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XOO-PHASE CERAMICS FROM OAXACA FOUND AT CALIXTLAHUACA IN CENTRAL MEXICO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Michael E. Smith  and
Michael D. Lind
Michael E. Smith
Affiliation:
School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
Michael D. Lind
Affiliation:
Independent Scholar, Santa Ana, CA, USA
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Abstract

We describe tombs and ceramic collections in Zapotec style excavated in central Mexico, outside Oaxaca. The most notable are 13 ceramic vessels and objects from the Xoo complex (a.d. 500–800) excavated by José García Payón in Calixtlahuaca (near the city of Toluca), and three Zapotec-style tombs excavated in Los Teteles (near the city of Puebla). We also mention Zapotec remains excavated near Tula, Hidalgo, and tombs in other parts of central Mexico. We briefly explore the implications of these data for our understanding of central Mexico after the fall of Teotihuacan.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , July 2005 , pp. 169 - 177
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