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Excavation at San José Mogote 1: The Household Archaeology
Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus with a multidimensional scaling of houses by Robert G. Reynolds
San José Mogote, an early village and chiefly center in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley, was excavated over a fifteen-year period. This volume reports in detail on every Early and Middle Formative house recovered, including a complete inventory of artifacts, features, plants, animal bones, and craft raw materials by house, with extensive piece-plotting of items on house floors and dooryards.
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Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgments
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I
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Chapter 1. The Anthropological Problem and the Archaeological Site
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The Anthropological Problem
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The Formative before Monte Alban
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The Espiridion Complex
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The Tierras Largas Phase
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The San Jose Phase
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The Guadalupe Phase
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The Rosario Phase
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The Founding of Monte Alban
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How the Data Will Be Presented
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Chapter 2. The Environmental Setting
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Bedrock Geology and Mineral Resources
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Soil Water and Agricultural Productivity
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The Regime of the Rio Atoyac
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The "Original" Flora of the Etla Subvalley
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The "Original" Fauna of the Etla Subvalley
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Chapter 3. Excavating Formative Household Units
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Traditional Houses
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The Dooryard
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Excavating Wattle-and-Daub Houses
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The Middle Formative Period and the Early Adobe House
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Chapter 4. Household Activities, Part 1
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Farming
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Farming Techniques
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Wild Plant Collecting
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Dog Raising
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Early Evidence for Domestication
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The Xoloitzcuintli or Pecoxolo
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The Use of Dogs in Feasts
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Congenital Tooth Loss in Formative Dogs
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Congenital Tooth Loss in Formative Oaxacan Dogs
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The Stunting of Limbs
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Selection for the Xoloitzcuintli: A Puzzle for the Future
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Hunting and Trapping
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Use of Small Game
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The Faunal Remains
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Storage
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Cooking
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Pottery Making
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The Ceramics of a Typical Residence
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Clay Sources Used
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Colorants
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Vessel Forming
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Burnishing
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Firing
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Exchanging Pottery with Other Regions
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The Procurement and Working of Chert
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Chert Sources
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Household Variation in the Use of Chert Sources
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The Uses of Chert Tools
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On the Scarcity of Projectile Points
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The Importation and Use of Obsidian
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Obsidian Tools
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Pires-Ferreira's Research, 1967-1973
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Parry's Research, 1981-1983
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A Cautionary Note about Neutron Activation
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The Sources of Obsidian Used at San Jose Mogote
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Interfamily Variation in Obsidian Sources Used
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Grinding Corn (and Other Materials)
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One-Hand Manos
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Two-Hand Manos
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Metates
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Possible Ritual Metates
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Mortars, Pestles, and Mullers
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Canicas
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Tree Felling and Woodworking
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Chapter 5. Household Activities, Part 2
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Basket Making
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Sewing
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The Sharpening of Awls and Needles
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"Cutting Boards" or "Whetstones"
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Soft Hammering
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Pressure Flaking
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The Manufacture of Sherd Disks
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The Weaving of Mats
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Net Making
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Textile Weaving
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Salt Making
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The Importation and Working of Mollusk Shell
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Chronological Change in Shell Working
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Common Mollusks at San Jose Mogote
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Polishing Iron Ore Mirrors
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Mossbauer Spectroscopy
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The Four Main Iron Sources
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The Limits of San Jose Mogote's Control over Iron Ore Sources
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The Crushing and Grinding of Hematite
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The Cutting and Trimming of Mica
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Ancestor Ritual
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Social Changes Reflected in Figurines
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Large Hollow White-Slipped "Dolls"
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Dancing in Masks and Costumes
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Singing and Chanting
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Divination
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Ritual Bloodletting
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Ritual Use of Exotic Birds Mammals and Reptiles
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Musical Instruments
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Sources of Feathers
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Ritual Offerings
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Personal Ornamentation
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Raiding
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A Maori Analogy
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Interpreting Burned Houses
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The Mounting Evidence for Warfare
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The Origin of War: Kelly's Model
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Palisades, Men's Houses, Powdered Tobacco, and Lime
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II
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Chapter 6. An Introduction to Area C
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The Threshing Floor Sector
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The Stratigraphy of Area C
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A Note on Chronology
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Chapter 7. Area C: Houses Of Espiridion And Tierras Largas Times
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The Espiridion Complex
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House 20
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The Early Tierras Largas Phase
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House 19
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The Middle Tierras Largas Phase
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Feature 21: A Tierras Largas Phase Palisade
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Another Possible Section of Palisade in Squares S28 and S29
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Feature 66
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Domestic Middle Tierras Largas Phase Features
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Feature 22
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Feature 23
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Feature 42
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Feature 48
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The Zone G Midden
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The Late Tierras Largas Phase
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House 18
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The Zone F Midden
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The Tierras Largas Phase/San Jose Phase Transition
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Cluster of Discarded Shells
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Chapter 8. Area C: Houses of the Early San Jose Phase
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House 15
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Feature 27
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Feature 29
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Feature 37
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The Zone E Midden
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The Zone E/Zone D Contact
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Chapter 9. Area C: Houses of the Middle San Jose Phase
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Zone D of the Control Section
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House 6
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Feature 32
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House 5
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House 2
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Feature 105
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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House 3
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House 11
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House 9
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Features Associated with House 9
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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House 1
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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Burials 1 and 2
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House 10
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House 4
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Feature 35
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Feature 46
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Feature 39
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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The Zone D2 Midden
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Isolated Middle San Jose Phase Features
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Feature 49
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Feature 54
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Feature 31
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Chapter 10. Area C: Houses of the Late San Jose Phase
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Zone C of the Control Section
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House 7
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House 14
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The House 14 Upper Floor
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The Dooryard Midden
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Feature 24
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Ashy Hollow in Bedrock
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The Zone C Midden
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Chapter 11. Area C: Epilogue
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Feature 25
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Animal Bones from the San Jose/Guadalupe Interface
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Evidence for Rosario Phase Cannibalism: Feature 47
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III
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Chapter 12. An Introduction to Area A
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The Stratigraphy of Area A
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Bedrock
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Zone D
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Zone C
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Zone B
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Zone A
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Backfilling
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Chapter 13. The Colonization of Area A
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Postholes and Features in Bedrock
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Household Unit E
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Feature 7
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The Zone D Midden
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Daub
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Zone D3
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Zone D2
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Zone D1
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Chapter 14. Area A: Houses of the Middle San Jose Phase
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Household Unit C4
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Feature 5
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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Household Unit C3
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Features in the Dooryard
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Feature 2
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Feature 6
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Feature 3
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Feature 8
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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Household Unit C2
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Features Associated with Household Unit C2
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Feature 1
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Feature 4
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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Household Unit C1
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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IV
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Chapter 15. An Introduction to Area B
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The Stratigraphy of Area B
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Bedrock
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Zone C
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Zone B
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Zone A
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Chapter 16. A Tierras Largas Phase Feature from Area B
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Feature 65
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Chapter 17. Area B: The Earliest Occupation of the Lower Terrace
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Postholes and Features in Bedrock
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Feature 58 (The Cistern)
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Feature 50
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Feature 59
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Material from Bedrock Depressions Found While Cleaning the Area B Profile
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Chapter 18. Area B: Houses 16 And 17
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House 17
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l. Material Lying Directly on the House 17 Floor
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2. Items Deliberately Buried Below the House 17 Floor
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3. Material below the House 17, Floor Probably from an Earlier Stage of the House
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4. Materials above the House 17 Floor
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House 16
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Features in House 16
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Feature 61
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Feature 62
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Feature 62B
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Feature 63
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Rock-Filled Pit
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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Material below the House 16 Floor, Possibly Associated
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Material above the House 16 Floor, Possibly Associated
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Chapter 19. Area B: The House 16/17 Dooryard
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The Dooryard Trash Pit
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The North Dooryard or Lago'
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Features in the North Dooryard
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Feature 81
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Feature 87
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Feature 88
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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The West Dooryard or Zio'
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The East Dooryard or Zio'
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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Activity Areas in the House 16/17 Complex: An Overview
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Chapter 20. Area B: The Upper Terrace
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The Earliest Occupation: Features and Natural Depressions in Bedrock
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Feature 82
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Irregular Bedrock Depression Running East-West through Squares N7E4-N7E6
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Bedrock Depression in Square N7E6, East of Feature 82
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Some Conclusions about the Earliest Occupation of the Upper Terrace
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The Second Occupation: The Upper Terrace Dooryard
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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Chapter 21. A Guadalupe Phase House from Area B
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House 21
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Floor 3 (Oldest)
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Floor 2 (Second)
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Floor 1 (Most Recent)
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Material Found Just below House 21, Possibly Associated
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The History of House 21: Insights from Artifact Plotting
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Chapter 22. A San Jose Phase House on Mound 1
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Early Formative Use of the Mound
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House 13
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The House 13 Floor
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The House 13 Dooryard
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Insights from Artifact Plotting
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Chapter 23. Rosario Phase Residences on Mound 1
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A Brief History of Structure 19
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Structure 27, Zone C
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Room 1
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Room 2
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The Structure 27 Dooryard
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The Zone B Residence
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Similarities with Tilcajete's Structure 7
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Differences
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Structure 26
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Room 1
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Room 2
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Tomb 11
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Burial 55
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Room 3
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Burial 60
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Structure 25-South
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Structure 25-East
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Structure 30
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Isolated Patches of Floor
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The Central Patio
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Tomb 10
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The Retaining Wall
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Chapter 24. Mound 1: Epilogue
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Chapter 25. A Multidimensional Scaling of San Jose Phase Houses and Their Contents, by Robert G. Reynolds
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Chapter 26. Radiocarbon Dating
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Chapter 27. The Household Archaeology of San Jose Mogote: Its Potential Theoretical Contributions
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Appendices
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Appendix A. Middle Formative Pottery
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Appendix B. Resumen en Espanol
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References Cited
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Index
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Published: 2005
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
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