Las Bocas, Puebla, Archaeological Project

List of Figures

Photo   1.  Caballo Pintado, located in the fluvial terrace contiguous to the NW slope of the Teponaztle hill.
Photo   2.  Caballo Pintado, located in the fluvial terrace contiguous to the NW slope of the Teponaztle hill.
Photo   3.  Atotonilco River, eroding a portion of the lower terrace revealing large cuts in the terrain.
Photo   4.  Atotonilco River, eroding a portion of the lower terrace revealing large cuts in the terrain.
Photo   5.  4th, 5th and 6th graders from the Benito Juárez school in San José Las Bocas visit the excavations.
Photo   6.  Tarps covering the excavated areas to protect the fragile archaeological contexts.
Photo   7.  Test excavation.
Photo   8.  Test excavation.
Photo   9.  Test units looking towards El Teponaztle.
Photo 10.  Earthen floor with posthole, Floor 1, Unit 1.
Photo 11.  Excavation of Floor 1, Unit 1.
Photo 12.  Feature 2, limestone fragments mixed with charcoal remains, metate fragments, and carving debitage, from grid squares A3 and B3.
Photo 13.  Feature 1, a flagstone, found in Floor 1, square B1.
Photo 14.  Fragmented plate found in square B2.
Photo 15.  Excavation in squares F-3 and F-4 at the SW section of Unit 1, showing faced stones.
Photo 16.  Excavation in squares F-4 and G-4.
Photo 17.  Excavation in squares F-4 and G-4.
Photo 18.  Excavation of square G-4.
Photo 19.  Profile of the east wall of square E-4, showing a series of aligned stones.
Photo 20.  Excavation in squares D-4 and E-4.
Photo 21.  Looter's pit.
Photo 22.  Looter's pit.
Photo 23.  Excavation of Floor 2, square A1.
Photo 24.  Small bone fragments recovered from the clay sub-floor of square A1.
Photo 25.  Excavation of Floor 2.
Photo 26.  Possible outdoors hearth for firing pottery.
Photo 27.  Lower limb of a hollow figurine of the "baby-face" type, completely charred.
Photo 28.  Figurine fragment.
Photo 29.  "Baby-face" figurine with cranial deformation from Las Bocas-Caballo Pintado.
Photo 30.  Olmec skull of Pajón with same type of cranial deformation.
Photo 31.  Obsidian.
Photo 32.  Silex or chert.
Photo 33.  Burial 2.

List of Plates

Plate 2.  Unit 1, Feature 1, Floor 1.
Plate 3.  Floor 2, Squares A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3. Unit 1.
Plate 4.  Unit 1 sequence of construction.

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