The Evolution of the Two-Room Temple during the Middle Formative in an Interregional Perspective between the Mixteca Alta and the Valley of Oaxaca

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Checking the Pulse II: Current Research in Oaxaca Part 2" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The study of the Zapotec temple, its origins and evolution, has significant implications to understanding the social complexity in early societies. This paper follows the proposal of the one-room temple as the origin of the two-room temple, also called Zapotec temple, and exposes its evolution showing the characteristics of those temples identified in San Martín Tilcajete, San José Mogote, and Monte Albán for the early phases of San José, Guadalupe, Rosario, and Monte Albán I-II. In addition, this paper focuses on the one-room temple excavated at Tayata in the Mixteca Alta, pointing out that its function, as well as the rituals and beliefs involved, were similar or shared with those societies from the Valley of Oaxaca. As part of the conclusions, this paper mentions the lack of data about the evolution of the Mixtec temple, having few samples in the region for early times in the Mixteca Alta, such as the one-room temple in Tayata and the temple T of two-rooms in Monte Negro, opening this topic for future consideration and discussion.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Checking the Pulse II: Current Research in Oaxaca Part 2   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38932.0