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Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in the Northwestern Valley of Mexico: The Zumpango Region
Jeffrey R. Parsons with contributions by Larry J. Gorenflo, Mary H. Parsons, and David J. Wilson
This monograph presents data from a systematic regional archaeological survey carried out over an area of ca. 600 square kilometers during May through December 1973 by the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology.
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Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Figures
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List of Plates
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1. Introduction
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Overall Scope and Objectives
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The First Valley of Mexico Conference 1960
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Working Out the Survey Methodology, 1960-1964
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A Critique
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The Organization of this Monograph
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Chapter 2. The Natural Environment
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The Zumpango Region in the Valley of Mexico
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Environmental Zones in the Zumpango Region
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Modern and Historic Climate in the Zumpango Region
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Paleoclimatological Studies
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Chapter 3. The Historically Documented Occupation of the Zumpango Region: Sixteenth Through Twentieth Centuries
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Introduction
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The Twentieth Century
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The Zumpango Region on the Eve of Spanish Conquest
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The Colonial Period (1521-1810)
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The Nineteenth Century
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Summary and Conclusions
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Chapter 4. Field and Laboratory Methodology
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Surface Conditions-Potentials and Problems for Regional Surface Survey in the Zumpango Region
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Survey Methodology
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Laboratory Procedures in Mexico
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Laboratory Procedures in Ann Arbor
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Site Classification
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Chronology
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Chapter 5. The Patterning of Settlement, by J.R. Parsons and L.J. Gorenflo
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Trends in Numbers of Sites, Numbers of Occupied Hectares, and Population
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Occupation by Environmental Zone
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Occupation by Site Type
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The Spatial Configuration of Settlement
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Overall Summary and Conclusions
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Chapter 6. Future Research Needs
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Chronology
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Stylistic Variability in Coeval Regional Ceramic Assemblages within and around the Valley of Mexico
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Geoarchaeological Study
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Paleoclimatological Study
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Definition of Settlement Systems
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More Attention to Lithics
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Study of Lime Resources
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Study of Aquatic Resources
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Study of Water-Control Technology
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Investigation of Pre-Formative and Aceramic ("Off-Site") Occupation
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Extending Regional Surveys into the Pachuca Region
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Maintenance and Restudy of Curated Collections
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Can We Proceed in the Face of Massive Site Destruction and Landscape Transformation?
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Chapter 7. Resumen en Espanol de los Principales Conclusiones, translated by A.H. Parsons
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Bibliography
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Appendix A. The Site Descriptions, by J.R. Parsons, M.H. Parsons, and D.J. Wilson
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Late Formative Site
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Terminal Formative Sites
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Classic Sites
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Early Toltec Sites
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Late Toltec Sites
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Aztec Sites
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Appendix B. Ceramic Chronology, by JR. Parsons, MH. Parsons, and D.J Wilson
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The Late Formative
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Terminal Formative (Tzacualli Phase)
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Classic
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Early Toltec
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Late Toltec
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Early and Late Aztec
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Published: 2008
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- 978-0-915703-70-8 (paper)
- 978-1-951519-81-0 (ebook)