The archaeology of Amapa, Nayarit

Meighan, Clement Woodward

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The archaeology of Amapa, Nayarit

archaeology of amapa, nayarit • Los Angeles • Published In 1976 • Pages: xxi, 1-162, 299-487

By: Meighan, Clement Woodward.

Abstract
Meighan discusses the findings from the excavations at the site of Amapa. The excavations uncovered evidence of occupation that extended from the Gavilán phase circa 300 B.C. up through the Santiago phase which ended circa 1400 A.D. Excavations occurred in Groups A through F. Excavations were placed in the center of some of the various mound groups, in both large and small mounds, two cemeteries, and a ballcourt. The faunal remains, the human skeletal remains, the ballcourt, and the ceramic sequence are described in more detail in document numbers 9 through 14. Findings from the excavations include ceramics (ornaments, whistles, spindle whorls, pipes, figurines, etc.), ground stone artifacts (manos, metates, other tools, ornaments, spindle whorls, etc.), flaked stone artifacts, metal artifacts mostly made of copper (fishhooks, ornaments, bells, other tools), and shell and bone artifacts. Most, if not all, of the larger mounds were constructed during the Cerritos phase (600 A.D. - 1000 A.D.) which extends into the Postclassic time period by 100 years. As these mounds continued to be used during the Ixcuintla phase (1000 A.D. - 1300 A.D.) and Santiago phase (1300 A.D. - circa 1400 A.D.) they were lightly indexed for Outline of Cultural Material (OCM) categories. Other artifacts associated with the Cerritos phase were also lightly indexed for OCMs. The reader will have to use caution when using OCMs not to mix time periods.

Burial practices and funerals

West Mexico Postclassic

HRAF PubDate

2001