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Título del libro: The Oxford Handbook Of The Olmecs
Título del capítulo: QUIOTEPEC?OXTOTITLAN: Olmec in Guerrero? When?

Autores UNAM:
PAUL SCHMIDT SCHOENBERG;
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Año de publicación:
2025
Palabras clave:

Formative periods; Gulf coast; Radiocarbon dates; Urban centers


Resumen:

© Oxford University Press 2025 All rights reserved.After Miguel Covarrubias proposed Guerrero as the area of Olmec origin, the first radiocarbon dates associated with Olmec remains from La Venta and San Lorenzo convinced most Mesoamericanists that Olmec beginnings lay in the Gulf Coast during the Early Formative period. Olmec-style objects occur throughout Guerrero and have been attributed mostly to the Middle Formative period, contemporaneous with La Venta on the Gulf Coast. The Olmec-style paintings at the Oxtotitlan cave, described first by David C. Grove, constitute the most prominent case. This article presents recent radiocarbon dates from two sites: the urban center of Quiotepec-Oxtotitlan and Baño Negro, a nearby small habitation site with some Olmec-style ceramics. These new dates suggest the Olmec presence here goes back to the Early Formative, requiring a new outlook on Olmec manifestations outside the Gulf Coast.


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