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Cultural identity and interregional interaction during the Gobernador phaseessay 2000 • Cyphers, Ann
Central Mexico Postclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This study compares Xochicalco's Gobernador phase ceramics (AD 650-900) with contemporaneous assemblages from other areas of Central Mexico during the Epiclassic period. Cyphers identifies differences in the distribution of red-on-brown Coyotlatelco ...Ceramicsessay 1987 • Cyphers, Ann
Olmec • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
In this description and typology of the Early and Middle Formative period ceramics from the Olmec-influenced highland site of Chalcatzingo, Cyphers Guillén presents wares in chronological order of appearance, with reference to rim shape, body shape, ...Selected stratigraphic unitsessay 1987 • Cyphers, Ann
Olmec • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This document lists and describes the 38 stratigraphic units utilized in establishing chronological control at the Olmec-influenced highland site of Chalcatzingo, as summarized with accompanying radiocarbon dates in Cyphers:1987 (Document 8)....Ceramic charts and illustrationsessay 1987 • Cyphers, Ann
Olmec • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This document provides a guide to codes for vessel shapes and decorative motifs mentioned in the ceramic analysis in Cyphers: 1987 (Document 16). Figure D.6. illustrates ceramics from the Gulf Coast Olmec centers of La Venta and Tres Zapotes (dominan...Ceramics of western Morelosessay 2000 • Cyphers, Ann & Hirth, Kenn
Central Mexico Postclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This study examines the ceramics from western Morelos to obtain information about cultural development and organization at Xochicalco as a step in establishing a ceramic chronology that could identify the full range of occupation at the site and prov...Chronology and cultural phases at Chalcatzingoessay 1987 • Cyphers, Ann & Grove, David C.
Olmec • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
Cyphers Guillén and Grove summarize the radiocarbon evidence for dating the Olmec-influenced highland site of Chalcatzingo, defining the cultural phases and subphases with reference to the site stratigraphy detailed in Cyphers: 1987 (Document 33)....The excavationsessay 1987 • Grove, David C. & Cyphers, Ann
Olmec • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
Grove and Cyphers Guillén systematically describe the excavation of architectural and water control features, graves, and carved stone monuments at the Olmec-influenced highland site of Chalcatzingo. Nearly all surviving Formative period architecture...