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Specialized Ground Stone Production in the Casas Grandes Region of Northern Chihuahua, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Todd L. VanPool  and
Robert D. Leonard
Todd L. VanPool
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Office of Contract Archaeology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Robert D. Leonard
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Abstract

Previous research has identified specialized production of prestige goods during the Medio period (A.D. 1200-1450) in the Casas Grandes region of northwestern Mexico and the American Southwest. We evaluate the organization of production of two functionally equivalent types of trough metates from Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico, using the standardization hypothesis, i.e., the premise that products produced by specialists have less variation than those manufactured by less-specialized producers. We find that the morphology of one of the metate types (Type 1A metates) is statistically more standardized than the other (Type 1B metates). We then compare the Paquimé metates to those manufactured by generalized producers from the Mimbres Valley region of New Mexico. We find that Mimbres through-trough metates and the Type 1B metates from Paquimé have a similar degree of morphological variation, but that the Type 1A Paquimé metates are morphologically more standardized, indicating that specialists produced them. We conclude that specialized production in the Casas Grandes region was not limited to prestige goods but was instead a fundamental organizing principle of the Medio period economic system, reflecting the presence of a well-established social hierarchy and exchange system.

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Estudios anteriores han identificado ejemplos de la producción especializada durante el período Medio (1200-1450 d.C.) de la cultura Casas Grandes. En este ensayo evaluamos la producción de dos tipos de metates procedentes de Paquimé, Chihuahua, México. Aplicamos la "hipótesis de estandardización," es decir, el concepto de que los artículos hechos por especialistas son mas uniformes que los artículos hechos por la gente común. Usando medidas estadísticas, encontramos que la morfología de los metates tipo “1A” es menos variable que la morfología de los metates tipo “1B.” También hemos medido la variación en los metates del valle de Mimbres, en Nuevo México. Encontramos que los metates del Valle de Mimbres y los metates tipo “1B” de Paquimé son comparables en el alcance de su variación, mientras que los metates tipo “1A” de Paquimé demuestran menos variación morfológica. Proponemos que la estandardización de los metates tipo “1A” de Paquimé refleja la producción especializada. En la cultura Casas Grandes, la producción especializada no se limitó a los artículos de alto prestigio, también incluyó artículos caseros. La producción especializada debe haber sido un aspecto fundamental de la economía política del período Medio.

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American Antiquity , Volume 67 , Issue 4 , October 2002 , pp. 710 - 730
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