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Early Formative Pottery of the Valley of Oaxaca

Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus with technical ceramic analysis by William O. Payne 1994
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Using more than 300 illustrations, the authors present an encyclopedic analysis of the many types of pottery found in the Oaxaca Valley in the Early Formative period. From details of sherd profiles and tempers to discussions of the growth of various villages, this volume is an exhaustively thorough treatment of the topic and represents decades of archaeological fieldwork in the region.
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Series
  • Memoirs
ISBN(s)
  • 978-0-915703-34-0 (paper)
  • 978-1-951519-99-5 (ebook)
Subject
  • Archaeology
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  • Table of Contents

  • Stats

  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Raw Materials and Pottery-Making Techniques of Early Formative Oaxaca: An Introduction, by William O. Payne
    • Geologic Origins
    • Beneficiation of Materials
    • Forming Techniques
    • Decoration of Wares
    • Drying Practice
    • Firing of Wares
    • Cooling and Drawing of Ware
    • Functions of Early Formative Pottery
    • Glossary of Ceramic Terms
  • Chapter 3. Studies of Traditional Pottery Making in the Valley of Oaxaca, 1955-1973
    • San Marcos
    • Coyotepec
    • Ocotlan
    • Atzompa
    • Pottery Making at Atzompa
  • Chapter 4. Site Formation Processes and the Quality of Sherd Collections
    • The Incorporation of Sherds into Households
    • Small Middens Near Houses
    • Sherds in the Dooryards of Household Units
    • Bell-Shaped Pits in Dooryards
    • Community and Barrio Middens
    • Samples from Public Buildings
    • Arroyos and Slopewash
    • How Formative Villages Grew
    • Summary
  • Chapter 5. Synchronic and Diachronic Variation in Ceramics
    • Summary
  • Chapter 6. Types and Sherd Counts: Some Methodological Questions
    • The Order of Data Presentation
    • Honk if You Like Undecorated Body Sherds
    • An Adequate Sample of What?
    • Our Choice of Ceramic Typology
  • Chapter 7. The Espiridion Complex
    • Purron-Espiridion Comparisons
    • The Origins of Pottery Making in Oaxaca
    • Bottle Gourds as Prototypes in Other Regions
    • Pottery Types of the Espiridion Complex
    • Purron Plain
    • Espiridion Thin
    • Tierras Largas Burnished Plain
    • A Possible Figurine of Miniature Mask
  • Chapter 8. The Tierras Largas Phase
    • Tierras Largas Burnished Plain
    • Tierras Largas Unburnished Plain
    • General Category: Early Highland Red-on-Buff Painted Wares
    • Avelina Red-on-Buff
    • Clementina Fine Red-on-Buff
    • Matadamas Red
    • Matadamas Orange
    • Ocos Black
  • Chapter 9. The Transition from Espiridion Complex to Tierras Largas Phase: Midden Stratigraphy
    • The Threshing Floor Sector
    • Bedrock
    • Zone H
    • Zone G2
    • The G2-G1 Boundary
    • Zone G1
    • The G1-F Boundary
    • Zone F
    • House 18
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 10. A Sample of Tierras Largas Phase Households
    • Household Unit LTL-1, Area B, Tierras Largas
    • Household Unit LTL-3, Area C, Tierras Largas
    • Feature 100 at Tierras Largas
    • Feature 65, Area B, San Jose Mogote
    • Summary
    • Appendix to Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11. Dating Tierras Largas Phase Public Buildings
    • Structure 3
    • Structure 5
    • Structure 6
  • Chapter 12. The San Jose Phase
    • "Earth" and "Sky" in the Symbolism of the San Jose Phase
    • An Inventory of Free-Standing Motifs
    • The Origins of the "Double-Line-Break" Motif
    • An Inventory of Double-Line-Breaks
    • Pottery Types of the San Jose Phase
      • Fidencio Coarse
      • Leandro Gray
      • Atoyac Yellow-white
      • San Jose Red-on-White
      • Lupita Heavy Plain
      • Hybrid Type: Atoyac Yellow-White Outside, Matadamas Orange Inside
      • San Jose Black-and-White
      • Xochiltepec White
      • Delfina Fine Gray
      • San Jose Specular Red
      • La Mina White
      • Coatepec White-rimmed Black
      • Delia White
      • Other Foreign Pottery Types
      • Paloma Negative
      • Cesto White
      • Madera Brown?
      • Guamuchal Brushed
    • Synchronic Variation in Foreign Types
  • Chapter 13. The Transition from Tierras Largas Phase to San Jose Phase: Midden Stratigraphy
    • Features in Bedrock
    • Zone G
    • Zone F
    • Zone E
    • Selected Features from Zone E
    • Zone D2
    • Later Stratigraphic Levels
  • Chapter 14. Chronological Variation During the San Jose Phase: Household Sequences in Two Residential Wards
    • Area A: Four Households and a Midden
    • Summary of Area A
    • Eight Houses from Area C, San Jose Mogote
    • Features Related to the Area C Houses
    • Summary of Area C
    • House 14, Area C
  • Chapter 15. Synchronic Variation 1: Differences Between A High-Status Household and a Low-Status Household
    • House 13, San Jose Mogote
    • House 16-17, San Jose Mogote
    • Evidence for High Status
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 16. Synchronic Variation 2: Differences Between Residential Wards at the Same Village
    • Household Units C4-C1, Area A
    • Houses 16-17, Area B
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 17. Synchronic Variation 3: Differences Between Villages 30 km Apart
    • Midden Stratigraphy of Operation A at Abasolo
    • House 1 of Abasolo
  • Chapter 18. Dating San Jose Phase Public Buildings
    • Structures 7, Area C
    • Structure 16, Area A
    • Structures 1 and 2, Area A
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 19. Ceramic Crossties and Early Formative Radiocarbon Dates
    • Problems with Radiocarbon Dating
    • The Espiridion Complex
    • The Tierras Largas Phase
    • The San Jose Phase
    • Ties with the Basin of Mexico
    • Contrasts with Morelos
    • Ties with the Southern Puebla
    • Ties with the Gulf Coast
    • Relations to the South
    • The San Jose/Guadalupe Transition in the Etla Region
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 20. The Olmec and the Valley of Oaxaca: A Revision
    • How Our Ideas Have Changed
    • A Revised Model for 1994
    • Suggestions for the Future
  • Chapter 21. Resumen en Espanol, por Sonia Guillen
  • Bibliography
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