essay
Flaked-stone obsidian tools and their behavioral implications
xochicalco mapping project • 2 • Published In 2000 • Pages: 136-150
By: Hirth, Kenn, Flenniken, J. Jeffrey, Andrews, Bradford.
Abstract
During the Xochicalco Mapping Project (xmp) in Western Morelos, a large quantity of flaked-stone artifacts was recovered on the slopes of Cerro Xochicalco and the adjacent plains. This article identifies these artifact and debitage classes and reconstructs the obsidian production sequence of manufacture. The authors then compare the frequencies of the different artifact categories recovered from residential and nonresidential structures. Artifact assemblages are examined and compared to evaluate (1) differences in the flaked-stone categories among intrasite activity contexts and (2) what flaked-stone distributions indicate about social composition, access to resources, and the range of activities conducted in residential and nonresidential contexts (p. 136).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central Mexico
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2008
- Field Date
- 1992-1993
- Coverage Date
- 1350-1100 BP (650-900 AD)
- Coverage Place
- Xochicalco, Gobernador Phase, Western Morelos, Mexico
- Notes
- Kenneth G. Hirth, J. Jeffrey Flenniken, and Bradford Andrews
- For bibliographical references see document 31:Hirth
- LCCN
- 99027545
- LCSH
- Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Xochicalco--Antiquities/Indians of Mexico--Urban residence--Mexico--Xochicalco/City planning--Mexico--Xochicalco--History/Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Xochicalco--Maps/Archaeological surveying--Mexico--Xochicalco--Maps/Xochicalco Site (Mexico)Xochicalco (Mexico)--Antiquities