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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE BASIN OF MEXICO AND THE CENTRAL MEXICAN SYMBIOTIC REGION: DEVELOPMENT, PRESENT STATUS, FUTURE PROSPECTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 December 2015

Thomas H. Charlton ,
Patricia Fournier  and
Cynthia L. Otis Charlton
Thomas H. Charlton
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (deceased)
Patricia Fournier*
Affiliation:
Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Periférico Sur y Zapote, Colonia Isidro Fabela, Delegación Tlalpan, México DF 14030, México City
Cynthia L. Otis Charlton
Affiliation:
1381 Fir Ave, Wellman, Iowa 52356–9791
*
E-mail correspondence to: patricia_fournier@inah.gob.mx
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Abstract

The development of the field of historical archaeology in Mexico has made many advances since the inception, in effect, of its practice there in the 1960s. The roots of historical archaeology in the Central Mexican Symbiotic Region (CMSR) in general and in the Basin of Mexico in particular are discussed. Specific case studies illustrating some of the Historical Archaeology that has been done in the CMSR are referenced with particular note of some of the diagnostic materials that have been valuable to the studies. The value of these studies to the record of post-Conquest Mexico is noted as are the prospects for continued research in the area.

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Special Section: Taking Stock of Basin of Mexico Archaeology in the Early Twenty-First Century, Part 2
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , Fall 2015 , pp. 459 - 470
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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