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Introduction

Excavations and reconnaissance, by R. S. MacNeish, et al5Published 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