Early Formative Pottery of the Valley of Oaxaca

Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Raw Materials and Pottery-Making Techniques of Early Formative Oaxaca: An Introduction, by William O. Payne
	Geologic Origins
	Beneficiation of Materials
	Forming Techniques
	Decoration of Wares
	Drying Practice
	Firing of Wares
	Cooling and Drawing of Ware
	Functions of Early Formative Pottery
	Glossary of Ceramic Terms
Chapter 3. Studies of Traditional Pottery Making in the Valley of Oaxaca, 1955-1973
	San Marcos
	Coyotepec
	Ocotlan
	Atzompa
	Pottery Making at Atzompa
Chapter 4. Site Formation Processes and the Quality of Sherd Collections
	The Incorporation of Sherds into Households
	Small Middens Near Houses
	Sherds in the Dooryards of Household Units
	Bell-Shaped Pits in Dooryards
	Community and Barrio Middens
	Samples from Public Buildings
	Arroyos and Slopewash
	How Formative Villages Grew
	Summary
Chapter 5. Synchronic and Diachronic Variation in Ceramics
	Summary
Chapter 6. Types and Sherd Counts: Some Methodological Questions
	The Order of Data Presentation
	Honk if You Like Undecorated Body Sherds
	An Adequate Sample of What?
	Our Choice of Ceramic Typology
Chapter 7. The Espiridion Complex
	Purron-Espiridion Comparisons
	The Origins of Pottery Making in Oaxaca
	Bottle Gourds as Prototypes in Other Regions
	Pottery Types of the Espiridion Complex
	Purron Plain
	Espiridion Thin
	Tierras Largas Burnished Plain
	A Possible Figurine of Miniature Mask
Chapter 8. The Tierras Largas Phase
	Tierras Largas Burnished Plain
	Tierras Largas Unburnished Plain
	General Category: Early Highland Red-on-Buff Painted Wares
	Avelina Red-on-Buff
	Clementina Fine Red-on-Buff
	Matadamas Red
	Matadamas Orange
	Ocos Black
Chapter 9. The Transition from Espiridion Complex to Tierras Largas Phase: Midden Stratigraphy
	The Threshing Floor Sector
	Bedrock
	Zone H
	Zone G2
	The G2-G1 Boundary
	Zone G1
	The G1-F Boundary
	Zone F
	House 18
	Conclusion
Chapter 10. A Sample of Tierras Largas Phase Households
	Household Unit LTL-1, Area B, Tierras Largas
	Household Unit LTL-3, Area C, Tierras Largas
	Feature 100 at Tierras Largas
	Feature 65, Area B, San Jose Mogote
	Summary
	Appendix to Chapter 10
Chapter 11. Dating Tierras Largas Phase Public Buildings
	Structure 3
	Structure 5
	Structure 6
Chapter 12. The San Jose Phase
	"Earth" and "Sky" in the Symbolism of the San Jose Phase
	An Inventory of Free-Standing Motifs
	The Origins of the "Double-Line-Break" Motif
	An Inventory of Double-Line-Breaks
	Pottery Types of the San Jose Phase
		Fidencio Coarse
		Leandro Gray
		Atoyac Yellow-white
		San Jose Red-on-White
		Lupita Heavy Plain
		Hybrid Type: Atoyac Yellow-White Outside, Matadamas Orange Inside
		San Jose Black-and-White
		Xochiltepec White
		Delfina Fine Gray
		San Jose Specular Red
		La Mina White
		Coatepec White-rimmed Black
		Delia White
		Other Foreign Pottery Types
		Paloma Negative
		Cesto White
		Madera Brown?
		Guamuchal Brushed
	Synchronic Variation in Foreign Types
Chapter 13. The Transition from Tierras Largas Phase to San Jose Phase: Midden Stratigraphy
	Features in Bedrock
	Zone G
	Zone F
	Zone E
	Selected Features from Zone E
	Zone D2
	Later Stratigraphic Levels
Chapter 14. Chronological Variation During the San Jose Phase: Household Sequences in Two Residential Wards
	Area A: Four Households and a Midden
	Summary of Area A
	Eight Houses from Area C, San Jose Mogote
	Features Related to the Area C Houses
	Summary of Area C
	House 14, Area C
Chapter 15. Synchronic Variation 1: Differences Between A High-Status Household and a Low-Status Household
	House 13, San Jose Mogote
	House 16-17, San Jose Mogote
	Evidence for High Status
	Conclusion
Chapter 16. Synchronic Variation 2: Differences Between Residential Wards at the Same Village
	Household Units C4-C1, Area A
	Houses 16-17, Area B
	Conclusion
Chapter 17. Synchronic Variation 3: Differences Between Villages 30 km Apart
	Midden Stratigraphy of Operation A at Abasolo
	House 1 of Abasolo
Chapter 18. Dating San Jose Phase Public Buildings
	Structures 7, Area C
	Structure 16, Area A
	Structures 1 and 2, Area A
	Conclusion
Chapter 19. Ceramic Crossties and Early Formative Radiocarbon Dates
	Problems with Radiocarbon Dating
	The Espiridion Complex
	The Tierras Largas Phase
	The San Jose Phase
	Ties with the Basin of Mexico
	Contrasts with Morelos
	Ties with the Southern Puebla
	Ties with the Gulf Coast
	Relations to the South
	The San Jose/Guadalupe Transition in the Etla Region
	Conclusion
Chapter 20. The Olmec and the Valley of Oaxaca: A Revision
	How Our Ideas Have Changed
	A Revised Model for 1994
	Suggestions for the Future
Chapter 21. Resumen en Espanol, por Sonia Guillen
Bibliography