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Archaeological Interpretations of West Mexican Ceramic Art From the Late Preclassic Period: Three Figurine projects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Jane Stevenson Day ,
Kristi Butterwick  and
Robert B. Pickering
Jane Stevenson Day
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Denver Museum of Natural History, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205-5798, USA
Kristi Butterwick
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Denver Museum of Natural History, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205-5798, USA
Robert B. Pickering
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Denver Museum of Natural History, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205-5798, USA
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Abstract

Scholars of West Mexico generally rely on the ceramic figurine tradition found in shaft tombs for interpreting the prehistory of the Late Preclassic period. Three new projects on shaft-tomb ceramics seek to advance our understanding of the Late Formative culture and societies of this region. First, ceramic figures are examined for evidence of the ball game in West Mexico; second, for cultural information about domestic and community organization; and third, for ways to differentiate authentic figures from modern reproductions.

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Special Section: Recent Research in the Lake Basins of Highland Jalisco
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , Spring 1996 , pp. 149 - 161
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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