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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Arnauld, Marie-Charlotte, editor. | Beekman, Christopher, editor. | Pereira, Grgory, editor.
Title: Mobility and migration in ancient Mesoamerican cities / edited by M. Charlotte Arnauld, Christopher Beekman, and Grgory Pereira.
Description: Louisville, CO : University Press of Colorado, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020032146 (print) | LCCN 2020032147 (ebook) | ISBN 9781646420728 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781646420735 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Indians of MexicoMigrations. | Indians of Central AmericaMigrations. | Migration, InternalMexico. | Migration, InternalCentral America. | Indians of MexicoUrban residence. | Indians of Central AmericaUrban residence. | Indians of MexicoAntiquities. | Indians of Central AmericaAntiquities.
Classification: LCC F1219.3.M54 M63 2020 (print) | LCC F1219.3.M54 (ebook) | DDC 972.8/01dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020032146
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Cover illustrations Sylvie Elis
Contents
M. Charlotte Arnauld, Christopher S. Beekman, and Grgory Pereira
Carolyn Freiwald
Julie A. Hoggarth, Carolyn Freiwald, and Jaime J. Awe
Andrea Cucina, Thelma N. Sierra Sosa, and Vera Tiesler
Meggan Bullock
Elizabeth Graham and Linda Howie
Nancy Gonlin and Kristin V. Landau
Nicholas P. Dunning, Michael P. Smyth, Eric Weaver, and David Ortegn Zapata
M. Charlotte Arnauld, Eva Lemonnier, Dominique Michelet, and Mlanie Forn
Sarah C. Clayton
Grgory Pereira, Marion Forest, Elsa Jadot, and Vronique Darras
Prudence M. Rice
Christopher S. Beekman
Dominique Michelet
Mesoamerica: major centers and locations mentioned in the chapters
Barton Ramie and Belize Valley sites: strontium isotope values from flora and fauna
Barton Ramie and mounds used in this study
Strontium isotope values in the Maya region
Barton Ramie strontium isotope values.
Baking Pot and the Belize Valley in the Central Maya lowlands
Baking Pot site core: structures with dated and sampled burials
Strontium isotope values: Classic and Postclassic samples compared to fauna
Baking Pot: Burial 96-2 (Classic extended burial) and Burial 99E-1 (flexed Postclassic burial)
Postclassic material culture from Baking Pot
Location of Xcambo, northern coast of the Yucatn peninsula
MDS distribution of males and females, Early and Late Classic periods
MDS distribution of females and males, regardless of period
Histogram showing distribution of mortality by age classes, Late Classic
Demographic solution curve for the Late Classic sample
87Sr/86Sr ratios of the Early Classic and Late Classic samples
Age-at-death distribution for the Cholula skeletal assemblage
Lamanai, Marco Gonzalez, and other sites, with proposed coastal-inland spheres
Lamanai: new sandy-paste manufacturing tradition
Lamanai: nonlocal pottery included in burials within residential buildings
Lamanai: isotope values for enamel versus bone samples
Examples of VPLF burials
Alluvial pockets, Copan River, with the Copan Pocket settlement
Urban core of Classic Copan
Map of San Lucas and Ostuman architecture
El Rey Sapo, a toad carved into a natural outcrop of bedrock
Architectural features of the largest building of Group 11M-911
Map of the Puuc region, showing sites mentioned in the text
Map of central Xcoch, including reservoirs and chultuns
Plan and section of a typical Puuc residential patio group
Sketch map of Xcobalchac, Yucatn, a minor center
Sketch map of San Pablo III, Yucatn, a rural village
Sketch map of Chacbolai, Yucatn, a rural manor
Sketch maps of rural settlement clusters or hamlets
Map of the Maya region with locations of mentioned sites
Site map of La Joyanca, Guatemala, with locations of test pits
Group Gavilan, showing excavations carried out in 20002002
Central sector of Ro Bec, Mexico, with monumental Groups A, B, and D
Comparing patterns of construction-occupation in two neighborhoods
Compound p10A, Balamku, Mexico
Prehispanic settlements in the Basin of Mexico
Sherds of Coyotlatelco bowls from domestic contexts at Chicoloapan
Chicoloapan: distribution of pyramidal mounds and other architectural features
Chicoloapan: locations of areas excavated (Operations 114)
Chicoloapan: plan of excavated portion of Structure 3, an Epiclassic house
Chicoloapan: plan of the excavated portion of Structure 7
Sites of the Zacapu Malpas mentioned in the text
Radiocarbon dates from Las Milpillas and Malpas Prieto sites
Map of the Malpas Prieto archaeological site and built terraces
Morphofunctional history of five structures, Malpas Prieto
Cooking vessels, Malpas Prieto: olla, cazuela, and brazier
Map of the UT1 residential terrace
The Maya lowlands and adjacent regions of Mesoamerica
Lowland Maya Kukulcan temples: Chichen Itza, Mayapan, and Tayza
Map of the Tarascan-Aztec border region
Map of the central Mexican region, with proposed enclaves
Different forms of migrations and mobility, as schematized by Tilly
Average strontium isotope values in central Belize
Strontium isotope values: flora and fauna in the Maya lowlands
Barton Ramie 87Sr/86Sr isotope values
Bone collagen values for Barton Ramie burials
Xcambo, 24 scored dental; morphological traits
Life table of the Late Classic period calculated for growth rate r = 0
Summary of paleodemographic data, Cholula
Summary of data for individuals identified as nonlocal, Cholula
Burial types, Cholula
Individuals with cranial modification, Proyecto Cholula
Presence of one or more enamel hypoplasias
Individuals with cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis
Individuals with proliferative lesions of the long bones
