Based on stratigraphic excavation data and associated radiocarbon dates we argue that the pre-Hispanic city of Cerro Jazmín, in the Mixteca Alta region of Oaxaca, underwent a period of political change between the Late Formative (300 b.c.–a.d. 50) and the Terminal Formative periods (a.d. 50–300). This shift is reflected in the city's layout and in the timing of construction and use of two different monumental sectors. During the city's Late Formative occupation, we found evidence of more exclusionary feasting activity taking place in a secluded monumental sector called the Sunken Courtyards near the hilltop. In the Terminal Formative, however, monumental construction expanded in the more accessible Tres Cerritos sector where larger and accessible public areas were the focus of activity. We argue that changes in the city's layout, along with the differing patterns of feasting, suggest that the city's leaders went from a more exclusionary form of government to a more collective political strategy during the Terminal Formative period. Despite of these efforts monumental construction largely stopped and the city's population declined by the start of the Classic period (a.d. 300).

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瓦哈卡州 CERRO JAZMÍN 形成期的政治战略和反映这些战略的城市空间

根据地层挖掘数据和相关的放射性碳年代，我们认为，位于瓦哈卡的 Mixteca Alta 地区的前西班牙裔城市 Cerro Jazmín 在形成晚期（300公元前–广告50）和终端形成期（广告50–300)。这种转变反映在城市的布局以及建设和使用两个不同的纪念性部门的时间上。在这座城市的晚期形成占领期间，我们发现了更多排他性宴会活动的证据，这些活动发生在山顶附近一个名为沉没庭院的僻静纪念区。然而，在 Terminal Formative 中，巨大的建筑在更容易到达的 Tres Cerritos 区域进行了扩展，其中更大和更容易到达的公共区域是活动的重点。我们认为，城市布局的变化，以及不同的宴会模式，表明城市领导人在最终形成时期从一种更加排外的政府形式转变为更加集体的政治战略。尽管做出了这些努力，巨大的建筑基本上停止了，这座城市“广告300)。