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Perishable Structures and Serial Dwellings from Coastal Chiapas: Implications for the Archaeology of Households

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Jerry D. Moore  and
Janine L. Gasco
Jerry D. Moore
Affiliation:
Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA
Janine L. Gasco
Affiliation:
Social Process Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, USA
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Abstract

Perishable structures of pole and thatch construction are abundant in both modern and ancient settlements in Mesoamerica. This essay uses archaeological, ethnographic, and historic data from coastal Chiapas, Mexico, to define the features of such elusive buildings and to examine ways of demonstrating sequential occupation. The emphasis throughout is on investigating perishable structures in both their social and environmental settings.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , Fall 1990 , pp. 205 - 212
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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