essay

Guilá Naquitz in spatial, temporal, and cultural context

guilá naquitz : archaic foraging and early agriculture in oaxaca, mexicoOrlandoPublished In 1986 • Pages:

By: Flannery, Kent V..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this third ”introductory“ chapter, Flannery focuses in on the hard data used to model subsistence strategies, starting with an overview of the topography, geology, flora, and climate of the Oaxaca Valley, concentrating on the eastern portion of the Tlacolula subvalley where Guilá Naquitz Cave is situated. The archaeological survey of the area is recounted, followed by a summary of the evidence for Early Archaic social organization, seasonal settlement patterns, and subsistence strategies. Considerable comparative data from the Tehuacán Valley and the Late Archaic in general are employed in this exercise. (A good deal of comparative evidence not taken directly from the archaeological record for the Early Archaic is indexed for COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE [171].)
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Climate
Topography and geology
Flora
Population
Annual cycle
Settlement patterns
Community structure
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Early Mesoamerican Archaic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
General Middle America and the Caribbean
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Leon G. Doyon ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1964-1966
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
10,750 BP-4300 BP (Early and Late Archaic)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Valleys of Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, Nochixtlán, Cuicatlán, and Tehuacán, Mexico
NotesAdditional notes
Kent V. Flannery
For bibliographical references see document 13:Flannery
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
85004051
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico/Mexico--Antiquities