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Preclassic household patterns preserved under volcanic ash at Tetimpa, Puebla, Mexico

Latin American antiquity : a journal of the Society for American Archaeology9 (4) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 287-309

By: Plunket, Patricia Scarborough.

Abstract
Plunket and Uruñuela excavated at Tetimpa, a village in a region that was buried by volcanic ash. When people evacuated, they left behind many of their domestic artifacts, providing archaeologists a unique look at rural life that includes agricultural fields. Plunket and Uruñuela describe several house compounds they found along with the artifacts, features, and some interesting volcano effigy shrines within the compounds. They found that domestic space was standardized and that the layout was used in later apartment compounds at Teotihuacan.
Subjects
Household
Dwellings
Building interiors and arrangement
Sacred objects and places
Visual arts
tradition
Central Mexico Classic
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub Region
Central Mexico
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2009
Field Date
1993
Coverage Date
2050-1900 BP (50 BC-AD 100)
Coverage Place
Tetimpa, Puebla, Mexico
Notes
Patricia Plunket and Gabriela Uruñuela
Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-309)
LCCN
91649207
LCSH
Mexico--Antiquities