essay
Excavations in the Lencho Diego locality in the dissected alluvial slopes
Excavations and reconnaissance, by R. S. MacNeish, et al • 5 • Published In 1972 • Pages: 66-136
By: MacNeish, Richard S., García Cook, Angel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this document MacNeish and Garcia Cook present a detailed study of the cultural stratigraphy of two cave sites in the Lencho Diego locality of Mexico (Purron and Abejas caves). Purron cave, the major focus of this work, consists of thirty-one occupational levels ranging in time from 6000 BC to 300 AD, but of this chronological range only the period of from 5000 to 2000 BC which is directly relevant to the Highland Mesoamericn Archaic tradition that has been indexed with OCM codes (subject codes). Abejas cave, with its ten occupational levels, ranges from 6100 BC to 1 AD, but as above, only the period from 5000 to 2000 BC has been indexed. Cultural data in this study refer to chronology, stratification, artifacts and their manufacture, and the authors' reconstruction of the life-ways of the inhabitants based on the available information.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Settlement patterns
- General tools
- Lithic industries
- 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
- 1961-1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 7000-4000 BP (5000-2000 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Purron and Abejas Caves, Lencho Diego Locality, Tehuacán valley, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard S. MacNeish and Angel Garcia Cook
- 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