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Ground-stone tools and their behavioral implications: Gobernador phase materials from Xochicalco
xochicalco mapping project • 2 • Published In 2000 • Pages: 151-166
By: Hirth, Kenn, Robinson, Kenneth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper the authors provide a typological classification of the ground-stone artifacts recovered at Xochicalco. This typology provides a description of the Xochicalco ground-stone assemblage that can be used for baseline comparisons with other ground-stone assemblages in Central Mexico. In addition, this study examines the distribution of ground-stone tools in domestic and nondomestic contexts. This portion of the article is exploratory in nature and is intended to contribute to an understanding of how ground stone can be use to study social status and household activity in pre-Hispanic Central Mexico (p. 151).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- General tools
- Lithic industries
- Dwellings
- Public structures
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Status, role, and prestige
- 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
- no date
- 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 and Kenneth Robinson
- 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