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Late Classic and Epiclassic obsidian procurement and consumption in the southeastern Toluca Valley, Central Highland Mexico
… obsidian artifacts were excavated from two platform mounds at the Late Classic and Epiclassic period site locus of Santa Cruz Atizapan in the Toluca Valley, Mexico. These artifacts were studied using an attribute analysis, chemical sourcing techniques, and use-wear analysis in order to …
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An Archaeological Model of the Construction of Monks Mound and Implications for the Development of the Cahokian Society (800 - 1400 A.D.)
This dissertation presents a model for the development of Cahokian society through the lens of monumental construction. Previous models of Cahokian society have emphasized the accumulation of individual power and domination of the many by a few. Using analogies from the ethnography and ethnohistory …