Archaic-period open-air settlement at Tlapacoya Hill on the edge of Lake Chalco, associated with some of the earliest ceramic use in central Mexico and a hunter-gatherer subsistence base.
Occupation at the Zohapilco phase ended around 2000 BCE when the site transitioned from hunter-gatherer use to early agricultural village activity associated with the wider Tlatilco cultural sphere.
Authoritative on Archaic-to-Formative subsistence and the transition to settled village life — directly relevant to an Archaic lakeshore site like Zohapilco at Tlapacoya Hill.
Treats the central Mexican Archaic-to-Formative transition around the Basin of Mexico lakes, the setting of Zohapilco/Tlapacoya.