Mesoamerica/Noroeste de México (Culture Keyword)

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El Potrerito Midden 1 Coring Field Notes (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Paula Turkon.

Scanned copy of field notes recording the core sampling within Midden 1 at the site of El Potrerito.


La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project (LQ-MVAP)
PROJECT Ben Nelson. Arizona State Universtity. Andrea Torvinen.

For over 15 years, Mexican and American archaeologists and students have dug ancient ruins, walked the high desert landscape, and worked in laboratories to understand the rise and fall of La Quemada, Zacatecas. We want to know why societies become complex, developing social hierarchies with specialized economic, political, and religious roles for their members. Why do civilizations expand? Northern Mexico's ancient past is an ideal context for studying these questions. During the period A.D....