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MUNIBE(Suplemento/Gehigarria) - nº nº 3100 244-251 000-000 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN 2010 2003 D.L. ISSN SS-1055-2010<br />
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Specialized Shell Object Production at<br />
Teopantecuanitlan Site (Guerrero, México)<br />
Producción especializada de artefactos en concha<br />
en el sitio de Teopantecuanitlan (Guerrero, México)<br />
KEY WORDS: Mexico, Teopantecuanitlan, shell, production, manufacture.<br />
PALABRAS CLAVE: México, Teopantecuanitlan, conchas, producción, manufactura.<br />
GAKO-HITZAK: Mexiko, Teopantecuanitlan, maskorrak, ekoizpena, manufaktura.<br />
Reyna B. SOLÍS (1) & Guadalupe MARTÍNEZ (2)<br />
ABSTRACT<br />
In the area of Teopantecuanitlan, located in the east-central region of Guerrero, the most ancient and abundant shell collection corresponding<br />
to the Mesoamerican formative period (1200-600 BC) has been recovered. Most of this material derives from the Pacific Ocean shores, and<br />
in less quantity from the Mexican Gulf and from rivers on the slope of the Pacific Ocean. Un-modified molluscs, pieces in process of work and<br />
finished objects have been identified. Through the use of experimental archaeology and the observation of the various modifications with optical<br />
microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), it was possible to deduce the techniques and tools used in their production,<br />
which should have been concentrated in one or in a few workshops controlled by the rulers of the site.<br />
RESUMEN<br />
En el sitio de Teopantecuanitlan, ubicado en la región centro-este del estado de Guerrero, se ha recuperado la colección de concha más<br />
abundante y antigua de Mesoamérica correspondiente al Periodo Formativo (1200-600 a.C.). Dicho material procede en su mayoría de las costas<br />
del Océano Pacífico, en menor cantidad del Golfo de México y de ríos de la vertiente del Pacífico. Se identificaron moluscos no modificados,<br />
piezas en proceso de trabajo y objetos terminados. Mediante el empleo de la arqueología experimental y la observación de las diversas<br />
modificaciones con microscopía estereoscópica (MO) y electrónica de barrido (MEB), fue posible inferir las técnicas y herramientas utilizadas<br />
para su producción, la cual debió ser concentrada en uno o pocos talleres controlados por el órgano de poder.<br />
LABURPENA<br />
Teopantecuanitlan izeneko lekuan, Guerrero estatuaren erdialde-ekialdeko eskualdean, Mesoamerikako maskorren bildumarik ugariena eta<br />
zaharrena berreskuratu da, Periodo Formatibokoa (K.a. 1200-600). Material gehiena Ozeano Bareko kostaldetik dator, eta gainerakoa, Mexikoko<br />
golkotik eta Ozeano Barean itsasoratzen diren ibaietatik. Itxuraldatu gabeko moluskuak, lantze-prozesuan zeuden piezak eta amaitutako objektuak<br />
identifikatu ziren. Arkeologia esperimentala erabiliz, eta itxuraldaketak Mikroskopia Estereoskopikoz (MO) eta Ekorketako Mikroskopia<br />
Elektronikoz (MEB) hautemanez, ekoizpenerako zer teknika eta tresna erabili zituzten ondorioztatu ahal izan zen, eta, itxuraz, botere-organoak<br />
kontrolatutako tailer batean edo tailer gutxi batzuetan egin ziren.<br />
1. INTRODUCTION<br />
Since the Mesoamerican formative period<br />
(1200-600 BC), there were contests between<br />
individuals and groups for acquiring and expanding<br />
their prestige and power, the development<br />
of a more centralized government and a less<br />
egalitarian social structure were already in<br />
place. Such aspects were related with the inherited<br />
kinship system and social stratification<br />
(Clark 1994: 192).<br />
A potential power source to display prestige<br />
and social hierarchy were the prestige goods.<br />
Most of those goods are characterized by having<br />
been exotic or restricted circulation materials,<br />
although they could be products of external trade<br />
which worked as status symbols for the elite<br />
(Drucker 1981: 31).<br />
An example of social stratification can be<br />
found in one of the most ancient Mesoamerican<br />
settlements, Teopantecuanitlan, a site with Olmec<br />
characteristics, located in the central region of the<br />
modern state of Guerrero (fig. 1), inside the Valley<br />
of the Copalillo District and close to where the<br />
Mezcala and Amacuzac rivers converge and give<br />
birth to the Balsas river (Martínez 1994: 145).<br />
According to 14 C dating, its occupation extends<br />
between 1200 and 600 BC (Martínez 1995: 60).<br />
(1)<br />
Av. Morelos # 27. Arcos del Alba. Cuautitlán Izcalli, Estado de México C.P. 54750, México (alanadonostia@gmail.com, and/or reynabsolis@hotmail.com).<br />
(2)<br />
Centro INAH-Morelos, Matamoros #14. C.P.62440, Col. Acapatzingo, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México (tecuani2004@yahoo.com.mx).
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