Tlatilco and the pre-classic cultures of the New World
By: [A. Irving Hallowell, editor].
Series: Viking Fund publications in anthropology -- no. 19
Publisher: Johnson Reprint Corp.
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Tlatilco Site (Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico); Mexico -- Antiquities.; America -- Antiquities.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 93-101.
Table of contents: title: Tlatilco and the pre-classic cultures sequence of the valley. Site and history of the excavation -- The cultural remains of Tlatilco -- Tlatilco : a one-period site -- Tlatilco and the pre-classic cultures of the valley of Mexico. Figurines -- Pottery -- Tlatilco and Olmec culture -- The problem of absolute dating -- Significant elements of Tlatilco culture. Architecture -- Head deformation and tooth mutilation -- Pottery. Incised ware -- Painted ware --Zone and panel decoration -- Excised ware -- Rocker-stamping -- Negative painting -- Feline motif -- Decorated rims -- Spouts -- Vessel supports -- Clay stamps -- Clay figurines -- Dual representations -- Comparative sites in Meso-America and Central America. Central Mexico -- Oaxaca -- Huasteca -- Veracruz. El Trapiche -- Tolomé -- Paso de Ovejas -- Tres Zapotes -- La Venta, Tabasco -- West Mexico and Guerrero -- The lowland area of the Petén and Yucatan. Uaxactun -- Yucatan -- Highland Guatemala -- La Charcas -- Sacatepequez -- Miraflores -- Chukumuk -- The Quetzaltenango Valley -- The Pacific lowlands. El Sitio -- Finca Arizona -- Honduras. Copán -- The caves of Copán -- The Ulua-Comayagua River drainage -- Los Naranjos -- Playa de los Muertos -- Snata Rita, Honduras -- Yarmela, Honduras -- Comparisons with the Andean area. Colombia. San Augustin -- Ecuador -- Peru. Architecture -- Head deformation and tooth mutilation -- Pottery -- Summary -- Comparative sites in the southeast of the United States. Architecture -- Head deformation -- Pottery. Painted wares -- Zone and panel decoration -- Decorated rims -- Negative painting -- Supports -- Clay figurines -- Rocker-stamping -- Summary -- Conclusions and speculations.