book chapter

Monte Albán: settlement patterns at the ancient Zapotec capital

Academic Press • New York • Published In 1978 • Pages: i-xx, 1-166, 195-378, 417-451

By: Blanton, Richard E..

Abstract

This work describes and analyzes the data collected during the first phase of the Valley of Oaxaca Settlement Pattern Project - which consisted of the detailed mapping and surface collection of the region's major archaeological site, Monte Albán (p. xxiii). With the achievement of these goals it was hoped that the information obtained would be instrumental in contributing to measurement, inference, and hypothesis testing in the following areas: (1) the establishment of the site's ancient function and nature; (2) determination of changes through time in the extent and density of occupation of the site, and estimation of population based on these data; (3) outline of change through time in the city's internal organization, especially as this contributes to an understanding of changing patterns of political control and social stratification, as well as the city's changing regional role in these areas; and (4) elucidation of the nature of craft production and exchange within the community and its regional economic role (pp. 6-7).

HRAF PubDate

2010

Region

Middle America and the Caribbean

Sub Region

General Middle America and the Caribbean

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle; 2008

Field Date

1971-1975

Coverage Date

2600-1700 BP (600 BC-AD 300)

Coverage Place

Monte Albán, Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

Notes

Richard E. Blanton

Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-447) and index

LCCN

77011917

LCSH

Zapotec Indians--Antiquities/Zapotec Indians--Land tenure/Land settlement patterns--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Monte Albán Site (Mexico)Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities