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Olmec archaeology: a half century of research and its accomplishments
Journal of world prehistory • 11 • Published In 1997 • Pages: 51-101
By: Grove, David C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The first half of this document is a history of Olmec archaeology, examining and evaluating the development of the debate between 'traditionalists,' mostly working within the Olmec core area, who believe in the primacy of the Olmec in the development of Mesoamerican civilization, and 'nontraditionalists,' mostly working in other areas, who see the Olmec as one among a number of peers in that seminal process. A succinct overview of Olmec culture follows. A comprehensive bibliography also is provided.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Innovation
- Identification
- Information sources listed in other works
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Olmec
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- article
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Leon G. Doyon ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- unknown
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3200 BP-2300 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Veracruz and western Tabasco States, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- David C. Grove
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-101)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87655790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Olmecs