El Mapa de Teozacoalco: An Early Colonial Guide to Cultural Transformations
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Research Year:  2002
Culture:  Mixtec
Chronology:  Early Colonial
Location:  Oaxaca, México
Site:  San Pedro Teozacoalco

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Abstract
Final Report
Table 1. Descriptions of Sites Found in 2000 and 2002
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Abstract

Using El Mapa de Teozacoalco, an early Colonial map and genealogy, as a guide, archaeological settlement pattern survey in 2002 continued and expanded fieldwork begun in 2000 in a 30 x 70 km mountainous area inhabited by the Mixtec people around San Pedro Teozacoalco, Oaxaca, México. The project is addressing interrelated issues: association of Mixtec and Spanish place names on El Mapa with archaeological sites, natural features, and extant settlements and the testing of postulated continuities and discontinuities between settlements during different time periods. The project is producing data on changes in settlement characteristics that accompanied major cultural transformations in Mesoamerica.

Submitted 04/21/2003 by:
Stephen L. Whittington
Museum of Anthropology
Wake Forest University
whittisl@wfu.edu

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