Angela Huster
The past two years have seen the
publication of several articles, book chapters, and a dissertation related to
the project. If you would like a copy, please contact me or the authors. (If you've written something on the project and I missed it, please let me know!)
Huster, Angela C.
2018
Regional-Level Exchange in Postclassic Central
Mexico. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 50: 40-53.
This article summarizes Middle and
Late Postclassic trade patterns in ceramics in the Basin of Mexico, Morelos,
and Toluca Valley, using data from Calixtlahuaca and several other published
projects. It evaluates three hypotheses for the origins of the Postclassic
market system and finds both bottom-up and top-down processes played roles, but
that that the market system was not a product of the Aztec Empire.
Huster, Angela C.
2016 The Effects of Aztec Conquest on
Provincial Commoner Households at Calixtlahuaca, Mexico. Doctoral
Dissertation, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State
University, Tempe, AZ.
An evaluation of Aztec rulership
strategies, using Calixtlahuaca as a case study. Includes trade, craft
production, household wealth, and identity based on domestic ritual and food
preparation.
Manin, Aurélie, Raphaël Cornette and Christine Lefèvre
2016 Sexual dimorphism among Mesoamerican
turkeys: a key for understanding past husbandry. Journal of Archaeological
Science: Reports 10:526-533.
This paper is an analysis of turkey bones from multiple Classic
and Postclassic sites in Western Mesoamerica, including Calixtlahuaca. It shows
that Mesoamerican turkey flocks were heavily skewed toward female birds, which
is consistent with flocks managed for a mix of egg and meat production.
Manin, Aurélie and Christine Lefèvre
2016 The use of animals in Northern
Mesoamerica, between the Classic and the Conquest (200-1521 AD). An attempt at
regional synthesis on central Mexico. Anthropozoologica 51(2):127-147.
This paper is an analysis of faunal
material from multiple Classic and Postclassic sites in Western Mesoamerica,
including Calixtlahuaca. Calixtlahuaca shows a relatively heavy reliance on
dog, and somewhat less on hunted on garden-hunted species.
Sergheraert, Maëlle
2016 Aztec Provinces of the Central Highlands.
In The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs, edited by D. L. Nichols and E.
Rodríguez-Alegría, pp. 463-472. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
An overview of the archaeological and
ethnohistorical evidence for Aztec rule in Central Mexico, using Calixtlahuaca
as a case study.
Smith, Michael E.
2016 Aztec Urbanism: Cities and Towns. In The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs,
edited by D. L. Nichols and E. Rodríguez-Alegría, pp. 201-218. Oxford
University Press, Oxford.
An overview of organization, form,
population, and common features of Aztec cities, including Calixtlahuaca.
Umberger, Emily and Casandra Hernández
Fahan
2017 Matlatzinco Before the Aztecs: José
García Payón and the Sculptural Corpus of Calixtlahuaca. Ancient Mesoamerica
28(1):1-19.
This work summarizes Emily, Casandra
and Maëlle’s work on the stone sculptures from the Garcia Payón excavations at
Calixtlahuaca. While the best-known sculptures from the site are Aztec-style
pieces, there are also a large number of pieces in a local Matlatzinca style,
which are described for the first time in this article.
