Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl Archaeological Project

Summary

This archive contains all of the data derived from field research at the site of Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl in the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico. This is a multi-year project consisting of intensive survey and mapping, as well as comprehensive excavations. The mapping and survey are designed to provide a detailed topographic map of the site and provide a basic temporal and spatial settlement description. Intensive excavations are focused on residential areas.

This project has been financially supported by:

The National Science Foundation (BCS 1353793)

The Middle American Research Institute

The Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI)

Cite this Record

Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl Archaeological Project. ( tDAR id: 402133) ; doi:10.6067/XCV85D8TJ5

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Zapotec

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Green Stone • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Obsidian • Shell

Site Name
Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Ancient Communal / Public Structure • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Ball Court • Burial Pit • Canal or Canal Feature • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Communal / Public Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Factory / Workshop • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hearth • House • House Mound • Isolated Burial • Kiln • Midden • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Palace • Pictograph • Pit • Platform Mound • Plaza • Post Hole / Post Mold • Pyramid • Refuse Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Rock Art • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Stairway • Storage Pit • Structure • Temple • Terrace • Tomb • Town / City • Trash Midden • Water Control Feature • Wattle & Daub (Jacal) Structure Show More

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ethnohistoric Research • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Highland Mexico • Mesoamerica • Oaxaca (State / Territory) • Valley of Oaxaca

Temporal Keywords
Early Classic • Early Postclassic • Late Classic • Late Formative • Terminal Formative

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -500 to 1300 (Based on 28 Radiocarbon Dates from this project and numerous others from Bernal and Oliveros)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -96.561; min lat: 16.999 ; max long: -96.537; max lat: 17.022 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Jeremias Pink

Principal Investigator(s): Ronald Faulseit

Record Identifiers

National Science Foundation (s): BCS 1353793

Source Collections

All of the artifacts from the project are curated under the Mexican Registry number REG 2061, and individual items/categories are number sequentially. So each item is marked and registered in this fashion REG 2061 PM X

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-25 of 25)

  1. Faunal Analysis Data for Terrace S25 (2015)
  2. Faunal Analysis Report for Terrace S25 (2015)
  3. Feature Excavation Forms, Terrace S25, Cerro Danush (2015)
  4. Frequency Counts for Ceramic Categories, Terrace O8 (2015)
  5. Frequency Counts for Ceramic Categories, Terrace S25 (2015)
  6. Frequency Counts for Ceramic Categories, Terraces S19 and S20 (2010)
  7. Level Forms Terrace O8 (2015)
  8. Level Forms Terrace S19 (2010)
  9. Level Forms Terrace S25 (2015)
  10. Obsidian Data for Terrace S25 (2015)
  11. Plan Drawings Terrace S19 (2010)
  12. Plan Drawings Terrace S25, Cerro Danush (2015)
  13. Profile Drawings from Terrace S19 (2010)
  14. Profile Drawings Terrace O8, Cerro Danush (2015)
  15. Project Artifact Catalog, Terraces 08 and S25 (2015)
  16. Project Muestrario/Registro Terrace S19, Cerro Danush (2010)
  17. Project Report 2008 (2008)
  18. Project Report 2010 (2010)
  19. Project Report 2015 (2015)
  20. pXRF Chemical Signatures for Obsidian Sample from Terrace S19, Cerro Danush (2013)
  21. pXRF Obsidian Sample Data from Terrace S25, Cerro Danush (2015)
  22. pXRF Results for Obsidian Sample from Terrace S19, Cerro Danush (2013)
  23. pXRF Results for Obsidian Sample from Terrace S25, Cerro Danush (2015)
  24. Radiocarbon Analysis Report, Beta Analytic (2010)
  25. Radiocarbon Analysis Report, Center for Applied Isotope Studies, UGA (2015)