Checking the Pulse: Current Research in Oaxaca Part I

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Checking the Pulse: Current Research in Oaxaca Part I" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

For this year’s symposium, Diálogos en Oaxaca Archaeology brings together Mexican and American archaeologists to discuss their ongoing research. We are “checking the pulse,” so to speak, on current research in Oaxaca. Presenters will discuss their projects in all stages of investigation: what they are discovering; what results are coming out of their current projects; what conclusions they are reaching; or even what questions they are considering tackling next. Oftentimes, it can be hard for researchers to keep up with all the investigations going on in their geographic areas of study, especially when we are located at different universities, institutions, and even countries. This can be especially difficult when dealing with transnational research where scholarly communities are divided by distance and other political and social boundaries. By checking in with each other, we aim to encourage further communication and hopefully generate greater collaboration between archaeologists who share a common goal—recording and preserving Oaxaca’s ancient history for future generations.