Revisiting Tula, Hidalgo Epiclassic Ceramics: Progress and Recent NAA Results

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This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Significant progress has been made in the description and definition of typological and compositional assemblages of Tula, Hidalgo regional ceramics during the Epiclassic period of the Central Highlands. Neutron Activation Analysis conducted at the Archaeometry Laboratory and the Research Reactor Center at the University of Missouri (MURR) now includes contributions from multiple researchers. We report the findings from the 119 Epiclassic ceramic samples submitted to MURR from Anderson’s Proyecto Cerro Magoni, a large Epiclassic settlement and ceremonial center located on a hilltop within the view shed of Tula Chico. The ceramic types selected reflect a diversity of well-known styles found throughout the Central Highlands and a handful of types not common to the Basin of Mexico, but are increasingly recognized for relationships northwest towards the Bajio. Emergent compositional groups from this dataset will be discussed in relation to previous compositional sampling of the Tula and Basin of Mexico studies by Crider and others. We will provide discussion on how these results provide new evidence and inform our interpretive frameworks on questions on ceramic production and exchange in the region, and highlight key domains for further study both within Hidalgo and in relation to neighboring areas in the highlands.

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• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 29882