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xiii tables 2.1. ams radiocarbon data from laguna Pastoría 51 3.1. lower río verde valley radiocarbon dates referred to in this chapter 78 4.1. age groups for minizundo phase burials 103 4.2. Burials with offerings, structure 8 106 4.3. age groups, cerro de la cruz 108 4.4. sex ratios, cerro de la cruz 109 4.5. Body position by age, cerro de la cruz 110 4.6. age groups for minizundo phase burials, río viejo 111 4.7. Burial offerings, río viejo 111 4.8. Body position by age, miniyua phase 113 4.9. Burial offerings, miniyua phase 116 4.10. Body position, chacahua phase, yugüe 117 4.11. Burial offerings and dental modification, chacahua phase 118 4.12. age groups by time period 121 5.1. Estimated volume of selected monumental buildings in the new World 150 5.2. labor investment in the construction of the río viejo acropolis, expressed in person-days for each step 151 5.3. minimum estimates in years for río viejo acropolis construction 153 xiv tabLes 7.1. interaction scenarios and their archaeological correlates 199 8.1. ceramic samples analyzed from the lower río verde region 232 8.2. Frequency of ceramic paste types through time in the lower río verde region 235 8.3. Frequency of ceramic vessel categories through time in the lower río verde region 236 8.4. Production step measures for lower río verde region ceramics through time 241 9.1. Frequency of figurine elements 266 9.2. Frequency of artifact forms 267 9.3. artifact dimensions 267 9.4. sex and gender in the lower río verde collection, organized by figurine type 271 9.5. Figurine types through time 286 9.6. ams radiocarbon dates from la consentida 289 ...

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