Formative Period (Temporal Keyword)

PROJECT Michelle Young.

The "Chavín Phenomenon" in Huancavelica, Peru: Interregional interaction, ritual practice, and social transformations at Atalla

DOCUMENT Full-Text Aline LaForge. G. Darrington. E. Harmon. B. Buchanan. S. Deats.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Pipeline Site, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The site is comprised of lithic and sherd scatter, five rock features which may be hearths, and a trail segment. The file consists of a site data form, Arizona State Museum archaeological site card, a cultural resource site record form, a survey map, and a site map. The earliest dated document is from 1994.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Five pollen and three macrofloral samples were examined from site 5LA6493 in the Comanche National Grasslands of southeastern Colorado. This site consists of a room block with eight rooms. Charcoal from this site yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 990 ± 40 BP. Soil samples from a hearth and a circular pit, as well as one metate fragment and one mano, were recovered from Room 2. A conventional radiocarbon age of 1080 ± 40 BP was obtained from Feature 3, a hearth in Room 2. Pollen and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher von Nagy.

This document summarizes laboratory procedures and the classification codes used for the construction of database records for pottery from both Proyecto Encrucijada-Pajonal (von Nagy 2003) and Proyecto Laguna Costera projects. It is comprehensive, covering pottery from all periods and includes coding for ware design and manufacturing decisions, form, and decor.

IMAGE Christopher von Nagy.

This set of images documents common ceramics types found at La Venta, Tabasco. The examples here were recovered from San Andrés (Barí 1), a subsidiary elite community in the Lower La Venta area of the flood plain. The ceramics at San Andrés demonstrate a range of states from refired and eroded to well-preserved. The type images presented here are of generally well-preserved examples. These types are defined in my dissertation (von Nagy 2003), and will receive full treatment in a forth coming...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jerry Moore.

A Prehistory of South America is an overview of the ancient and historic native cultures of the entire continent of South America based on the most recent archaeological investigations. This accessible, clearly written text is designed to engage undergraduate and beginning graduate students in anthropology. For more than 12,000 years, South American cultures ranged from mobile hunters and gatherers to rulers and residents of colossal cities. In the process, native South American societies...

PROJECT Christopher von Nagy. Mary Pohl.

Este proyecto de documentación del arte rupestre y muralismo medio formativo en el estado de Guerrero, México tiene el objetivo de creer una serie de imágenes de alta resolución además de imágenes compuestas y computacionales para facilitar estudios sobre la iconografía y la escritura temprana durante este período clave mesoamericano. Enfocamos en los sitios Oxtotitlán (Cerro Quiotepec), Juxtlahuaca, y Cahuaziziqui. This middle formative muralism and rock art documentation project in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher von Nagy.

Catalog of ceramic type collections on file with the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). This is part of the Proyecto Laguna Costera document set.

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Processed digital photographs of figurines recovered by the PLC from San Andrés, Tabasco.

DOCUMENT Full-Text India S. Hesse.

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted limited archaeological data recovery at site AZ AA:11:80 (ASM) within the Ironwood Forest National Monument between March 15 and March 18, 2004. The purpose of the work was to mitigate potential adverse effects to the site prior to proposed power line improvements in the area by Trico Electric Cooperative (Trico). Specifically, Trico proposes to replace 39 existing power poles and install 2 new power poles along the existing overhead power line....

DOCUMENT Full-Text David M. R. Barr.

Phase II data recovery was conducted at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:682 (ASM) on the Villages of Tortolita property after Phase I data recovery revealed the presence of subsurface cultural deposits. Forty-five features were identified during Phase II data recovery at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM), including pit structures, roasting pits, miscellaneous extramural pits, middens, surface rock concentrations, and cremations. At AZ AA:12:682 (ASM), five highly ephemeral, poorly defined features (charcoal...