Research Year:  2003
Culture:  Aztec, Mixtec and Olmec
Chronology:  Early Pre-Classic to Post Classic
Location:  Guerrero, México
Site:  Chilapa-Zitlala Area, (see list of sites)

Table of Contents

Abstract
Introduction
Fieldwork - Methodology
Results
Artifact Analysis or Analysis of Materials
Preliminary Conclusions
Future Field Seasons
Looting
Research Team
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Abstract

Planned as a three-year project, the main objective is to define a local chronology and describe the cultural materials and the settlement pattern for this area in the Lower Mountain area of the state of Guerrero. Fifty-seven sites were located during the first season (2003) ranging from very small (a few square meters) to 66 hectares. Preliminary analysis of the information recovered suggests that, except for the Early Classic, there was uninterrupted occupation of the area from the Early Formative through the Postclassic periods.

Submitted 10/08/2003 by:
Dr. Paul Schmidt
Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
paul@servidor.unam.mx

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