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Río Amatzinac survey: site descriptions [appendix H]
ancient chalcatzingo • Austin • Published In 1987 • Pages: 509-524
By: Hirth, Kenn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an inventory of sites in the Río Amatzinac Valley of Morelos State with a Formative period component, as discussed in Hirth: 1987 (Document 24) with consideration of Olmec influence during that period. (Most sites were continuously or sporadically occupied through the Late Postclassic period.) Major categories of information provided are location and environmental setting, dating according to collected artifacts (Early, Middle and Late sub-periods treated separately), and classification by size/occupation type.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological inventories
- Geography
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Typologies and classifications
- Water supply
- 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-450 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Río Amatzinac Valley, Morelos State, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kenneth G. Hirth
- For bibliographical references see Grove: 1987 (Document 3)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85022673
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Olmecs