The Nature of Governance in Secondary Centers of the Classic Period, Mixteca Alta, México
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Research Year:  2002
Culture:  Mixtec
Chronology:  Early Classic
Location:  Mixteca Alta, México
Sites:  Cerro Encantado, Cerro de la Cantera, El Peñasco, El Vergel, Cerro Miedoso

Table of Contents

Abstract
Objectives
Table 1. Prehispanic chronology for the Mixteca Alta and Valley of Oaxaca
Background Literature
Methodology
Field Method
Laboratory Method
Cerro Encantado
Cerro de la Cantera
El Peñasco
Cerro Yucuayuxi or Cerro Miedoso
El Vergel
Preliminary Conclusions
List of Figures and Plates
Sources Cited

Abstract

The project’s objectives were to map and systematically collect three secondary centers in the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, México in order to get a better understanding of the political and social organization of Mixtec states of the Early Classic period. Five sites were mapped and collected during nine months. A total of 210.5 hectares were mapped and 910 25m² areas were collected. The sites range from 30.25 ha to 62.5 ha. The analysis of the collected data is ongoing, and only preliminary conclusions are made in this report. The comparative densities of costly goods and/or evidence of specialized production in and around public buildings will be used to assess the degree of centralized governance.

Submitted 02/25/2003 by:
Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza
g10s4me@hotmail.com

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