Puerto Marqués
Puerto Marqués is a bay located on the Pacific Coast in the Mexican State of Guerrero. Approximately 10 kilometers (6.5 miles) south of the city of Acapulco, it is the second closest Pacific port to Mexico City, approximately three hundred kilometres southwest, just north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It has two main beaches for tourists and locals, Puerto Marqués Beach and Majahua Beach.
The oldest known pottery found in Mesoamerica, a culture area within the borders of Central America, was found at Puerto Marqués. "Pox" pottery discovered there has been dated to as early as 2400 BC, roughly 3500 years ago.[1] During these times, most people were hunters and foragers, setting up camps and continuously migrating based on the seasons.
Geography
Puerto Marqués is located just south of present day
History
The development of pottery has been documented at many Mesoamerican sites, and is typically seen as a sign of settlement. But in the
The pottery found at Puerto Marqués serves as a way to relate and understand the makers' social structures, and socio-economic status within the context of their lives long ago.[8]
References
Bibliography
- Bahn, Paul. The Atlas of World Archaeology. Andromeda Oxford Ltd., 2001. pp. 153–181
- Evans, Susan Toby. Ancient Mexico & Central America. Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2008.
- Murray, Tim. Encyclopedia of Archaeology, History and Discoveries. ABC-CLIO Inc., 2001. pp. 870–878
- Pearsall, Deborah. Encyclopedia of Archaeology. Academic Press, 2008. pp. 975–983