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Cueva Blanca : Social change in the archaic of the Valley of Oaxaca

Obrazy
Autor
by Kent V. Flannery and Frank Hole ; with contributions by Robert G. Reynolds, Charles S. Spencer and Jane C. Wheeler
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Publication date
2019
Table of Contents
Series
(Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 60)

Crowfield (AfHj-31) : a unique paleoindian fluted point site from southwestern Ontario

Obrazy
Autor
by D. Brian Deller and Christopher J. Ellis ; with contributions by James R. Keron and Roger H. King ; and a foreword by Henry T. Wright
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Publication date
2011
Table of Contents

List of Figures . . v
List of Tables . . viii
Foreword . . xi
Acknowledgments . . xiii

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
1 Introduction . . 3
2 Diagnostics, Lithic Raw Materials and Fracture Patterns . . 13
3 Spatial Distributions and Artifact Refit Patterns . . 25

PART II: FEATURE #1
4 Feature #1 Lithic Artifacts: Tool Blanks and Unifaces . . 39
5 Feature #1 Lithic Artifacts: Bifaces and Tools on Granitic Rocks . . 67
6 Feature #1: Size, Shape and Internal Spatial Distributions . . 101
7 Feature #1: Its Meaning and Significance . . 125
8 Technological Organization: Explaining the Feature #1 Contents . . 137

PART III: OTHER PALEOINDIAN EVIDENCE
9 Paleoindian Artifacts . . 155
10 Feature #2 . . 173

PART IV: THE CROWFIELD SITE: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
11 Summary and Conclusions . . 181

Appendix A. Feature #1: Unifaces and Blank Data . . 185
Appendix B. Feature #1: Fluted Biface Data . . 191
Appendix C. Feature #1: Data on Other Bifaces . . 195

References Cited . . 199

Series
(Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology ; No. 49)

Domestic life in prehispanic capitals : a study of specialization, hierarchy, and ethnicity

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Linda R. Manzanilla and Claude Chapdeleine
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Publication date
2009
Table of Contents

List of Illustrations . . viii
List of Tables . . xi
Preface, by Linda R. Manzanilla and Claude Chapdelaine . . xiii

PART I: MESOAMERICAN EXAMPLES
Introduction: Mesoamerican Domestic Structures, Compounds, and Neighborhoods . . 1
1 Ritual and Social Stratification at Monte Alban, Oaxaca: Strategies from a Household Perspective . . 7
2 Corporate Life in Apartment and Barrio Compounds at Teotihuacan, Central Mexico: Craft Specialization, Hierarchy, and Ethnicity . . 21
3 Household, Workshop, Guild, and Barrio: The Organization of Obsidian Craft Production in a Prehispanic Urban Center . . 43
4 Household, Neighborhood, and Urban Structure in an "Adobe City": Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico . . 67
5 Tikal: Evidence for Ethnic Diversity in a Prehispanic Lowland Maya State Capital . . 89
6 Maya Home Life: Daily Practice, Politics, and Society in Copan, Honduras . . 105
7 Beyond Capitals and Kings: Domestic Organization and Ethnic Dynamics at Chac-Sayil, Yucatan . . 131

PART II: ANDEAN EXAMPLES
Introduction to Andean Examples . . 151
8 Residence and Ritual in Tiwanaku: Hierarchy, Specialization, Ethnicity, and Ceremony . . 159
9 Domestic Life in and around the Urban Sector of the Huacas of Moche Site, Northern Peru . . 181
10 Huari: A New Direction in Central Andean Urban Evolution . . 197
11 Domestic Economy as Political Economy at Chan Chan, Peru . . 221
12 Domestic Life and Craft Specialization in Inka Cusco and Its Rural Hinterland . . 243

PART III: COMMENTARY
13 Understanding Houses, Compounds, and Neighborhoods . . 255

Series
(Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology ; No. 46. Studies in Latin American Ethnohistory & Archaeology ; Vol. 7)

Prehispanic settlement patterns in the Northwestern Valley of Mexico : the Zumpango region

Obrazy
Autor
Jeffrey R. Parsons ; with contributions by Larry J. Gorenflo, Mary H. Parsons, and David J. Wilson
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Publication date
2008
Table of Contents

LIST OF TABLES . . vii
LIST OF FIGURES . . viii
LIST OF PLATES . . xi
PREFACE . . xvii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . xviii

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION . . 1
CHAPTER 2. THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT . . 9
CHAPTER 3. THE HISTORICALLY DOCUMENTED OCCUPATION OF THE ZUMPANGO REGION: SIXTEENTH THROUGH TWENTIETH CENTURIES . . 29
CHAPTER 4. FIELD AND LABORATORY METHODOLOGY . . 57
CHAPTER 5. THE PATTERNING OF SETTLEMENT . . 61
CHAPTER 6. FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS . . 101
CHAPTER 7. RESUMEN EN ESPANOL DE LOS PRINCIPALES CONCLUSIONES . . 105

BIBLIOGRAPHY . . 709
APPENDIX A. THE SITE DESCRIPTIONS . . 119
APPENDIX B. CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY . . 349

Series
(Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology ; No 45)

Structure and regional diversity of the Meadowood interaction sphere

Obrazy
Autor
by Karine Taché
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Publication date
2011
Table of Contents

List of Figures . . v
List of Tables . . viii
Foreword . . ix
Acknowledgments . . xi

1 Introduction . . 1
Theoretical Background: The Study of Interactions in Anthropology and Archaeology . . 2
History of the Early Woodland and Meadowood Concepts . . 7
Contrasting Interpretations of the Meadowood Interaction Sphere . . 8
Methodology: Evaluating Interaction Sphere Models in Archaeology . . 10
Description of Sites Analyzed . . 13

2 The Material Manifestations of the Meadowood Interaction Sphere . . 17
Flaked Stone Artifacts . . 17
Polished Stone Artifacts . . 39
Ground Stone Artifacts . . 49
Unmodified Stones and Minerals . . 53
Antler and Bone Artifacts . . 55
Shell and Native Copper Artifacts . . 67
Ceramic Artifacts . . 67
Discussion . . 69

3 Distribution of Meadowood Sites and Diagnostics in the Northeast . . 73
Lakes Ontario/Erie Lowlands and Northern Glaciated Allegheny Plateau . . 74
St. Lawrence/Champlain Lowlands and Eastern Townships . . 78
Hudson/Mohawk/Susquehanna Lowlands . . 82
Atlantic Coastal Plain . . 84
Maine-Maritime Province . . 86
Western Great Lakes . . 89
Canadian Shield . . 91
Discussion . . 91

4 Environmental and Cultural Contexts of Meadowood Material Manifestations . . 103
Finished Products . . 104
Raw Materials . . 112
Discussion . . 124

5 Environmental Productivity and Meadowood Communities . . 127
Subsistence Strategies . . 128
Caches and the Question of Specialization . . 147
Meadowood Settlement Patterns and Population Density . . 148
Burial Practices and Funerary Rituals . . 152
Discussion . . 164

6 Discussion and Conclusions . . 169
Material Manifestations . . 170
Spatial Distribution of Sites and Exotic Items . . 172
Meadowood Subsistence and Social Organization . . 173
Conclusion . . 175

Appendix A: Inventory of Meadowood Components/Diagnostics . . 177
References Cited . . 189

Series
(Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology ; No. 48)

The Northern Titicaca Basin survey : Huancané-Putina

Obrazy
Autor
Charles Stanish [et al.]
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Publication date
2014
Table of Contents

List of Figures . . vi
List of Tables . . xiv
Preface . . xv

1. Introduction to the Huancane-Putina Survey . . 1
   The Northern Titicaca Basin Landscape . . 1
   Previous Research and Archaeological Context . . 17
   Survey Area and Research Design . . 19
2. Analysis of Ceramics from the Middle and Lower Rio Huancane Subdrainage, Department of Puno, Peru . . 23
   Results . . 24
   Discussion . . 30
   Summary of the Periods . . 32
   Paste Analysis . . 34
   Description of Wares . . 48
3. Site Descriptions . . 173
4. Huancane-Putina Settlement Patterns: Interpretations and Discussion . . 261
   The Archaic Period . . 261
   Formative I . . 264
   Formative II . . 226
   Formative III . . 268
   Huana I . . 268
   Huana II and Tiwanaku I . . 268
   Tiwanaku II . . 268
   Altiplano I . . 274
   Altiplano II . . 274
   Altiplano III . . 274
   Inca I . . 274
   Inca II . . 278
   Inca III . . 278
   Discussion . . 278

Appendix A: Ceramic Materials from the Huancane-Putina Survey . . 283
Appendix B: Lithic Materials from the Huancane-Putina Survey . . 391
References Cited . . 403

Series
(Studies in Latin American Ethnohistory & Archaeology ; vol. 11. Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 56)

Coastal ecosystems and economic strategies at Cerro Azul, Peru : The study of a late intermediate kingdom

Obrazy
Autor
edited by Joyce Marcus
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Publication date
2016
Table of Contents

List of Illustrations . . VIII
List of Tables . . XVI
Acknowledgments . . XIX

Part I: An Introduction to the Kingdom of Huarco and its Ecosystems 
1 The Ecosystems of the Kingdom of Huarco . . 3
2 Provenience and Context of the Plant and Animal Remains at Cerro Azul . . 20

Part II: How Cerro Azul Made Use of Trophic Levels 2,3, and 4 
3 The Collection of Shellfish . . 35
4 The Collection of Crustaceans . . 54
5 Crayfish Trapping . . 65
6 The Fish Resources of Cerro Azul in the 1980s . . 72
7 Fishing Strategies and Fishing Gear . . 98
8 The Drying of Fish for Export . . 116
9 The Archaeological Fish Remains from Cerro Azul . . 120
10 The Hunting of Birds and Mammals . . 158
11 The Bird Life of Canete and the Avifauna of Cerro Azul . . 172
12 The Hunting of Marine Mammals . . 186

Part III: The Use of Plants at Cerro Azul 
13 Edible, Ritual, and Medicinal Plants . . 201
14 Comments on the Late Intermediate Maize . . 232
15 Phaseolus and Erythrina from Cerro Azul . . 254
16 Industrial Plants . . 262

Part IV: The Domestic Animals, Their Skeletal Remains, and Their Byproducts 
17 Camelids and Ch'arki at Cerro Azul . . 287
18 Domestic Dogs . . 318
19 The Raising of Guinea Pigs . . 324
20 Macrofossil and Palynological Analysis of the Coprolites from Cerro Azul . . 334

Part V: The Interface of Ecology and Economy 
21 The Economy of the Kingdom of Huarco . . 340

Appendix A: Artisanal Fishing at Cerro Azul, 1984-1986 . . 352
References Cited . . 359
Index . . 371

Series
(Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology ; No 59. Studies in Latin American Ethnohistory & Archaeology ; Vol. 12)