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La Isla, Veracruz, 1991

A preliminary report, with comments on the olmec uplands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

David C. Grove
David C. Grove
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Department of Anthropology, 109 Davenport Hall, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Abstract

This article reports on 1991 archaeological investigations at La Isla, a small site near the Olmec center of Laguna de los Cerros, Veracruz. Excavations of Mound D, the mound's possible association with three Olmec monument fragments found in the 1970s, and problems of site stratigraphy are discussed. The article concludes with comments on the western sector of the Olmec area. The overall distribution of major Olmec centers is then considered, and a “zonal complementarity” model associating the location of those centers with distinctive natural resources is introduced.

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Special Section: Southern Veracruz Archaeology
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , Fall 1994, pp. 223 - 230
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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