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TILTEPEC YELLOW-WARE CERAMICS FROM CERRO JAZMÍN, OAXACA: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY OF THE MIXTECA ALTA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2017

Verónica Pérez Rodríguez ,
Antonio Martínez Tuñón ,
Leah Minc ,
Laura Stiver Walsh  and
Mariana Navarro Rosales
Verónica Pérez Rodríguez*
Affiliation:
University at Albany, SUNY, Department of Anthropology, 1400 Washington Ave. AS 113, Albany, NY 12222, USA
Antonio Martínez Tuñón
Affiliation:
independent researcher, Cerro Jazmín Archaeological Project; Landmark Archaeology, Inc., 6242 Hawes Road, Altamont, NY 12209, USA
Leah Minc
Affiliation:
Oregon State University. Radiation Center A104, 3451 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Laura Stiver Walsh
Affiliation:
independent researcher, Cerro Jazmín Archaeological Project; Metropolitan Nashville Public School, 2601 Bransford Ave., Nashville, TN 37204, USA
Mariana Navarro Rosales
Affiliation:
independent researcher, Cerro Jazmín Archaeological Project
*
(vperezrodriguez@albany.edu, corresponding author)
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Abstract

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.

Se presentan nuevos datos sobre una clase de cerámica llamada Tiltepec Amarillo, la cual se asigna a las ocupaciones del Formativo tardío y terminal en Cerro Jazmín, Oaxaca (300 aC-300 dC). A partir del análisis de colecciones cerámicas asociadas a 27 fechas de radiocarbono se propone que las vasijas Tiltepec Amarillo formaron un tipo cerámico distinto. Este argumento se apoya en los resultados obtenidos del análisis de activación por neutrones. La definición de este tipo cerámico como distinto de las vajillas anaranjadas del periodo Clásico permite reevaluar la secuencia regional que, hasta el momento, indicaba el abandono del asentamiento en el Formativo terminal. Los nuevos datos sugieren que Cerro Jazmín tuvo una ocupación urbana más longeva y estable de lo que se creía.

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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 431 - 440
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Copyright © 2017 by the Society for American Archaeology 

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