Appendix 3b. Obsidian from Throne E
Page 461 and 462: Appendix 4a. Lithics from Surface C
Page 463 and 464: Appendix 4b. Lithics from River Cut
Page 465 and 466: Appendix 5a. Soil Survey I Element
Page 467 and 468: Appendix 5a. Soil Survey I Element
Page 469 and 470: Appendix 5b. Soil Survey II Element
Page 471 and 472: Appendix 5b. Soil Survey II Element
Page 473: About the Author Travis F. Doering
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