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Introduction
Excavations and reconnaissance, by R. S. MacNeish, et al • 5 • Published In 1972 • Pages: 3-13
By: MacNeish, Richard S., Nelken-Terner, Antoinette.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article serves as an introduction to a series of studies on the archaeology of the Tehuacan Valley appearing in the eHRAF archaeology collection on the Highland Mesoamerican Archaic period NY40 as documents 4-10. The authors discuss the methods and theory of the investigation, and the final organization of the publications.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Highland Mesoamerican Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- John Beierle; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952-1970
- 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)
- Tehuacán valley, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard S. MacNeish and Antoinette Nelken-Terner
- For bibliographical references see document 2: MacNeish
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67017873
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Tehuacán River Valley--Antiquities/Ethnobotany--Mexico--Tehuacán River Valley/Indians of Mexico--Ethnobotany--Mexico--Tehuacán River Valley/Tehuacán River Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities