This volume presents new information from a program of intensive
archaeological survey and surface collection at an important Olmec
and Epi-Olmec center. A dual strategy of systematic interval
transect sampling and full-coverage survey of architectural
features and artifact concentrations permits an evaluation of the
relative effectiveness of these commonly employed methods. Auger
testing in floodplain areas yielded evidence of extensive buried
deposits. Distributional analysis of the surface and subsurface
data documents the site's growth and decline from 900 BC to AD 900
in radiocarbon years and confirm that Tres Zapotes achieved its
apogee during the Late and Terminal Formative periods (400 BCAD
300). An attribute analysis of burned earthen artifacts
discriminates between daub and probable kiln remains, helping to
define ceramic production loci. Interpretive chapters discuss the
organization of ceramic and obsidian craft production, concluding
that craft activities were mainly household based with little elite
control over production. The concluding synthesis argues for weak
centralization of authority of Tres Zapotes and highlights
variability in the political and economic processes affecting forms
of urbanism in the lowlands of Mesoamerica.
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