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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- 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
- John Beierle; 2008
- Field Date
- 1961-1964
- Coverage Date
- 7000-4000 BP (5000-2000 BC)
- Coverage Place
- Purron and Abejas Caves, Lencho Diego Locality, Tehuacán valley, Mexico
- Notes
- Richard S. MacNeish and Angel Garcia Cook
- For bibliographical references see document 2: MacNeish
- LCCN
- 67017873
- LCSH
- 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