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Surface survey of the Tula urban zone
tula of the toltecs : excavations and survey • Iowa City • Published In 1989 • Pages: 203-236
By: Healan, Dan M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this document the authors describe their methodology in doing a surface survey of the Tula urban zone area in an attempt to determine the maximum extent of the zone itself, settlement patterns and changes in settlements through time, estimates of population size and density during Tula's history, and the determination of special use areas within the urban zone. The sampling operation involved both random and transect sampling techniques. The surface collection obtained contained over 330,000 artifacts predominately pottery sherds, obsidian flakes, and blade fragments. Each artifact class was then studied in turn using appropriate typologies, with the analysis constituting the major portion of this study.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Lithic industries
- Archaeological survey methods
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Mineral resources
- 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
- 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 BP (950-1150 AD
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tula (Tollan), Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dan M. Healan and James W. Stoutamire
- 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