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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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Metallurgy
- Structures
- Settlement patterns
- General tools
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West Mexico Postclassic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100 BP - 650 BP (900 - 1350 AD)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Amapa site; Santiago Ixcuintla; Nayarit, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clement W. Meighan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-306)
- Microfiche not available
- Page numbers for plates given in 'List of Illustrations' are incorrect (off by 30)
- Pages 162-298, 487-506 (Appendices A - D and reports by Grosscup and Clune) are included as separate documents
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76018607
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of Mexico--Antiquities