book chapter
The ecological background
In the land of the Olmec • 2 • Published In 1980 • Pages: 27-43
By: Coe, Michael D., Diehl, Richard A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Coe and Diehl summarize the modern climate, vegetation and soils for the Río Coatzacoalcos Basin, the location of the Early Formative period Olmec center of San Lorenzo. Topography and geology are noted where relevant to those variables. Particular attention is given to agricultural potentials of the various soil formations, data utilized in Coe: 1980 (Document 47) for the calculation of carrying capacity for the Formative period Olmec.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Climate
- Soil
- Flora
- Topography and geology
- Mineral resources
- 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
- book chapter
- 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
- 1966-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Río Coatzacoalcos Basin, Southern Veracruz State, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Michael D. Coe and Richard A. Diehl
- For bibliographical references see document 44: Coe and Diehl
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79017167
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Olmecs/San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán site/Coatzacoalcos region, Mexico--Social life and customs