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An Archaeological Survey of the Rio Tepalcatepec Basin, Michoacán, Mexico*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

John M. Goggin
John M. Goggin*
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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The Tepalcatepec Basin lies in west central Michoacán, about 250 miles west and south of Mexico City. It can be reached in the dry season by a road that leads south from Uruapan. The area covered is in a large valley (50 by 35 miles) limited on the south and west by the Rio Grande de Tepalcatepec and on the east by the Rio Marqués (Rio Cupatitzio). The northern limit is approximately the 700-meter contour where the foothills rise abruptly to the Sierras surrounding Mt. Tancítaro. This valley extends northwest some distance up the east side of the Rio Tepalcatepec.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , July 1943 , pp. 44 - 58
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1943

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This is a condensation of the complete report on file at the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

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