5. The Zapotitan Valley Archeological Survey

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. Contributor 1
5. 2. Tierra Blanca Joven Tephra from the a d 260 Eruption of Ilopango Caldera 14
6. 3. C lassic to Postclassic Tephra Layers Exposed in Archeological Sites, Eastern Zapotitan Valley 44
7. 4. An Evaluation of Soil Properties and Potentials in Different Volcanic D eposits 52
8. 5. The Zapotitan Valley Archeological Survey 62
9. 6. Excavations at the Cam bio Site 98
10. 7 . The Ceren Site: A C lassic Period Maya Residence and Agricultural Field in the Zapotitan Valley 119
11. 8. The Ceren Survey and Test Excavations at C-2, a Postclassic Village 152
12. 9. The C eram ics of the Zapotitan Valley 161
13. 10. Chipped Stone from the Zapotitan Valley 195
14. 1 1 . Ground Stone of the Zapotitan Valley 229
15. 1 2 . Recent Geophysical Explorations at Ceren 254
16. 1 3 . Summary and Conclusions 275
17. Appendix I. A nalysis of Faunal M aterials from the Protoclassic Project in the Zapotitan Valley, 1978 Season 295
18. Appendix II. Pollen A nalyses from 1978 Research in the Zapotitan Valley 300
19. Contributors 303
20. Index 305