book chapter

Appendix II: Description of ceramic categories

Monte Albán: settlement patterns at the ancient Zapotec capital, by Richard E. Blanton • New York • Published In 1978 • Pages: 167-193

By: Kowalewski, Stephen A., Spencer, Charles S. (Charles Sidney), Redmond, Elsa M..

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

The primary purpose of this study is to analyze the collection of ceramic sherds from the Monte Albán Survey in order to date changes in the settlement pattern of the urban center. The process involved the classification of the sherds according to types that could be fitted into the existing Monte Albán ceramic sequence, so that a provenience could be dated according to gross time periods of the sequence (p. 167). The sherd analysis, which comprises the major portion of this document, involved classification by attributes of paste, form, surface finish, and decoration.

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

Ceramic technology

Typologies and classifications

Visual arts

Chronologies and culture sequences

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

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

John Beierle; 2009

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

1973-1977

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)

Monte Albán, Vallley of Oaxaca, Mexico

NotesAdditional notes

Stephen A. Kowalewski, Charles Spencer, Elsa Redmond

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

77011917

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

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