Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 3
3. CONTENTS 5
4. I. INTRODUCTION
5. 1. PROBLEMS AND METHOD 5
6. 2. THE AREA 10
7. II. THE EXCAVATIONS
8. 1. Diablo Cave 21
9. 2. La Perra Cave 27
10. 3. Nogales Cave 32
11. 4. Armadillo Cave 36
12. 5. Cueva Humada 38
13. 6. Cerro de Guadalupe Ruin 41
14. 7. La Salta Ruin 43
15. 8. Nogales Plain 44
16. 9. Surveyed Sites 45
17. III. Description of Artifacts
18. 1. Projectile Points 57
19. 2. Scrapers 75
20. 3. Bifaces 85
21. 4. Ground Stone 88
22. 5. Bone Tools 94
23. 6. Bone, Stone, Shell, Clay and Copper Ornaments 94
24. 7. Perishables 97
25. 8. Pottery 105
26. 9. Figurines 122
27. 10. Other Clay Objects 128
28. 11. Architectural Features 130
29. 12. Burials 133
30. 13. Pictographs 134
31. 14. Settlement Patterns 136
32. 15. Vegetal and Faunal Remains 139
33. IV. Conclusions
34. 1. Summary of the Artifact Complexes 152
35. 2. Comparisons 165
36. 2. Comparisons 165 3. Relative and Absolute Dating of the Sierra de Tamaulipas Sequence 193
37. 4. Problems and Speculations 199
38. Bibliography 204
39. Index 207
40. CONTENTS OF VOLUME 48 212