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In the preceding section, a number of “zones” were established in the mound and surrounding fields, providing a framework within which to reconstruct cultural development at the site. We can now try to view the history of the site in somewhat broader terms, organizing the zones into stages of development, marked by such events as changing tastes and the appearance of new traits. The sequence of construction of the great mound may first be briefly reviewed.
The first occupation (always excepting such information as might be revealed in the unexcavated wing) can be determined by following backward the mound zones discussed above. The secondary mound (Zones 10 to 12) constituted a single unit of construction, completely overlying the broad primary mound platform, and lapping over its slopes. The platform itself had to be built up in a certain order because its fills slanted over one another in consistent manner.
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1 “Phase” is perhaps not a happy term to use here, conflicting as it does with other archaeological terminology. Still, it seems to connote approximately the situation here, namely, a cultural continuum with occasional changes in tastes and accretion of new traits, rather than a series of “periods” marked by definite breaks or strong cultural influences. The changes themselves will be discussed under the definition of an Alto Focus (pp. 186-92).