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Recent research in West Mexican archaeology
Journal of archaeological research • 5 (4) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 345-384
By: Pollard, Helen Perlstein.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an overview of recent research in the Mexican states of Michoacán, Jalisco, Colima, southern Nayarit, southern Zacatecas, and central and southern Guanajuato. It contains a bibliography of recent literature (pages 379-384). Pollard examines west Mexico's relationship to Mesoamerica, Pacific coast contacts between west Mexico and South America (specifically Ecuador), and west Mexico's relationship with the American Southwest. These relationships have been the central theme of recent research. Pollard gives a regional prehistory synthesis starting with the Paleo-Indian period up through the Postclassic. She discusses material culture changes, migrations, contact between neighboring cultures, and settlement patterns.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Metallurgy
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West Mexico Postclassic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- 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
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 1999
- 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
- 1100-480 BP (900 A.D. - 1520 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- west Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Helen Perlstein Pollard
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-384)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93640783
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of Mexico--Antiquities