essay

Chipped-stone tools

guilá naquitz : archaic foraging and early agriculture in oaxaca, mexico • Orlando • Published In 1986 • Pages:

By: Hole, Frank.

Abstract

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.)

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

Middle America and the Caribbean

Sub Region

General Middle America and the Caribbean

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Leon G. Doyon ; 2005

Field Date

1964-1966

Coverage Date

10,750 BP-8670 BP

Coverage Place

Guilá Naquitz Cave, Eastern Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

Notes

Frank Hole

For bibliographical references see document 13:Flannery

LCCN

85004051

LCSH

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico/Mexico--Antiquities