An archaic Mexican shellmound and its entombed floors / Barbara Voorhies, editor and principal author ; with contributions by Paul Burger, Brendan J. Culleton, Doug H. Drake, Douglas J. Kennett, Isabela Kott, Hector Neff, Elizabeth H. Paris, Heather B. Thakar, Thomas A. Wake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Voorhies, Barbara, author.

Series:

Monograph (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA) ; 80.

Monograph ; 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chantuto Indians--Antiquities.

Chantuto Indians.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Chiapas.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Kitchen-middens--Mexico--Chiapas.

Kitchen-middens.

Antiquities.

Chiapas (Mexico)--Antiquities.

Chiapas (Mexico).

Mexico--Chiapas.

Physical Description:

xvii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, [2015]

Contents:

Introduction / Barbara Voorhies

Stratigraphy and chronology of the archaic period deposits at Tlacuachero / Brendan Culleton, Barbara Voorhies, and Douglas J. Kennett

Dating the Tlacuachero post-archaic deposits: ceramic analysis / Heather B.Thakar

The Tlacuachero floors: description and sampling methods / Heather B. Thakar

Geochemistry of the Tlacuachero floors / Hector Neff, Paul Burger, and Isabela Kott

Spatial analysis of microrefuse and floor color variations / Heather B. Thakar

A spatial analysis of phytoliths at Tlacuachero / Doug H. Drake

Early use of chipped stone at Tlacuachero / Elizabeth H. Paris

The Tlacuachero vertebrate fauna / Thomas A. Wake and Barbara Voorhies

Some considerations of site formation processes and functions of Tlacuachero / Barbara Voorhies

Site formation process and function at mega-shellmounds: refuse heaps or platform mounds? / Barbara Voorhies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781938770029

1938770021

OCLC:

894310800