essay
Synopsis of structural remains in the canal locality
tula of the toltecs : excavations and survey • Iowa City • Published In 1989 • Pages: 54-67
By: Healan, Dan M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed synopsis of the structural remains found at the Canal Locality site located approximately 1.5 kilometers northeast of Tula Grande near the modern Endho irrigation canal. Healan groups the houses excavated into three major house blocks which he designates as the East Group, Central Group, and West Group. He then presents a discussion of the principal architectural characteristics of each group detailing in a series of figures the physical appearance of the structures involved, the materials used in construction, associated house platforms, wall, floor and roof, contruction, entrance ways, decorative elements attached to houses, drainage systems, and passageways and thoroughfares at the site.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Masonry
- Soil
- Water supply
- Refuse disposal and sanitary facilities
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Archaeological excavation methods
- 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.
- 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
- 1970-1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1050-850 B (950-1150 AD
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Canal Locality, Tula (Tolllan), Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dan M. Healan
- for bibliographical references see document 24
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88018996
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Toltecs/Tula de Allende (Mexico)--Antiquities/Tula Site (Tula de Allende, Mexico)/Mexico--Antiquities