Surface Archaeology in the Chilapa-Zitlala Area of Guerrero, México, Season I

Results

During 41 days of actual survey, 57 sites were located; 10,856 sherds and 1,009 lithic objects or fragments were recovered from them. Sites range from very small areas such as a lone projectile point (Figure 4, shown above) and two rock paintings, each less than two meters long, to Comango (CZ-038), a 66-hectare site (Figure 5, shown below). There are 44 sites that range between very small to 3 hectares, ten between 5 and 10 hectares, and three between 20 and 66 hectares (Figure 2). Due to its obvious importance, two weeks were dedicated to an intensive survey of CZ-002, Cerro Quiotepec (Figure 6, shown below), the 20-hectare site in front of the Oxtotitlán paintings. Forty terraces were mapped with GPS (Figure 7) and 4,557 sherds were collected just from there. All terraces have ceramics and lithic material, including obsidian blades, silex fragments and points, gray and green stone celts, and an impressive amount of purplish flint.

The following sites were located:

CZ-001    Oxtotitlán
CZ-002    Cerro Quiotepec or Kiyetepec
CZ-003    Frente a la Huerta de Augurio
CZ-004    Tlaltizate
CZ-005    Copaltecruz
CZ-006    Quiauhtepec
CZ-007    Cerro Topiltepec
CZ-008    San Jerónimo
CZ-009    La Ciénega
CZ-010    El Cañaveral
CZ-011    Ciénega Loma
CZ-012    No name
CZ-013    No name
CZ-014    No name
CZ-015    Crucero de Jaguey
CZ-016    Malacastitlán
CZ-017    Cruztlalamulco
CZ-018    Crucero Tlanipatla
CZ-019    La Capilla Verde-Azul
CZ-020    El Garbanzo
CZ-021    Cerro Ciénega
CZ-022    Chilapantépetl
CZ-023    Nochixtlán
CZ-024    La Muralla
CZ-025    San Lucas
CZ-026    Lalo
CZ-027    No name
CZ-028    No name
CZ-029    Ahuixtle
CZ-030    Los Toros
CZ-031    Teohuastitlán
CZ-032    El Calvario
CZ-033    El Arenero
CZ-034    Tesaya
CZ-035    Tizquitzina
CZ-036    Panteón Xochitempa
CZ-037    Corral de Toros
CZ-038    Comango
CZ-039    El Vivero
CZ-040    Mazatepec
CZ-041    Obispado
CZ-042    Tepetzin
CZ-043    Teyapan
CZ-044    Corona
CZ-045    Cueva La Corona
CZ-046    Lagunilla
CZ-047    Ixtláhuatl
CZ-048    Tecalixco
CZ-049    Oxtocapan
CZ-050    Tula
CZ-051    Tenantli
CZ-052    Santa Cruz Poniente
CZ-053    Lamazintla
CZ-054    Amoltepec
CZ-055    Xaxalla
CZ-056    Cuchillo
CZ-057    Cuauhlotepec

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