Thesis
Life and times in a late formative and classic period swamp forest in Chiapas, Mexico
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103790
Abstract
In the Socunusco region of Chiapas, Mexico archaeological investigations have focused on the use of estuaries by native peoples during the Archaic period and the transition to agriculture. This strong research direction has afforded archaeologists a vast amount of information yet we have a void in our knowledge about the use of these areas during subsequent periods. Recovery and analysis of pollen data from a 468-cm-long sediment core (SOC05-4) collected adjacent to Cerro de las Conchas has provided insight into how people utilized and modified the swamp forest/wetland interaction zone during the Late Formative and Classic Periods as well as a record of the local environment. These data indicate that this stable swamp forest zone was utilized by tropical agriculturalists, which grew maize and likely other domesticates, and practiced shifting agriculture. El Hueyate Swamp was a stable wetland environment during this period with a minor drying episode after the advent of the Classic Period coinciding with a temporary abandonment of the swamp forest by the agricultural inhabitants.
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- Title
- Life and times in a late formative and classic period swamp forest in Chiapas, Mexico
- Creators
- Karry L. Blake
- Contributors
- John G. Jones (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99900525149501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis