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Refining an Early Formative Ceramic Sequence From the Chiapas Coast of Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Richard G. Lesure
Richard G. Lesure
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Department of Anthropology, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1553, USA
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Abstract

Analysis of Early Formative ceramics from the site of Paso de la Amada, on the coast of Chiapas, Mexico, yields a refined sequence for the period 1400–1000 b.c. A simple key has been developed to classify midden assemblages. Its utility for creating chronologically sensitive groupings is confirmed by multidimensional scaling of 32 units. The refined ceramic sequence provides a basis for investigating short-term sociopolitical dynamics during the Early Formative period.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , Spring 1998 , pp. 67 - 81
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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