LACUSTRINE DYNAMICS AND TLATEL-TYPE SETTLEMENTS FROM MIDDLE FORMATIVE TO LATE AZTEC IN THE EASTERN PART OF LAKE TEXCOCO, MEXICO
| Autor: | Charles D. Frederick, Luis Morett-Alatorre, Carlos E. Cordova, Lorena Gámez-Eternod |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Formative assessment
010506 paleontology Type (biology) Geography 060102 archaeology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Human settlement Geography Planning and Development 0601 history and archaeology 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Archaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Ancient Mesoamerica. 33:211-226 |
| ISSN: | 1469-1787 0956-5361 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0956536120000322 |
| Popis: | In the territories of the former lakes in the Basin of Mexico, a tlatel was an insular settlement associated with the exploitation of lacustrine resources. This study examines the stratigraphy and geomorphological context of three tlateles in the eastern part of the former Lake Texcoco and correlates their phases of development with regional paleoclimatic trends from the seventh century b.c. to the sixteenth century. The results of this research indicate that fluvio-lacustrine (i.e., deltaic) sedimentation and freshwater springs in the lake basin were important features for the establishment of tlatel settlements in the highly dynamic and saline lacustrine environment. The formation and abandonment of the studied tlateles correlate with changes in other settlements and developments recorded in other parts of Lake Texcoco. Sites and sediments in the eastern part of Lake Texcoco provide proxy information on the lacustrine changes that accompanied the development of Tenochtitlan and other lacustrine settlements in its western part. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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