essay
Raw materials and sources
ancient chalcatzingo • Austin • Published In 1987 • Pages: 336-386
By: Grove, David C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Judging from some rather inconclusive sourcing studies done previously, Grove suggests that at the Olmec-influenced highland site of Chalcatzingo iron ores for pigment manufacture probably come from local sources, while mirrors mostly would have been imported in finished form. Through some new studies, it is strongly indicated that all obsidian used during the Formative period in Morelos State came from the Otumba and Paredon sources in the Teotihuacan Valley area, first passing through the Valley of Mexico; a distribution network probably largely separate from that for the Olmec core area on the Gulf Coast. Chalcatzingo could have functioned as the local importation, processing, and distribution center. The same is likely true of greenstone as described in Thomson: 1987 (Document 20) and Thomson: 1987 (Document 37). Kaolin, chert, and lime are not so readily sourced, but sources are near the site and could have been important in exchange. Granodiorite is available at the site and probably was used only there, for carving monuments.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Mineral resources
- Special deposits
- Lithic industries
- External trade
- 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
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Leon G. Doyon ; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3500 BP-2500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central-south highlands and Gulf Coast, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- David C. Grove
- For bibliographical references see Grove: 1987 (Document 3)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85022673
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Olmecs