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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- General tools
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Dwellings
- Public structures
- External trade
- 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
- 1992-1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1350-1100 BP (650-900 AD)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Xochicalco, Gobernador Phase, Western Morelos, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kenneth G. Hirth, J. Jeffrey Flenniken, and Bradford Andrews
- For bibliographical references see document 31:Hirth
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99027545
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- 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