Cerro Portezuelo Faunal Remains and Worked Bone: What Can Be Learned From Early Excavated Collections

Teeter, Wendy G.

doi:10.1017/s0956536113000114

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“…Animal bone also was not routinely collected in the 1950s, but Wendy Teeter's (2013) examination of the remains in the collections sheds additional light on subsistence practices. The remains include tortoises valued for the shell as well as meat, wild turkey, ducks, rabbits and hares, deer, and giant pocket gophers that probably also were eaten.…”

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Cerro Portezuelo: States and Hinterlands in the Pre-Hispanic Basin of Mexico

2013

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George Brainerd directed excavations at Cerro Portezuelo in the mid-1950s to understand the Classic to Postclassic transition and the questions he asked are still salient. We have undertaken a reanalysis of the artifacts, survey, and excavation data from Brainerd's project to better understand the nature of relations between the Early Classic period city of Teotihuacan, its immediate hinterlands, and the change from the Teotihuacan state system to Postclassic period city-state organization. Because of Cerro Portezuelo's long occupation that began in the Late/Terminal Formative period and continued beyond the Spanish Conquest, it is a strategic site to investigate the dynamics of state formation and episodes of centralization and fragmentation over this long span. Here we review the history of research concerning Cerro Portezuelo, discuss the current research project reported in the articles that comprise this Special Section, and highlight some of the major findings.

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Cerro Portezuelo: States and Hinterlands in the Pre-Hispanic Basin of Mexico

2013

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Ecosystem services provided by Neotropical birds

2020

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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment described 4 classes of services or functions that ecosystems and their component parts deliver to the benefit of humans: provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services. Birds, including Neotropical birds, provide a diverse array of services in all 4 classes. We review the literature describing ecosystem services provided by Neotropical birds, draw inference from studies of avian services in other regions when Neotropical studies are limited, and identify key information gaps. Neotropical birds provide provisioning services in the form of meat and eggs for food, and feathers for down and ornamentation. Regulating services are among the most valuable services provided by Neotropical birds, including pollination, pest control, seed dispersal, and scavenging. Neotropical birds also provide supporting services in the form of nutrient cycling, such as through the deposition of guano on offshore islands. Finally, Neotropical birds provide cultural services as pets (caged birds), sources of recreation (e.g., birdwatching, hunting), as well as by inspiring art, photography, and religious customs. Much remains to be learned about the ecology and natural history of many Neotropical birds before we can fully assign value—monetary, nonmaterial, or otherwise—to the services they provide. However, what we have learned to date makes it clear that humans benefit from birds through multiple services, including but not limited to pest reduction, pollination of some agricultural plants, and seed dispersal.

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Cerro Portezuelo Faunal Remains and Worked Bone: What Can Be Learned From Early Excavated Collections

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

Cerro Portezuelo: States and Hinterlands in the Pre-Hispanic Basin of Mexico

Cerro Portezuelo: States and Hinterlands in the Pre-Hispanic Basin of Mexico

Ecosystem services provided by Neotropical birds

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