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Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in the Northwestern Valley of Mexico: The Zumpango Region

Jeffrey R. Parsons with contributions by Larry J. Gorenflo, Mary H. Parsons, and David J. Wilson 2008
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This monograph presents data from a systematic regional archaeological survey carried out over an area of ca. 600 square kilometers during May through December 1973 by the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology.
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Series
  • Memoirs
ISBN(s)
  • 978-0-915703-70-8 (paper)
  • 978-1-951519-81-0 (ebook)
Subject
  • Archaeology
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • List of Plates
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
    • Overall Scope and Objectives
    • The First Valley of Mexico Conference 1960
    • Working Out the Survey Methodology, 1960-1964
    • A Critique
    • The Organization of this Monograph
  • Chapter 2. The Natural Environment
    • The Zumpango Region in the Valley of Mexico
    • Environmental Zones in the Zumpango Region
    • Modern and Historic Climate in the Zumpango Region
    • Paleoclimatological Studies
  • Chapter 3. The Historically Documented Occupation of the Zumpango Region: Sixteenth Through Twentieth Centuries
    • Introduction
    • The Twentieth Century
    • The Zumpango Region on the Eve of Spanish Conquest
    • The Colonial Period (1521-1810)
    • The Nineteenth Century
    • Summary and Conclusions
  • Chapter 4. Field and Laboratory Methodology
    • Surface Conditions-Potentials and Problems for Regional Surface Survey in the Zumpango Region
    • Survey Methodology
    • Laboratory Procedures in Mexico
    • Laboratory Procedures in Ann Arbor
    • Site Classification
    • Chronology
  • Chapter 5. The Patterning of Settlement, by J.R. Parsons and L.J. Gorenflo
    • Trends in Numbers of Sites, Numbers of Occupied Hectares, and Population
    • Occupation by Environmental Zone
    • Occupation by Site Type
    • The Spatial Configuration of Settlement
    • Overall Summary and Conclusions
  • Chapter 6. Future Research Needs
    • Chronology
    • Stylistic Variability in Coeval Regional Ceramic Assemblages within and around the Valley of Mexico
    • Geoarchaeological Study
    • Paleoclimatological Study
    • Definition of Settlement Systems
    • More Attention to Lithics
    • Study of Lime Resources
    • Study of Aquatic Resources
    • Study of Water-Control Technology
    • Investigation of Pre-Formative and Aceramic ("Off-Site") Occupation
    • Extending Regional Surveys into the Pachuca Region
    • Maintenance and Restudy of Curated Collections
    • Can We Proceed in the Face of Massive Site Destruction and Landscape Transformation?
  • Chapter 7. Resumen en Espanol de los Principales Conclusiones, translated by A.H. Parsons
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix A. The Site Descriptions, by J.R. Parsons, M.H. Parsons, and D.J. Wilson
    • Late Formative Site
    • Terminal Formative Sites
    • Classic Sites
    • Early Toltec Sites
    • Late Toltec Sites
    • Aztec Sites
  • Appendix B. Ceramic Chronology, by JR. Parsons, MH. Parsons, and D.J Wilson
    • The Late Formative
    • Terminal Formative (Tzacualli Phase)
    • Classic
    • Early Toltec
    • Late Toltec
    • Early and Late Aztec
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