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THE SHAFT TOMBS OF EL PIÑON, BOLAÑOS CANYON, STATE OF JALISCO, MEXICO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2007

María Teresa Cabrero García  and
Carlos López Cruz
María Teresa Cabrero García*
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, 04510 México City, México
Carlos López Cruz
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, 04510 México City, México
*
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Abstract

A group of three unlooted shaft tombs was discovered and excavated in the site of El Piñon, in Bolaños Canyon of northern Jalisco and southern Zacatecas. The details of the excavations are discussed here, highlighting chronology, the presence of local and trade goods, the osteological analysis, and the question of sequential versus single interment.

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Research Article
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , Fall 2007 , pp. 239 - 257
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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