essay
The quantification of subsistence data: an introduction to part v
guilá naquitz : archaic foraging and early agriculture in oaxaca, mexico • Orlando • Published In 1986 • Pages: 249-253
By: Flannery, Kent V..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Flannery comments on depositional and post-depositional patterns at Guilá Naquitz Cave, assessing the data as a preview to the analyses of food remains and diet detailed in the following seven chapters (Documents 31-37). Issues are addressed concerning the modeling of subsistence strategy, including gathering, storage, processing, consumption, and disposal as they relate to the cave deposits (Organizational principles and caveats that constitute the majority of this document are indexed for ORGANIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF RESEARCH [128].)
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Flora
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Preservation and storage of food
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Eating
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- Kent V. Flannery
- For bibliographical references see document 13:Flannery
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85004051
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico/Mexico--Antiquities