Title: Excavations at La Consentida, Oaxaca, Mexico

Presenter: Adjunct Prof. José “Pepe” Aguilar (M.A., R.P.A.), Meridian Archaeological

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The excavations conducted at the village site of La Consentida, in coastal Oaxaca, Mexico, provide mortuary and bioarchaeological evidence for the origins of formal cemeteries and changes in skeletal health during the Early Formative Period (2000-1000BC).   These excavations, conducted in 2009 and 2012 by Dr. Guy Hepp et al, recovered 14, or possibly 15, individuals in 12 discreet burials.  Stable isotope results and bioarchaeological data suggest significant maize consumption, along with wild resources, resulting in increased dental attrition and pathologies.

Photo courtesy of Guy Hepp, PhD

Pepe Aguilar is a San Diego-based archaeologist and anthropology adjunct professor with a broad range of archaeological experience that includes academic and contract archaeological surveying, monitoring, excavation, and report writing.  His many specialties include human skeletal remains, mortuary practices, archaeoastronomy, GIS, lithics, ceramics, and historic archaeology.

Professor Pepe has taught as adjunct professor at San Diego City College, Southwestern College, and San Diego State University. His curriculum over the last 10 years has included archaeology, physical anthropology, physical anthropology lab, archaeological field school, and artifact analysis in addition to the anthropology of magic, witchcraft, and religion.