essay
The Chalcatzingo burials
ancient chalcatzingo • Austin • Published In 1987 • Pages: 457-480
By: Merry de Morales, Marcia.
Abstract
This document presents the raw data on burials at the Olmec-influenced highland sites of Chalcatzingo and Tetla; data summarized and interpreted in Merry de Morales:1987 (Document 11). Listed are location (by structure, excavation unit and depth), interment type, age and sex (general age group only; gender rarely available), position of the corpse and compass orientation, grave furniture, date (by phase or period), and commentary on salient features and post-depositional disturbance.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central Mexico
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Paleoanthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Leon G. Doyon ; 2007
- Field Date
- 1972-1976
- Coverage Date
- 3100 BP-1100 BP
- Coverage Place
- Chalcatzingo, Morelos State, Mexico
- Notes
- Marcia Merry de Morales
- hematite pigment - use 'PERSONAL GROOMING (302)' or 'PAINT AND DYE MANUFACTURE (386)'; crypts, stone - use 'BURIAL PRACTICES AND FUNERALS (764)' and 'MASONRY (333)'; censers - use 'UTENSILS (415)' and 'PRAYERS AND SACRIFICES (782)'
- For bibliographical references see Grove: 1987 (Document 3)
- LCCN
- 85022673
- LCSH
- Olmecs