essay
Cihuatecpan: the village in its ecological and historical context
excavations at cihuatecpan, an aztec village in the teotihuacan valley • (36) • Published In 1988 • Pages: viii, 1-49
By: Evans, Susan Toby.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a rural settlement study of the village of Cihuatecpan located in the Teotihuacan Valley of Mexico. Much of the information contained in this document was gathered in the course of field work by the author in the Spring of 1984. The paper includes a description of the general cultural background, a description of the environment of the Teotihuacan Valley, a discussion of culture history, and a summary and interpretation of the houses and features excavated.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Dwellings
- Architecture
- Ceramic technology
- Typologies and classifications
- Historical reconstruction
- 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
- 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
- 1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1300-430 BP (700-1570 AD)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Village of Cihuatecpan, Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Susan T. Evans
- for bibliographical references see document 8:Evans
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89218802
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aztecs--Antiquities/Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric--Mexico/Cihuatecpan Site (Mexico) Mexico, Valley of (Mexico)--Antiquities