La Consentida explores Early Formative period transitions in residential mobility,
subsistence, and social organization at the site of La Consentida in coastal Oaxaca, Mexico …

The application of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic analysis of bone collagen and apatite
has become a common toolkit in the study of Prehispanic Mesoamerican diets. Food is …

In this paper, we discuss dietary and possible medicinal practices of an Early Formative
period (2000–1000 BCE) community transitioning from Archaic-style to Formative-style …

The transition from Archaic to Formative, around 1900 (cal) bc, has traditionally been
understood as the moment in which sedentism, well-fired ceramic containers, and a …

Research conducted since 2003 in and around the regional center of Tres Zapotes,
Veracruz documents the importance of aquatic resources and transportation routes for …

Seven AMS radiocarbon dates (1950–1525 cal BC) from controlled contexts demonstrate
Early Formative period occupation in coastal Oaxaca, Mexico. These dated elements from …

We investigate the dietary impact of urbanism on the population of Cerro Jazmín, a Late and
Terminal Formative urban center in the Mixteca Alta region of Mexico (300 BC-AD 300). We …

This article examines large-scale spatial and temporal patterns in the agricultural
demographic transition (ADT) of Mesoamerica and southwestern North America (“the …

This article examines the roles of coastal environments in prehispanic settlement patterns
and land use within the lower Río Verde Valley, Oaxaca, México using interdisciplinary …

Over the past several decades, a large corpus of studies has been published on the
relationship between resource availability and settlement in coastal Mesoamerica …