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The Central Mexico Postclassic tradition extends from 1300 to 479 BP (AD 700 to 1521) in the central highlands of Mexico. Throughout the time period regional centers/states with monumental architecture formed and collapsed. Military expansion was encouraged by a religious ideology that linked human sacrifice with warfare. Multiple migrations created a society was ethnically and linguistically diverse. Society was stratified from noble to commoner to slave with some opportunities for advancement. The Late Postclassic had the highest population of any prehispanic period in Central Mexico requiring nearly all arable land to be in production.

Investigation of an obsidian midden at Cihuatecpan, Mexico

The Aztecs of Central Mexico

Appendix A

Settlement patterns and chinampa agriculture at Tenochtitlan

The internal structure of Tenochtitlan

The Late Classic and Early Postclassic chronology of the Tula Region

Cultural identity and interregional interaction during the Gobernador phase

Ceramics of western Morelos

Tula

The physical setting

Previous investigations at Tula

Overview of the University of Missouri Tula archaeological project

Cihuatecpan

Archaeology at the Aztec period village of Cihuatecpan, Mexico

Afterword

Bibliography

Tula, Tollan, and the Toltecs in Mesoamerican prehistory

Field methods

Synopsis of structural remains in the canal locality

Stratigraphy of the Canal Locality

The Central Group and West Group

Synthesis of Prehispanic occupation of Canal Locality

Surface survey of the Tula urban zone

Synthesis and conclusions

Appendix II

MAPS Appendix III

Analysis of faunal material recovered from Xochicalco

Ancient urbanism at Xochicalco

The Xochicalco Mapping Project

Flaked-stone obsidian tools and their behavioral implications

Ground-stone tools and their behavioral implications

The Xochicalco architectural atlas

Appendix C

Paleobotanical remains from western Morelos

Architectural remains in El Corral Locality

Preliminary description of flotation sample materials from Cihuatecpan, Mexico

Tradition summary

The excavation of a Postclassic house at Tetla

Appendix I

The Aztecs

Excavations of Aztec urban houses at Yautepec, Mexico

Postclassic developments at Xochicalco

A Catalogue of carved monuments and a guide to the visual characteristics of Xochicalco's art style

Author	Title	Publication Date
Abrams, Elliot Marc	Investigation of an obsidian midden at Cihuatecpan, Mexico	1988
Berdan, Frances	The Aztecs of Central Mexico	1982
Bugé, David E.	Appendix A	1987
Calnek, Edward E.	Settlement patterns and chinampa agriculture at Tenochtitlan	1972
Calnek, Edward E.	The internal structure of Tenochtitlan	1976
Cobean, Robert H.	The Late Classic and Early Postclassic chronology of the Tula Region	1989
Cyphers, Ann	Cultural identity and interregional interaction during the Gobernador phase	2000
Cyphers, Ann	Ceramics of western Morelos	2000
Diehl, Richard A.	Tula	1983
Diehl, Richard A.	The physical setting	1989
Diehl, Richard A.	Previous investigations at Tula	1989
Diehl, Richard A.	Overview of the University of Missouri Tula archaeological project	1989
Evans, Susan Toby	Cihuatecpan	1988
Evans, Susan Toby	Archaeology at the Aztec period village of Cihuatecpan, Mexico	1988
Evans, Susan Toby	Afterword	1988
Evans, Susan Toby	Bibliography	1988
Healan, Dan M.	Tula, Tollan, and the Toltecs in Mesoamerican prehistory	1989
Healan, Dan M.	Field methods	1989
Healan, Dan M.	Synopsis of structural remains in the canal locality	1989
Healan, Dan M.	Stratigraphy of the Canal Locality	1989
Healan, Dan M.	The Central Group and West Group	1989
Healan, Dan M.	Synthesis of Prehispanic occupation of Canal Locality	1989
Healan, Dan M.	Surface survey of the Tula urban zone	1989
Healan, Dan M.	Synthesis and conclusions	1989
Healan, Dan M.	Appendix II	1989
Healan, Dan M.	Bibliography	1989
Healan, Dan M.	MAPS Appendix III	1989
Heath-Smith, Cynthia	Analysis of faunal material recovered from Xochicalco	2000
Hirth, Kenn	Ancient urbanism at Xochicalco	2000
Hirth, Kenn	Bibliography	2000
Hirth, Kenn	The Xochicalco Mapping Project	2000
Hirth, Kenn	Flaked-stone obsidian tools and their behavioral implications	2000
Hirth, Kenn	Ground-stone tools and their behavioral implications	2000
Hirth, Kenn	The Xochicalco architectural atlas	2000
Hirth, Kenn	Appendix A	2000
Hirth, Kenn	Appendix C	2000
Lentz, David Lewis	Paleobotanical remains from western Morelos	2000
Mandeville, Margaret D.	Architectural remains in El Corral Locality	1989
McCoy, Bruce Gregory	Preliminary description of flotation sample materials from Cihuatecpan, Mexico	1988
Nichols, Deborah L.	Tradition summary	2010
Norr, Lynette	The excavation of a Postclassic house at Tetla	1987
Norr, Lynette	Appendix I	1987
Smith, Michael Ernest	The Aztecs	1997
Smith, Michael Ernest	Excavations of Aztec urban houses at Yautepec, Mexico	1999
Smith, Michael Ernest	Postclassic developments at Xochicalco	2000
Smith, Virginia	A Catalogue of carved monuments and a guide to the visual characteristics of Xochicalco's art style	2000
Smith, Virginia	The iconography of power at Xochicalco	2000
Smith, Virginia	The art and iconography of the Xochicalco stele	2000
Smith, Virginia	Appendix B	2000
Stocker, Terrance Lynn	The East Group and nearby remains	1989

Central Mexico Postclassic

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