Excavations at Cerro Tilcajete: A Monte Albán II Administrative Center in the Valley of Oaxaca

Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Introduction to Volume 14
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Elites at Secondary Centers in the Zapotec State
	An Overview of Cerro Tilcajete and the Early Zapotec State
	Anthropological Approaches to Defining Zapotec Elites
	Summary
Chapter 2. Elite Behavior in the Early Zapotec State
	Zapotec Polities in the Sixteenth Century
	Summary
Chapter 3. The Oaxaca Valley in Monte Albán II (100 B.C.-A.D. 200)
	Archaeological Indicators of Elite Behavior
	The Regional Picture
	Monte Albán
	San José Mogote
	Dainzú
	Regions Outside the Valley
	Summary
Chapter 4. Cerro Tilcajete During Monte Albán II (100 B.C.-A.D. 200)
	The Surface Data
	Excavation Data
	Temples and Civic-Ceremonial Buildings
	Residential Excavations
	Pottery Types Believed to Reflect Status
	Household Ritual
	Obsidian
	Shell
	Summary
Chapter 5. Cerro Tilcajete and the Decline of the Zapotec State
	Monte Albán
	The Oaxaca Valley in the Classic Period
	The Chronology of the Late Classic and Epic1assic
	Jalieza
	Cerro Tilcajete
	Summary
Chapter 6. Conclusions
Appendix A. Ceramic Terms, Analysis, and Illustrations
Appendix B. Human Remains From Surface Collections and Features in Structures at Cerro Tilcajete, by William Duncan
Appendix C. The Shell Assemblage From Cerro Tilcajete, by Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas
Appendix D. Resumen En Castellano, by Christina Elson
Bibliography