essay
Postclassic developments at Xochicalco
xochicalco mapping project • 2 • Published In 2000 • Pages: 167-183
By: Smith, Michael Ernest.
Abstract
Using data from his 1977 excavations and others work in central Mexico, Smith seriated the Postclassic ceramics to create a Postclassic chronology. 'Next [Smith] provides summary descriptions of the major Postclassic ceramic types at Xochicalco. To set the small Postclassic settlements at Xochicalco into a wider regional perspective, [Smith] then describes nearby Postclassic sites. After this background [Smith] examines processes of change in the Xochicalco area during Postclassic times, including the arrival of Nahuatl-speaking Tlahuica peoples and a series of regional economic transformations that followed.' (page 167). To examine the regional economy Smith compares local and imported ceramics, cotton spinning, and wealth levels (the frequency of local decorated ceramics plus two times the frequence of imported ceramics).
- 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
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field Date
- 1977, 1978
- Coverage Date
- 1100 BP-479 BP(900 AD-1521 AD)
- Coverage Place
- Xochicalco, Morelos, central Mexico
- Notes
- Michael E. Smith
- 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