essay
Postclassic developments at Xochicalco
xochicalco mapping project • 2 • Published In 2000 • Pages: 167-183
By: Smith, Michael Ernest.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- External migration
- Production and supply
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Accumulation of wealth
- 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
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977, 1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100 BP-479 BP(900 AD-1521 AD)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Xochicalco, Morelos, central Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael E. Smith
- 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