Excavations at Santo Domingo Tomaltepec: Evolution of a Formative Community in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Plates
List of Appendices
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
	1. The Analytical Perspective and Objectivess of the Study
	2. The Cultural Setting: The Formative Period in Mesoamerica
	3. The Physical Setting: Oaxaca and the Sire of Tomaltepec
	4. Excavations at Tomaltepec
II. Early Formative Occupation at Tomaltepec: The Tierras Largas Phase
	1. The Tierra Largas Phase, ca. 1400 B.C - 1150 B.C
	2. Composition of the Community
	3. Social Differentiation
	4. Subsistence Activities
	5. Craft and Exchange Activities
	6. Summary
III. Early Formative Occupation at Tomaltepec: The San Jose Phase
	1. The San Jose Phase, ca. 1150 B.C. - 850 B.C.
	2. Composition of the Community
	3. Social Differentiation
	4. Subsistence Activties
	5. Craft and Exchange Activities
	6. Summary and Discussion of the Early Formative Evidence
IV. Middles Formative Occupation at Tomaltepec: The Rosario Phase
	1. The Rosario Phase
	2. Composition of the Community
	3. Social Differentiation
	4. Subsitence Activities
	5. Craft and Exchange Activities
	6. Summary
V. Middle Formative Occupation at Tomaltepec: The Monte Alban Ia Phase
	1. The Monte Alban Ia Phase, ca. 450 B.C. - 300 B.C.
	2. Composition of the Community
	3. Social Differentiation
	4. Subsistence Activities
	5. Craft and Exchange Activities
	6. Summary and Discussion of the Middle Formative Evidence
VI. Late Formative Occupation at Tomaltepec: The Monte Alabn Ic Phase
	1. The Monte Alban Ic Phase, ca. 300 B.C - 100 B.C.
	2. Composition of the Community
	3. Social Differentiation
	4. Subsistence Activities
	5. Craft and Exchange Activities
	6. Summary and Discussion of the Late Formative Evidence
VII. Terminal Formative Abandonment of Tomaltepec: The Monte Alban II Phase
	1. The Monte alban II Phase ca. 100 B.C. - A.D. 200
	2. Composition of the Community
	3. Social Differentiation
	4. Subsistence Activities
	5. Craft and Exchange Activities
	6. Summary and Discussion of the Terminal Formative Evidence
VIII. Formative Period Development within the Valley of Oaxaca: A Regional Perspective
	1. The Early Formative
	2. The Middle Formative
	3. The Late Formative
	4. The Terminal Formative
	5. Conclusions
Appendices
References
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