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Archaeological Investigations in the Río Huamelula Valley: Settlement History and Material Culture in Southeastern Oaxaca Mexico

Peter C. Kroefges
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In contrast to traditional stereotypes of the prehispanic culture of the Chontals of Oaxaca, architectural sites and artifacts along the Pacific coast indicate that there were more complex societies, well integrated into southeastern Mesoamerican networks of socio-cultural, economic and political interaction. This research presents the results of surface surveys and test excavations at the Río Huamelula, District of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca (southeastern Mexico), conducted by the author in 2001. The pottery classification aims at reconstructing the settlement chronology of the area from the Classic to the early Colonial periods, c. A.D. 300-1600. Stylistic traits of ball-game-related artifacts, sculptural art, pottery, and architecture, as well as obsidian composition analysis all point to an intensive socio-cultural and economic exchange between the prehispanic communities along the southeastern Oaxaca coast and other Mesoamerican societies. The ethno-linguistic identity of the Classic-period occupants of the Río Huamelula valley remains enigmatic. The archaeological remains of two Postclassic Chontal villages, Huamelula and Astata, however, exhibit a socio-economic complexity contradicting the colonial characterization of Chontal culture. They further demonstrate a settlement continuity that, overall, reaches back into the Classic period and has lasted up to the present day.
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgements
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Archaeological Survey in the Rio Huamelula Valley
  • 3. Excavations at RH01 Huamelula-La Soledad
  • 4. Ceramic Analysis
  • 5. Materials for Resource Procurement and Craft Production
  • 6. The Chronological Framework of the Settlement Sequence
  • 7. Prehispamic and Colonial Communities at the Rio Huamelula
  • 8. References Cited
  • 9. Appendix 1
  • 10. Appendix 2
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Published: 2006
Publisher: BAR Publishing
ISBN(s)
  • 9781841719276 (paperback)
  • 9781407329475 (ebook)
BAR Number: S1496
Series
  • International
Subject
  • Ceramics and Pottery Studies
  • Multiperiod
  • Excavation / Fieldwork / Survey
  • Art / Sculpture / Gems / Seals
  • Architecture / Domestic and Urban Buildings and Space / Urbanism
  • Central and South America and the Caribbean
  • Trade / Exchange / Travel / Economy
  • Ethnoarchaeology / Anthropology
  • Identity / Gender / Childhood / Ethnicity / Romanization
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