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Chronological trends in the use of Valley of Oaxaca ceramics and ceramic styles at Cerro Jazmín, Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca

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Abstract This paper presents data on Late Formative to Terminal Formative (300 BCE–300 CE) ceramic assemblages that suggest a change in the use of Valley of Oaxaca ceramics and ceramic styles at… Click to show full abstract

Abstract This paper presents data on Late Formative to Terminal Formative (300 BCE–300 CE) ceramic assemblages that suggest a change in the use of Valley of Oaxaca ceramics and ceramic styles at Cerro Jazmin, Oaxaca, Mexico. We describe the characteristics of 29 dated ceramic assemblages from civic-ceremonial and residential contexts. We present INAA results and chronological trends in the ceramic assemblages that point to a decrease in the use of Valley of Oaxaca gray-ware serving vessels from the Late to Terminal Formative and a significant increase in the use of two types of locally-made serving vessels, one that was stylistically similar to crema vessels from the Valley of Oaxaca and another that was stylistically distinct and widespread in the Mixteca Alta, but rare in the Zapotec region. These serving vessels would have featured prominently in domestic and public food-consumption events. We interpret this shift as evidence of Cerro Jazmin's political and cultural independence, centuries after it was first established. Resumen En este articulo se presentan datos de colecciones ceramicas del Formativo tardio y terminal (300 a.C.–300 d.C.) del sitio mixteco llamado Cerro Jazmin, en Oaxaca, Mexico. A traves de la descripcion de 29 colecciones ceramicas asociadas a fechas de radiocarbono, se demuestra que hubo un cambio cronologico notable en el uso de ceramicas y estilos ceramicos procedentes del Valle de Oaxaca. El articulo describe las caracteristicas de las 29 coleccionees ceramicas provenientes de contextos residenciales y civico-ceremoniales ademas de presentar los resultados de un analisis por activacion neutronica de una muestra de los materiales. Los cambios cronologicos apuntan a una disminucion en el uso de ceramicas de pasta gris provenientes del Valle de Oaxaca del Formativo tardio al terminal. Otro cambio fue el incremento significativo en el uso de dos tipos ceramicos hechos en la region mixteca, uno que producia vasijas estilisticamente similares a las ceramicas cremas del Valle de Oaxaca y otro que seguia un estilo propio de la Mixteca Alta y que era menos frecuente en la region zapoteca. Arguimos que estos tipos ceramicos de vasijas de servicio hubieran sido importantes en actos de consumo de alimentos en el ambito domestico y en eventos publicos y rituales. Interpretamos este cambio ceramico como un reflejo de la creciente independencia politica y cultural de Cerro Jazmin siglos despues de su fundacion.

Keywords: valley oaxaca; use valley; oaxaca; mixteca alta

Journal Title: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Year Published: 2017

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