Creolization and the Zapotec Diaspora: A Classic Period Zapo-Teotihuacano Settlement in Southern Hidalgo, Mexico
Author(s): Haley Holt Mehta; Claudia Camacho; Cindy Rodriguez; Daniel Pierce; Dirk Baron
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Crossing Boundaries: Interregional Interactions in Pre-Columbian Times" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
This paper will present the results of a multi-faceted research endeavor at the site of El Tesoro, Hidalgo, Mexico. Previous and recent research have shown that the Classic-period settlement at El Tesoro exhibited affiliations to both Teotihuacan and the Zapotec homeland in the Valley of Oaxaca and was likely related to the Oaxaca Barrio of Teotihuacan. Recent mineralogical (XRD) and chemical (NAA) compositional analyses of pottery from the El Tesoro strengthen the findings of previous research, which indicate that the Classic-period occupation exhibited fluid identities typical of a creolized group. These findings will be contextualized within the broader phenomenon of the Zapotec Diaspora, which is comprised of several sites in central Mexico, including at least two others located in the same region as El Tesoro.
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Creolization and the Zapotec Diaspora: A Classic Period Zapo-Teotihuacano Settlement in Southern Hidalgo, Mexico. Haley Holt Mehta, Claudia Camacho, Cindy Rodriguez, Daniel Pierce, Dirk Baron. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 451476)
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Keywords
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Central Mexico
Spatial Coverage
min long: -107.271; min lat: 18.48 ; max long: -94.087; max lat: 23.161 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 25581