book chapter

The emergence of rank and the loss of autonomy

Zapotec civilization : how urban society evolved in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley, Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery • New York, N.Y. • Published In 1996 • Pages: 93-110, 247

By: Marcus, Joyce, Flannery, Kent V..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Marcus and Flannery believe that rank or hereditary inequality emerged in the Valley of Oaxaca during the San José phase. To prove their point they use more than 'ten lines of evidence to demonstrate that San José phase society had hereditary inequality. [They] used that many because no single line of evidence, in isolation, would be sufficient.' (page 110). They look at evidence for lineages, inherited differences, authority and subordination (as seen in clothing and furniture differences), burials and burial offerings, possible sumptuary goods, household differences, cranial deformation, and loss of village autonomy. All the evidence seems to point to the emergence of chiefdoms.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Status, role, and prestige

Classes

Community heads

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Highland Mesoamerican Early Preclassic

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2010

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

book chapter

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

Sarah Berry; 2008

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

no date

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

3150-2850 BP (1150-850 BC)

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

NotesAdditional notes

Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

95060561

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Zapotec Indians--Antiquities/Zapotec Indians--Politics and government/Land settlement--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities