Advances in the archaeology of West Mexico and the surrounding areas
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)
Since it is difficult to clearly define the geographic extent of West Mexico and the interactions in which social groups in this region participated, this session includes archaeological research taking place both within the classic area of West Mexico, as well as the surrounding areas. Paper topics include ethnoarchaeological studies of pseudo-cloisonné and negative ware ceramics, analyses directed at more clearly defining the regional chronology of the northern frontier area, studies of interaction within the Río Verdo-San Pedro, Los Altos de Jalisco, El Bajío, and the Basin of Mexico, mortuary practices in Colima, the study of ritual fire and political organization in Postclassic Michoacán, and recent efforts involving the negotiation of archaeology and local politics in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin. The range of topics in this session illustrates the diversity of archaeological projects currently being conducted in Jalisco, southern Zacatecas, Colima, and Michoacán.
Other Keywords
Ceramics •
Dendrochronology •
Ritual •
Government •
Ceramic Attribute Analysis •
Petroglyphs •
Public Archaeology •
Charcoal Analysis •
Radiocarbon •
West Mexico
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica
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- Documents (10)
- The archaeological site of Presa de la Luz: New Insights on the relationship between the Altos of Jalisco, the Bajio and the Mexico Basin (2015)
- CONCHITA Y SUS AMIGOS: "un estudio bioarqueológico de los entierros infantiles recuperados en el Salvamento Arqueológico Mina de Peña en la Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez, Colima, 2014" (2015)
- Dendro-14C-Wiggle-Match Contributions to Northwestern Mesoamerican Chronology (2015)
- Dinámicas poblacionales durante el Epiclásico (600 a 900 d.C.) entre la vertiente norte del río Verde-San Pedro y el Occidente de México (2015)
- Ireta and Vapatzequa – Applications of the Alteptl Model to the pre-Hispanic P'urépecha (2015)
- Parallels between pseudo-cloisonné and Huichol votive gourds: iconography, processing, and disposal (2015)
- Rediscovering the Negative or Resist Decoration Techniques: Last Step of a Millenary Tradition at the Hernández Cano Workshop, Zinapécuaro, Michoacán (2015)
- Refinement of the La Quemada Chronology and its Implications for Inter-polity Interaction along the Northern Frontier of Mesoamerica (2015)
- Ritual Fires and Sacred Hearths: the management of wood resources in Postclassic Tarascan Society of the Zacapu Basin, Michoacán (2015)
- Working with the Ejido: Negotiating Archaeology and Local Politics in Michoacán, Mexico (2015)