essay

Artifacts of wood and related materials

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

By: Flannery, Kent V..

Abstract
Flannery describes the identifiable tools, weapons, fragments of worked wood and related forest products (e.g. gum) excavated from Guilá Naquitz Cave. Major categories include fire drills (for starting fires), possible atlatl (spear thrower) hafting equipment, and sticks used to roast nopal (an edible cactus). Only artifacts from stratigraphic zones C and B pertain to the Early Archaic.
Subjects
Woodworking
General tools
Fire
Food preparation
Forest products
Weapons
Flora
tradition
Early Mesoamerican Archaic
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
Kent V. Flannery
For bibliographical references see document 13:Flannery
LCCN
85004051
LCSH
Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico/Mexico--Antiquities