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(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:4) (cid:8)(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:13)(cid:14)(cid:15)(cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:10)(cid:16)(cid:11)(cid:17)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:18)(cid:9)(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:18)(cid:12)(cid:22)(cid:13)(cid:7)(cid:16)(cid:23)(cid:20)(cid:10)(cid:19)(cid:16)(cid:24)(cid:25) (cid:16)(cid:17)(cid:13)(cid:26)(cid:18)(cid:10)(cid:24)(cid:21)(cid:27)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:24)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:18)(cid:17)(cid:22)(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:19) HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS Rural Agrarian Household Diversity in Northwest Honduras University Press of Colorado © 2002 by the University Press of Colorado Published by the University Press of Colorado 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C Boulder, Colorado 80303 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48- 1992 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Douglass, John G., 1968– Hinterland households : rural Agrarian household diversity in the Naco Valley, Northwest Honduras / by John G. Douglass. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87081-664-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Mayas—Antiquities. 2. Mayas—Agriculture. 3. Households—Honduras—Naco Valley. 4. Excavations (Archaeology)—Honduras—Naco Valley. 5. Social archaeology—Honduras—Naco Valley. 6. Land settlement patterns—Honduras—Naco Valley. 7. Naco Valley (Honduras)— Antiquities. I. Title. F1435 .D68 2002 972.83—dc21 2002001842 Design by Daniel Pratt 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii 1. Introduction 1 2. Settlement Patterns, Soil Differentiation, and Agrarian 17 Household Developmental Cycles 3. Conceptualizing and Documenting Household Architecture, 47 Activities, and Wealth in the Late Classic Naco Valley 4. Small Households: Architecture, Activities, and Wealth 67 5. Large Households: Architecture, Activities, and Wealth 109 6. Household Comparisons: A Return to Research Questions 139 7. Conclusions 157 Bibliography 161 Index 187 Figures 1.1. Map of eastern Mesoamerica 12 1.2. Map of southeast Mesoamerica 13 1.3. Map of La Sierra’s site core, Naco Valley, Honduras 15 2.1. The Naco Valley, northwest Honduras 24 2.2. Middle Formative occupation in the Naco Valley 28 2.3. Late Formative occupation in the Naco Valley 30 2.4. Early Classic occupation in the Naco Valley 32 2.5. Late Classic occupation in the Naco Valley 33 2.6. Confidence levels of the proportion of observed and 35 expected Late Classic rural households on each soil class 2.7. Box-and-dot plots of 10 percent trimmed number of 42 structures per Late Classic rural household on each soil class 2.8. Confidence levels for 10 percent trimmed mean number of 43 structures per Late Classic rural household on each soil class 2.9. Late Classic occupation in the Naco Valley, showing 45 hypothesized catchment zones for rural households on Class III soils viii Figures 4.1. Stem-and-leaf plot of rural household size on 68 classified soils in the Late Classic Naco Valley 4.2. Map of Site 112, Naco Valley 71 4.3. Map of Site 262, Naco Valley 73 4.4. Plan view of Site 262, Naco Valley 74 4.5. Site 262 estimates of the proportions of imported and 76 elaborately decorated ceramics 4.6. Site 262 estimates of proportions of bowl rim sherds per 77 structure 4.7. Map of Site 267, Naco Valley 80 4.8. Map of Site 288, Naco Valley 82 4.9. Plan view of Site 288, Naco Valley 83 4.10. Site 288 estimates of proportions of bowl-rim sherds per 85 structure 4.11. Site 288 estimates of proportions of imported and 86 elaborately decorated sherds 4.12. Map of Site 324, Naco Valley 87 4.13. Plan view of Site 324, Naco Valley 88 4.14. Site 324 estimates of proportions of bowl-rim sherds per 90 structure 4.15. Site 324 estimates of proportions of imported and 93 elaborately decorated sherds 4.16. Map of Site 335, Naco Valley 94 4.17. Plan view of Site 335, Naco Valley 95 4.18. Site 335 estimates of proportions of bowl-rim sherds per 97 structure 4.19. Site 335 estimates of proportions of imported and 98 elaborately decorated sherds per structure 4.20. Plan view of Site 486, Naco Valley 99 4.21. Mean structure size per small household 102 4.22. Small-household estimates of mean proportion of 104 bowl-rim sherds per household 4.23. Small-household estimates of the highest proportions of 105 bowl-rim sherds per household 4.24. Small-household estimates of mean proportions of 105 imported and elaborately decorated sherds per household 4.25. Small-household estimates of the highest proportions of 106 imported and elaborately decorated sherds per household Figures ix 5.1. Map of Site 120, Naco Valley 111 5.2. Plan view of Site 120, Naco Valley 112 5.3. Site 120 estimates of proportions of bowl-rim sherds per 114 structure 5.4. Site 120 estimates of proportions of imported and 117 elaborately decorated sherds per structure 5.5. Map of Site 386, Naco Valley 118 5.6. Plan view of Site 386, Group II, Naco Valley 119 5.7. Plan view of Site 386, Group IV, Naco Valley 122 5.8. Site 386, Group IV estimates of proportions of 125 bowl-rim sherds per structure 5.9. Site 386, Group IV estimates of proportions of 126 imported and elaborately decorated sherds per structure 5.10. Map of Site 485, Naco Valley 127 5.11. Plan view of Site 485, Naco Valley 128 5.12. Site 485 estimates of proportions of bowl-rim sherds per 130 structure 5.13. Site 485 estimates of proportions of imported and 131 elaborately decorated sherds per household 5.14. Mean structure size per large household 132 5.15. Mean structure size per small and large household 133 5.16. Small- and large-household estimates of 134 mean proportion of imported and elaborately decorated sherds per household 5.17. Small- and large-household estimates of the highest 135 estimated proportions of imported and elaborately decorated sherds per household 5.18. Small- and large-household estimates of 136 mean proportions of bowl-rim sherds per household 5.19. Small- and large-household estimates of highest 137 proportions of bowl-rim sherds per household 6.1. Summary of activities undertaken by households, 140 organized by soil class 6.2. Mean structure size per household, organized by 145 soil class 6.3. Household estimates of mean proportion of 146 imported and elaborately decorated sherds per household, organized by soil class

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(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:4) (cid:8)(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:13)(cid:14)(cid:15)(cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:10)(cid:16)(cid:11)(cid:17)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:18)(cid:9)(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:18)(cid:12)(cid:22)(cid:13)(cid:7)(cid:16)(cid:23)(cid:20)(cid:10)(cid:19)(cid:16)(cid:24)(cid:25) (cid:16)(cid:17)(cid:13)(cid:26)(cid:18)(cid:10)(cid:24)(cid:21)(cid:27)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:24)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:18)(cid:17)(cid:22)(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:19) HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS Rural Agrarian Household Diversity in Northwest Honduras University Press of Colorado © 2002 by the University Press of Colorado Published by the University Press of Colorado 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C Boulder, Colorado 80303 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48- 1992 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Douglass, John G., 1968– Hinterland households : rural Agrarian household diversity in the Naco Valley, Northwest Honduras / by John G. Douglass. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87081-664-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Mayas—Antiquities. 2. Mayas—Agriculture. 3. Households—Honduras—Naco Valley. 4. Excavations (Archaeology)—Honduras—Naco Valley. 5. Social archaeology—Honduras—Naco Valley. 6. Land settlement patterns—Honduras—Naco Valley. 7. Naco Valley (Honduras)— Antiquities. I. Title. F1435 .D68 2002 972.83—dc21 2002001842 Design by Daniel Pratt 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii 1. Introduction 1 2. Settlement Patterns, Soil Differentiation, and Agrarian 17 Household Developmental Cycles 3. Conceptualizing and Documenting Household Architecture, 47 Activities, and Wealth in the Late Classic Naco Valley 4. Small Households: Architecture, Activities, and Wealth 67 5. Large Households: Architecture, Activities, and Wealth 109 6. Household Comparisons: A Return to Research Questions 139 7. Conclusions 157 Bibliography 161 Index 187 Figures 1.1. Map of eastern Mesoamerica 12 1.2. Map of southeast Mesoamerica 13 1.3. Map of La Sierra’s site core, Naco Valley, Honduras 15 2.1. The Naco Valley, northwest Honduras 24 2.2. Middle Formative occupation in the Naco Valley 28 2.3. Late Formative occupation in the Naco Valley 30 2.4. Early Classic occupation in the Naco Valley 32 2.5. Late Classic occupation in the Naco Valley 33 2.6. Confidence levels of the proportion of observed and 35 expected Late Classic rural households on each soil class 2.7. Box-and-dot plots of 10 percent trimmed number of 42 structures per Late Classic rural household on each soil class 2.8. Confidence levels for 10 percent trimmed mean number of 43 structures per Late Classic rural household on each soil class 2.9. Late Classic occupation in the Naco Valley, showing 45 hypothesized catchment zones for rural households on Class III soils viii Figures 4.1. Stem-and-leaf plot of rural household size on 68 classified soils in the Late Classic Naco Valley 4.2. Map of Site 112, Naco Valley 71 4.3. Map of Site 262, Naco Valley 73 4.4. Plan view of Site 262, Naco Valley 74 4.5. Site 262 estimates of the proportions of imported and 76 elaborately decorated ceramics 4.6. Site 262 estimates of proportions of bowl rim sherds per 77 structure 4.7. Map of Site 267, Naco Valley 80 4.8. Map of Site 288, Naco Valley 82 4.9. Plan view of Site 288, Naco Valley 83 4.10. Site 288 estimates of proportions of bowl-rim sherds per 85 structure 4.11. Site 288 estimates of proportions of imported and 86 elaborately decorated sherds 4.12. Map of Site 324, Naco Valley 87 4.13. Plan view of Site 324, Naco Valley 88 4.14. Site 324 estimates of proportions of bowl-rim sherds per 90 structure 4.15. Site 324 estimates of proportions of imported and 93 elaborately decorated sherds 4.16. Map of Site 335, Naco Valley 94 4.17. Plan view of Site 335, Naco Valley 95 4.18. Site 335 estimates of proportions of bowl-rim sherds per 97 structure 4.19. Site 335 estimates of proportions of imported and 98 elaborately decorated sherds per structure 4.20. Plan view of Site 486, Naco Valley 99 4.21. Mean structure size per small household 102 4.22. Small-household estimates of mean proportion of 104 bowl-rim sherds per household 4.23. Small-household estimates of the highest proportions of 105 bowl-rim sherds per household 4.24. Small-household estimates of mean proportions of 105 imported and elaborately decorated sherds per household 4.25. Small-household estimates of the highest proportions of 106 imported and elaborately decorated sherds per household Figures ix 5.1. Map of Site 120, Naco Valley 111 5.2. Plan view of Site 120, Naco Valley 112 5.3. Site 120 estimates of proportions of bowl-rim sherds per 114 structure 5.4. Site 120 estimates of proportions of imported and 117 elaborately decorated sherds per structure 5.5. Map of Site 386, Naco Valley 118 5.6. Plan view of Site 386, Group II, Naco Valley 119 5.7. Plan view of Site 386, Group IV, Naco Valley 122 5.8. Site 386, Group IV estimates of proportions of 125 bowl-rim sherds per structure 5.9. Site 386, Group IV estimates of proportions of 126 imported and elaborately decorated sherds per structure 5.10. Map of Site 485, Naco Valley 127 5.11. Plan view of Site 485, Naco Valley 128 5.12. Site 485 estimates of proportions of bowl-rim sherds per 130 structure 5.13. Site 485 estimates of proportions of imported and 131 elaborately decorated sherds per household 5.14. Mean structure size per large household 132 5.15. Mean structure size per small and large household 133 5.16. Small- and large-household estimates of 134 mean proportion of imported and elaborately decorated sherds per household 5.17. Small- and large-household estimates of the highest 135 estimated proportions of imported and elaborately decorated sherds per household 5.18. Small- and large-household estimates of 136 mean proportions of bowl-rim sherds per household 5.19. Small- and large-household estimates of highest 137 proportions of bowl-rim sherds per household 6.1. Summary of activities undertaken by households, 140 organized by soil class 6.2. Mean structure size per household, organized by 145 soil class 6.3. Household estimates of mean proportion of 146 imported and elaborately decorated sherds per household, organized by soil class

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