Soconusco Formative Project

List of Figures

Figure   1.   Location of the Soconusco in Mesoamerica and the Cuauhtémoc zone in relation to Formative period centers.
Figure   2.   The Cuauhtémoc site with site limits, excavation units and profiled canals indicated.
Figure   3.   Location of Suboperation 1 in relation to 220 m profiled section of irrigation canal, looking northwest.
Figure   4.   Close up of Suboperation 1 as two controlled units are carefully removed by stratigraphic levels, looking northwest.
Figure   5.   Locona phase effigy fish bowl.
Figure   6.   Locona phase effigy tecomate in the form of a half human, half duck face.
Figure   7.   View of 4 of the 17 units excavated as Suboperation 2, looking south.
Figure   8.   Part of a quadripartite ceramic vessel recovered from a Conchas phase level of Suboperation 2l.
Figure   9.   Greenstone seated figure recovered from a Conchas phase level of Suboperation 2k.
Figure 10.   Solid ceramic figurine recovered from Conchas phase levels of Suboperation 2 and 2b (drawn by Joe McGreevey.)
Figure 11.   Iron-ore triangular mirror recovered from a Conchas phase level of Suboperation 2.
Figure 12.   A jade adze recovered from the Conchas phase construction fill of Mound 1 in Suboperation 3a.
Figure 13.   A Cherla phase pit feature full of shell and faunal remains documented under Mound 1 as Suboperation 3c.
Figure 14.   Beginning to clean the 50 m profile documented as Suboperation 5, looking north.
Figure 15.   Ceramic figurines from the Cuauhtémoc site that date to the Cuadros (left) through Conchas (right) phases.

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