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HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSEHOLDS
Rural Agrarian Household Diversity
in Northwest Honduras
University Press of Colorado
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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
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Design by Daniel Pratt
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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
Description:The rural sector of agrarian societies has historically been viewed as composed of undifferentiated households primarily interested in self-sufficiency. In more recent times, households have been seen as more diverse than previously thought, both internally (within a single, cooperative unit) and co
