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The basin of Mexico: ecological processes in the evolution of a civilization
Academic Press • New York • Published In 1979 • Pages: xiv, 561
By: Sanders, William T., Parsons, Jeffrey R., Santley, Robert S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph represents the results of field research conducted over a period of 15 years (1960-1975), in the Basin of Mexico. Although Sanders covers a wide range of archaeological periods from the Early Horizon to the Late Horizon (ca. 1500 BC to 1519 AD), the major focus of this document is on the period from 600 BC to 300 AD which he refers to in the text as the First Intermediate division, phases two to five. This study is divided into five major parts. Chapters 1-3 essentially deal with the methodology of the Basin of Mexico Survey Project. Chapters 4-7 are primarily data chapters, with a focus on geography, settlements, demography, and resource utilization, with a minimum of interpretation. Chapter 8 reconstructs the history of socioeconomic systems based on a combination of the data from survey and excavation. Chapter 9 discusses the implications of the Survey Project in terms of broad theoretical concepts in anthropology. Chapter 10 is mostly a plea for future research to expand the considerable data base produced by the Survey. A series of appendices conclude the work containing topics of a more specialized nature (pp. xiii-xiv).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Historical reconstruction
- Archaeological survey methods
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Diet
- Tillage
- Land use
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Ceramic technology
- Typologies and classifications
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Highland Mesoamerican Late 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
- 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
- John Beierle; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1960-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2600-1700 BP (600 BC-AD 300)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Basin of Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- William T. Sanders, Jeffrey R. Parsons, and Robert S. Santley
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-549) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79011697
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Mexico, Valley of--Antiquities/Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric--Mexico--Mexico, Valley of/Human ecology--Mexico--Mexico, Valley of/Mexico, Valley of (Mexico)--Antiquities/ Mexico--Antiquities