Meat Consumption and Animal Use at Cerro Danush, Oaxaca, Mexico

Summary

Cerro Danush is located in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, within the Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl region—an area that underwent significant sociopolitical reorganization as the Zapotec state centered at nearby Monte Albán weakened and its regional power declined during the Classic to Postclassic transition. Comparing and contrasting zooarchaeological assemblages from a commoner household, an elite residence, and a ceremonial complex at Cerro Danush provides new insights into differential patterns of meat consumption and animal use during the Late Classic (AD 600–900) to Early Postclassic (AD 900–1300) periods. This poster presents new data from the 2015 excavations at Cerro Danush’s Terrace S25 and newly analyzed data from earlier excavations at Terrace S19 to explore diachronic economic patterns of animal production and consumption within a single residential neighborhood.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

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