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A Visit to the master

guilá naquitz : archaic foraging and early agriculture in oaxaca, mexicoOrlandoPublished In 1986 • Pages: 511-519

By: Flannery, Kent V..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This contains Flannerys theoretical musings on the scientific method in archaeology, structured as a conversation with his imaginary alter ego, a parody of Carlos Castanedas notorious Yaqui shaman, Don Juan. There are short recapitulations of what might have transpired during the early development of agriculture in respect to adaptive stimuli highlighted by the computer modeling described in Document 44.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Functional and adaptational interpretations
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.
1: Poor
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-8670 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Guilá Naquitz Cave, Eastern Valley of Oaxaca, 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