essay

Chipped-stone tools

guilá naquitz : archaic foraging and early agriculture in oaxaca, mexicoOrlandoPublished In 1986 • Pages:

By: Hole, Frank.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author describes the flaked lithic assemblage from the excavations and surface collections at Guilá Naquitz Cave, with some pertinent mention of typological issues. There are tentative functional interpretations of tool types, such as for food processing and woodworking. Only artifacts from stratigraphic zones C and B pertain to the Early Archaic. Comparisons to Late Archaic Cueva Blanca, Gheo-Shih, and to (an unspecified degree) the chronologically overlapping Martínez Rock Shelter and Tehuacán Valley assemblages can range beyond the time frame of the Early Archaic pertinent to this file (NY30). For materials sourcing, see Document 20, and for ground stone artifacts see Document 21.)
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Food preparation
Lithic industries
Weapons
General tools
Archaeological inventories
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Early Mesoamerican Archaic
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
General Middle America and the Caribbean
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 ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1964-1966
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
10,750 BP-8670 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Guilá Naquitz Cave, Eastern Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
NotesAdditional notes
Frank Hole
For bibliographical references see document 13:Flannery
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
85004051
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico/Mexico--Antiquities