Chronological trends in the use of Valley of Oaxaca ceramics and ceramic styles at Cerro Jazmín, Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca

Rodríguez, Verónica Pérez; Tuñón, Antonio Martínez; Minc, Leah D.; Walsh, Laura Stiver; Rosales, Mariana Navarro

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.008

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“…As both the Valley of Oaxaca and Lower Río Verde examples illustrate, political power of early regional centers and eventually urban centers across Oaxaca was hard-fought, negotiated, and sometimes actively resisted. As we noted in previous publications, ceramic inventories from Late and Terminal Formative contexts at Cerro Jazmín suggest a move away from gray-paste, Valley of Oaxaca decorated bowls and G12 and G17 vessels, and a move towards using more locally made, yellow-paste, decorated bowls (Pérez Rodríguez et al 2017b, 2017c). This material reflection of how the polity resisted or reduced the prominence of materials from the Valley of Oaxaca, and arguably, their associated political influence, in favor for more local goods has also been noted by our colleagues working in the Valley of Oaxaca and coastal Oaxaca.…”

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Political Strategies and the Urban Spaces That Reflect Them in Formative-Period Cerro Jazmín, Oaxaca

Rodríguez

Tuñón

2019

Ancient Mesoam

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Based on stratigraphic excavation data and associated radiocarbon dates we argue that the pre-Hispanic city of Cerro Jazmín, in the Mixteca Alta region of Oaxaca, underwent a period of political change between the Late Formative (300 b.c.–a.d. 50) and the Terminal Formative periods (a.d. 50–300). This shift is reflected in the city's layout and in the timing of construction and use of two different monumental sectors. During the city's Late Formative occupation, we found evidence of more exclusionary feasting activity taking place in a secluded monumental sector called the Sunken Courtyards near the hilltop. In the Terminal Formative, however, monumental construction expanded in the more accessible Tres Cerritos sector where larger and accessible public areas were the focus of activity. We argue that changes in the city's layout, along with the differing patterns of feasting, suggest that the city's leaders went from a more exclusionary form of government to a more collective political strategy during the Terminal Formative period. Despite of these efforts monumental construction largely stopped and the city's population declined by the start of the Classic period (a.d. 300).

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Political Strategies and the Urban Spaces That Reflect Them in Formative-Period Cerro Jazmín, Oaxaca

Rodríguez

Tuñón

2019

Ancient Mesoam

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“…The new ceramic data also suggest that although Valley of Oaxaca gray wares were used at Cerro Jazmín, their frequency decreased from the Late to Terminal Formative and Transition periods, just as the frequency of yellow-ware serving vessels increased (Pérez Rodríguez et al 2017). Joyce and colleagues (2006) identified a similar pattern from the Late and Terminal Formative period Lower Río Verde region, attributing the decrease in Zapotec-style gray wares in favor of locally made ceramics to conflict and trade-route disruption.…”

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Tiltepec Yellow-Ware Ceramics From Cerro Jazmín, Oaxaca: A Contribution to the Ceramic Chronology of the Mixteca Alta

Rodríguez

Tuñón²,

Minc

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We present new data on a class of ceramics called Tiltepec yellow wares, dated to the Late and Terminal Formative period occupations at Cerro Jazmín, Oaxaca (300 BC– AD 300). Evidence from 27 radiocarbon-dated ceramic assemblages indicates that Tiltepec yellow wares are a distinct ceramic type. Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) results further confirm the wares’ identification. Defining Tiltepec yellow wares as a type apart from Classic-period orange ceramics allows the reassessment of the regional settlement sequence, previously understood to indicate widespread settlement abandonment in the Terminal Formative period. The new data suggest that Cerro Jazmín had a more continuous urban occupation than previously thought.

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Assessing the Function of Palaeolithic Hearths: Experiments on Intensity of Luminosity and Radiative Heat Outputs from Different Fuel Sources

Hoare

2020

J Paleo Arch

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Assessing the function of Palaeolithic hearths is a key research issue that can benefit from the application of experimental archaeology when examining whether the behaviourally related purposes of fire, e.g. heat, light and cooking, could be correlated with combustion features in the archaeological record. Not all species of wood and types of fuel burn the same way. Variability exists in the amount of ash and smoke produced, along with differences in speed of burning and outgoing light and heat. This paper examined the light and heat properties of nine different types of fuels (eight individual species of wood and fresh bone) by assessing intensity of luminosity and radiative heat outputs using a lux metre and thermal imaging camera. Results show that there is considerable variation between bone and wood in terms of light and heat output and between the individual species of wood. In order to assess whether heat efficiency may vary seasonally, experiments were performed overnight and repeated at ambient air temperature ranges of 11 to 13 and 0 to 3°C. Results show that in the current data set fuels that emit lower to intermediate heat outputs could be more efficient at colder temperatures in terms of warmth. This represents a preliminary step forward towards attributing behaviourally relevant functions such as light and heat to Palaeolithic combustion features with regard to fuel selectivity.

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Chronological trends in the use of Valley of Oaxaca ceramics and ceramic styles at Cerro Jazmín, Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Political Strategies and the Urban Spaces That Reflect Them in Formative-Period Cerro Jazmín, Oaxaca

Political Strategies and the Urban Spaces That Reflect Them in Formative-Period Cerro Jazmín, Oaxaca

Tiltepec Yellow-Ware Ceramics From Cerro Jazmín, Oaxaca: A Contribution to the Ceramic Chronology of the Mixteca Alta

Assessing the Function of Palaeolithic Hearths: Experiments on Intensity of Luminosity and Radiative Heat Outputs from Different Fuel Sources

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