Tierras Largas
Tierras Largas is a formative-period
Overview
Tierras Largas is categorized as a smaller,
Village
Tierras Largas was not a largely populated village in
Art
Many forms of art have been recovered from Tierras Largas, “people used imported shell to make beads, and pendants”.[3] Most small villages had pottery vessels that had either earthquake or lightning motifs on them. Almost all pottery vessels with motifs recovered from Tierras Largas favoured earthquakes and had them and earth related motifs on them.[4]
Artifacts found at the site
- Complete mano and metate
- Large complete jar
- Broken figurine
- Piece of carbonized wood for matting
- Portion of a second jar
In House 1:[9]
Out of all the stone found at Tierras Largas, 20% was obsidian.[10]
Tierras Largas Phase
The Tierras Largas Phase is from 1500BC-1150BC. During this time, there were numerous sedentary farming villages located throughout the Valley of Oaxaca. At this time, most settlements were located on low, well-drained piedmont ridges or spurs adjacent to both the fertile zone of high alluvial soils and the major river channels. Tierras Largas phase settlements can be found throughout all three arms of the Valley of Oaxaca, but it is most prominent in the northern arm, the Etla arm. The largest community recognized in the Etla arm is San José Mogote. It is during this phase that we see buildings which are nonresidential, public constructions. “Based on the analyses of the Tierras Largas phase burials, houses, and storage pits, there is no indication that either ranking or socially determined inequality or stratification existed at this time”.[11]
References
- ^ Toby Evans 2008, p.145
- ^ Blanton 1993, p.54
- ^ Joyce 2010, p.86
- ^ Toby Evans 2008, p.149
- ^ Flannery, Kent V. and Jeremy A. Sabloff 2009, p.36
- ^ Flannery, Kent V. and Jeremy A. Sabloff 2009, p.37
- ^ Flannery, Kent V. and Jeremy A. Sabloff 2009, p.40
- ^ Flannery, Kent V. and Jeremy A. Sabloff 2009, p.37
- ^ Flannery, Kent V. and Jeremy A. Sabloff 2009, p.43
- ^ Earle, Timothy K. 2009, p.250
- ^ Blanton 1993, p.55
Bibliography
- Beckmann, Jenifer, Charles S. Spencer, Redmond, Elsa M. “Division of Anthropology: Early State Development at San Martín Tilcajete”, American Museum & Natural History, 2011
- Blanton, Richard E., Stephen A. Kowalewski, Feinman, Gary M. (1993). Ancient Mesoamerica: A Comparison of Change in Three Regions: New Studies in Archaeology. United Kingdom: Cambridge :University Press.
- Earle, Timothy K. (1993). Chiefdoms: Power, Economy, and Ideology. England: Cambridge University Press.
- Flannery, Kent V. and Jeremy A. Sabloff (2009). The Early Mesoamerican village. California: Left Coast Press.
- Joyce, Arthur A. (2010). Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: ancient people of southern Mexico. John Wiley and Sons.
- Toby Evans, Susan. (2008). Ancient Mexico & Central America: Archaeology and Culture History. London: Thames and Hudson.