Dr. Arion Mayes, Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology and a director of the Biological Anthropology Laboratory, will discuss findings from two sites located on the Pacific coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. Occupied from the Middle Formative to the Early Post-classic periods, R?o Viejo is a 250-hectare site on the west bank of the R?o Verde. It was an urban center and the political seat of a regional polity. Cerro de la Cruz is a small Late Formative site covering 1.5 hectares located in the floodplain. Suggestions that Cerro de la Cruz is an example of the territorial expansion of Monte Alban, as well as the evidence against this, have been offered. While distant influences are evident on the skeleton and dentition, it does not appear to be in the form of violent conquest, supporting the archaeological evidence.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Los Pe?asquitos Ranch Adobe
12122 Canyonside Park Drive
San Diego, CA 92129
Tuesday, February 27 - 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
For more information, please call: (858) 538-0935 or visit: www.sdcas.org
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Los Pe?asquitos Ranch Adobe
12122 Canyonside Park Drive
San Diego, CA 92129
Tuesday, February 27 - 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
For more information, please call: (858) 538-0935 or visit: www.sdcas.org
