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Excavation at San José Mogote 1: The Household Archaeology

Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus with a multidimensional scaling of houses by Robert G. Reynolds 2005
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San José Mogote, an early village and chiefly center in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley, was excavated over a fifteen-year period. This volume reports in detail on every Early and Middle Formative house recovered, including a complete inventory of artifacts, features, plants, animal bones, and craft raw materials by house, with extensive piece-plotting of items on house floors and dooryards.
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Series
  • Memoirs
ISBN(s)
  • 978-0-915703-59-3 (paper)
  • 978-1-951519-86-5 (ebook)
Subject
  • Archaeology
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  • Table of Contents

  • Stats

  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • I
    • Chapter 1. The Anthropological Problem and the Archaeological Site
      • The Anthropological Problem
      • The Formative before Monte Alban
        • The Espiridion Complex
        • The Tierras Largas Phase
        • The San Jose Phase
        • The Guadalupe Phase
        • The Rosario Phase
      • The Founding of Monte Alban
      • How the Data Will Be Presented
    • Chapter 2. The Environmental Setting
      • Bedrock Geology and Mineral Resources
      • Soil Water and Agricultural Productivity
      • The Regime of the Rio Atoyac
      • The "Original" Flora of the Etla Subvalley
      • The "Original" Fauna of the Etla Subvalley
    • Chapter 3. Excavating Formative Household Units
      • Traditional Houses
      • The Dooryard
      • Excavating Wattle-and-Daub Houses
      • The Middle Formative Period and the Early Adobe House
    • Chapter 4. Household Activities, Part 1
      • Farming
      • Farming Techniques
      • Wild Plant Collecting
      • Dog Raising
        • Early Evidence for Domestication
        • The Xoloitzcuintli or Pecoxolo
        • The Use of Dogs in Feasts
        • Congenital Tooth Loss in Formative Dogs
        • Congenital Tooth Loss in Formative Oaxacan Dogs
        • The Stunting of Limbs
        • Selection for the Xoloitzcuintli: A Puzzle for the Future
      • Hunting and Trapping
        • Use of Small Game
        • The Faunal Remains
      • Storage
      • Cooking
      • Pottery Making
        • The Ceramics of a Typical Residence
        • Clay Sources Used
        • Colorants
        • Vessel Forming
        • Burnishing
        • Firing
      • Exchanging Pottery with Other Regions
      • The Procurement and Working of Chert
        • Chert Sources
        • Household Variation in the Use of Chert Sources
        • The Uses of Chert Tools
        • On the Scarcity of Projectile Points
      • The Importation and Use of Obsidian
        • Obsidian Tools
        • Pires-Ferreira's Research, 1967-1973
        • Parry's Research, 1981-1983
        • A Cautionary Note about Neutron Activation
        • The Sources of Obsidian Used at San Jose Mogote
        • Interfamily Variation in Obsidian Sources Used
      • Grinding Corn (and Other Materials)
        • One-Hand Manos
        • Two-Hand Manos
        • Metates
        • Possible Ritual Metates
        • Mortars, Pestles, and Mullers
        • Canicas
      • Tree Felling and Woodworking
    • Chapter 5. Household Activities, Part 2
      • Basket Making
      • Sewing
      • The Sharpening of Awls and Needles
      • "Cutting Boards" or "Whetstones"
      • Soft Hammering
      • Pressure Flaking
      • The Manufacture of Sherd Disks
      • The Weaving of Mats
      • Net Making
      • Textile Weaving
      • Salt Making
      • The Importation and Working of Mollusk Shell
        • Chronological Change in Shell Working
        • Common Mollusks at San Jose Mogote
      • Polishing Iron Ore Mirrors
        • Mossbauer Spectroscopy
        • The Four Main Iron Sources
        • The Limits of San Jose Mogote's Control over Iron Ore Sources
      • The Crushing and Grinding of Hematite
      • The Cutting and Trimming of Mica
      • Ancestor Ritual
        • Social Changes Reflected in Figurines
        • Large Hollow White-Slipped "Dolls"
      • Dancing in Masks and Costumes
      • Singing and Chanting
      • Divination
      • Ritual Bloodletting
      • Ritual Use of Exotic Birds Mammals and Reptiles
        • Musical Instruments
        • Sources of Feathers
        • Ritual Offerings
      • Personal Ornamentation
      • Raiding
        • A Maori Analogy
        • Interpreting Burned Houses
        • The Mounting Evidence for Warfare
        • The Origin of War: Kelly's Model
        • Palisades, Men's Houses, Powdered Tobacco, and Lime
  • II
    • Chapter 6. An Introduction to Area C
      • The Threshing Floor Sector
      • The Stratigraphy of Area C
      • A Note on Chronology
    • Chapter 7. Area C: Houses Of Espiridion And Tierras Largas Times
      • The Espiridion Complex
        • House 20
      • The Early Tierras Largas Phase
        • House 19
      • The Middle Tierras Largas Phase
        • Feature 21: A Tierras Largas Phase Palisade
        • Another Possible Section of Palisade in Squares S28 and S29
        • Feature 66
      • Domestic Middle Tierras Largas Phase Features
        • Feature 22
        • Feature 23
        • Feature 42
        • Feature 48
        • The Zone G Midden
      • The Late Tierras Largas Phase
        • House 18
        • The Zone F Midden
      • The Tierras Largas Phase/San Jose Phase Transition
        • Cluster of Discarded Shells
    • Chapter 8. Area C: Houses of the Early San Jose Phase
      • House 15
      • Feature 27
      • Feature 29
      • Feature 37
      • The Zone E Midden
      • The Zone E/Zone D Contact
    • Chapter 9. Area C: Houses of the Middle San Jose Phase
      • Zone D of the Control Section
        • House 6
        • Feature 32
        • House 5
        • House 2
        • Feature 105
        • Insights from Artifact Plotting
        • House 3
        • House 11
        • House 9
        • Features Associated with House 9
        • Insights from Artifact Plotting
        • House 1
        • Insights from Artifact Plotting
        • Burials 1 and 2
        • House 10
        • House 4
        • Feature 35
        • Feature 46
        • Feature 39
        • Insights from Artifact Plotting
        • The Zone D2 Midden
      • Isolated Middle San Jose Phase Features
        • Feature 49
        • Feature 54
        • Feature 31
    • Chapter 10. Area C: Houses of the Late San Jose Phase
      • Zone C of the Control Section
        • House 7
        • House 14
        • The House 14 Upper Floor
        • The Dooryard Midden
        • Feature 24
      • Ashy Hollow in Bedrock
      • The Zone C Midden
    • Chapter 11. Area C: Epilogue
      • Feature 25
      • Animal Bones from the San Jose/Guadalupe Interface
      • Evidence for Rosario Phase Cannibalism: Feature 47
  • III
    • Chapter 12. An Introduction to Area A
      • The Stratigraphy of Area A
        • Bedrock
        • Zone D
        • Zone C
        • Zone B
        • Zone A
        • Backfilling
    • Chapter 13. The Colonization of Area A
      • Postholes and Features in Bedrock
        • Household Unit E
        • Feature 7
      • The Zone D Midden
        • Daub
        • Zone D3
        • Zone D2
        • Zone D1
    • Chapter 14. Area A: Houses of the Middle San Jose Phase
      • Household Unit C4
        • Feature 5
        • Insights from Artifact Plotting
      • Household Unit C3
      • Features in the Dooryard
        • Feature 2
        • Feature 6
        • Feature 3
        • Feature 8
        • Insights from Artifact Plotting
      • Household Unit C2
      • Features Associated with Household Unit C2
        • Feature 1
        • Feature 4
        • Insights from Artifact Plotting
      • Household Unit C1
        • Insights from Artifact Plotting
  • IV
    • Chapter 15. An Introduction to Area B
      • The Stratigraphy of Area B
        • Bedrock
        • Zone C
        • Zone B
        • Zone A
    • Chapter 16. A Tierras Largas Phase Feature from Area B
      • Feature 65
    • Chapter 17. Area B: The Earliest Occupation of the Lower Terrace
      • Postholes and Features in Bedrock
        • Feature 58 (The Cistern)
        • Feature 50
        • Feature 59
        • Material from Bedrock Depressions Found While Cleaning the Area B Profile
    • Chapter 18. Area B: Houses 16 And 17
      • House 17
        • l. Material Lying Directly on the House 17 Floor
        • 2. Items Deliberately Buried Below the House 17 Floor
        • 3. Material below the House 17, Floor Probably from an Earlier Stage of the House
        • 4. Materials above the House 17 Floor
      • House 16
        • Features in House 16
        • Feature 61
        • Feature 62
        • Feature 62B
        • Feature 63
        • Rock-Filled Pit
        • Insights from Artifact Plotting
        • Material below the House 16 Floor, Possibly Associated
        • Material above the House 16 Floor, Possibly Associated
    • Chapter 19. Area B: The House 16/17 Dooryard
      • The Dooryard Trash Pit
      • The North Dooryard or Lago'
      • Features in the North Dooryard
        • Feature 81
        • Feature 87
        • Feature 88
      • Insights from Artifact Plotting
      • The West Dooryard or Zio'
      • The East Dooryard or Zio'
      • Insights from Artifact Plotting
      • Activity Areas in the House 16/17 Complex: An Overview
    • Chapter 20. Area B: The Upper Terrace
      • The Earliest Occupation: Features and Natural Depressions in Bedrock
        • Feature 82
        • Irregular Bedrock Depression Running East-West through Squares N7E4-N7E6
        • Bedrock Depression in Square N7E6, East of Feature 82
        • Some Conclusions about the Earliest Occupation of the Upper Terrace
      • The Second Occupation: The Upper Terrace Dooryard
      • Insights from Artifact Plotting
    • Chapter 21. A Guadalupe Phase House from Area B
      • House 21
        • Floor 3 (Oldest)
        • Floor 2 (Second)
        • Floor 1 (Most Recent)
      • Material Found Just below House 21, Possibly Associated
      • The History of House 21: Insights from Artifact Plotting
  • V
    • Chapter 22. A San Jose Phase House on Mound 1
      • Early Formative Use of the Mound
      • House 13
        • The House 13 Floor
        • The House 13 Dooryard
      • Insights from Artifact Plotting
    • Chapter 23. Rosario Phase Residences on Mound 1
      • A Brief History of Structure 19
      • Structure 27, Zone C
        • Room 1
        • Room 2
        • The Structure 27 Dooryard
      • The Zone B Residence
        • Similarities with Tilcajete's Structure 7
        • Differences
      • Structure 26
        • Room 1
        • Room 2
          • Tomb 11
          • Burial 55
        • Room 3
          • Burial 60
      • Structure 25-South
      • Structure 25-East
      • Structure 30
      • Isolated Patches of Floor
      • The Central Patio
        • Tomb 10
        • The Retaining Wall
    • Chapter 24. Mound 1: Epilogue
  • VI
    • Chapter 25. A Multidimensional Scaling of San Jose Phase Houses and Their Contents, by Robert G. Reynolds
    • Chapter 26. Radiocarbon Dating
    • Chapter 27. The Household Archaeology of San Jose Mogote: Its Potential Theoretical Contributions
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A. Middle Formative Pottery
    • Appendix B. Resumen en Espanol
  • References Cited
  • Index
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