El Calon

Figure 2 El Calon has increases in elevations that rise to one plateau. Its stratigraphy is that of a layering process leading to one peak in an organized manner, suggesting that this was more planned than figure 1. This planning maybe means that El Calon was built with a definite reason in mind, maybe a temple. Figure 2 was detailed as having morphology like a pyramid again leading me to think that it is a definite structure used for a purpose.

2. Imagine yourself conducting surveys or excavations in the areas around the mounds. What else would you like to know about the mounds and their wider contexts in order to draw firmer conclusions? (1 point)

It would be helpful to know what kind of tools and artifacts were found in the area. Whether any items or tools were found at Chantuto, that would support the idea that the area was used for cooking. If any items were found at El Calon that would suggest a religious site.

Which of these adaptations do you think would be more conducive to increasing social complexity, and why? (1 point)

To me the highlands were much more conducive to the increased social complexity, due the fact the highland areas had more signs and remains of human use of the land to ensure their survival needs were met. In the highlands the climate and possibly the ground conditions caused them to start domesticating crops for harvest, have more complex living arrangements and eventually once the crops started providing enough sustainability, the people felt secure enough in surviving they took the time to make more ornate baskets and pottery again showing an increased social complexity over the coastal region.

The coastal region provided what was need for surviving on a plate so to speak, leading into a comfort level where not real change was needed for survival, it is the lack of the need for change which stunts the social complexity increasing in a region

Archaic Sites

Chantuto sites

Santa Luisa and La