Historic and Ancient Terrace Use at the Hacienda Rincon de Guadalupe

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This poster presents the findings for the first season of an archaeological dissertation project investigating changing land use at the Hacienda del Rincon de Guadalupe in Apaxco, Mexico. The hacienda is located within the Sierra Tezontlapan, bordering the states of Mexico and Hidalgo. It was constructed during the late 18th century, but there is evidence of significant early Colonial, and even Prehispanic, occupation of the area. Occupation of such an inclined and uneven area was facilitated by the use of terracing that served various residential, agricultural, and ecological functions. One of the goals of this project is to identify how terrace use and function changed in response to chronological and spatial positioning. Work conducted this summer included surface collections, mapping, and shovel testing for targeted areas in the terraced foothills surrounding the Hacienda center. We found that terraces further from the hacienda center were likely used at an earlier period in time and those at lower elevations are more likely to have been used for primarily agricultural purposes. Future work at this site will expand on these findings and will determine how construction methods were impacted by chronological and spatial factors.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39875.0