Book
Tula: the Toltec capital of ancient Mexico
Thames and Hudson • London • Published In 1983 • Pages: 184
By: Diehl, Richard A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Diehl writes, 'This book is about the ancient Toltecs and their capital of Tula in central Mexico….[I]t is more a general synthesis of what we know about the Toltecs than a specifically project-oriented work…. [O]ur project was a very broadly conceived attempt to study many facets of Toltec life and the very nature of the results require a broad perspective. …[And] I wanted to provide a book for the general public as well as my professional colleagues.' (page 10). 'The UMC [(University of Missouri-Columbia)] Tula Archaeological Project was a decade-long research program designed to study Toltec life and culture at Tula.This book is a semi-final report and interpretation of the project results…' (page 11). Diehl provides an overview of the Toltecs and compares them to the Aztec and contemporary cultures, looking especially at Toltec contacts throughout Mesoamerica and northern Mexico. His archaeological findings are described, especially the architecture, along with the Toltec economy and their collapse.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Structures
- Production and supply
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Central Mexico Postclassic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 1961, 1966, 1969-1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100 BP-479 BP (900 AD-1521 AD)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tula, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard A. Diehl
- Includes bibliographical geferences (p. 175-176)and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82051256
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Toltecs/ Tula de Allende (Mexico)--Antiquities/Tula Site (Tula de Allende, Mexico) Mexico--Antiquities