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Intensive survey of hilltop terrace sites in Oaxaca, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gary M. Feinman  and
Linda M. Nicholas
Gary M. Feinman
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL 60605–2496, USA
Linda M. Nicholas
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL 60605–2496, USA
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As part of a long-term project examining the Classic-Postclassic (AD 200-1520) domestic economy in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, we have completed intensive mapping and surface survey at three large, hilltop terrace sites in eastern Tlacolula: Guirún (Saville 1900; 1909), El Palmillo and the Mitla Fortress (Holmes 1897). Earlier surveys (Kowalewski et al. 1989) indicated that all three sites were craft production centres (stone working) and had extensive Classic and Postclassic occupations (Feinnian & Nicholas 1996).

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 283 , March 2000 , pp. 21 - 22
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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