book chapter

Coping with risk at the local level

Zapotec civilization : how urban society evolved in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley, Joyce Marcus, Kent V. FlanneryNew York, N.Y.Published In 1996 • Pages: 49-63, 246

By: Marcus, Joyce, Flannery, Kent V..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this chapter Marcus and Flannery discuss how the inhabitants of the Valley of Oaxaca coped with the changes that occurred in their environment. They describe three sites: Gheo-Shih, Guilá Naquitz, and Cueva Blanca. Their way of life is reconstructed for the cave sites and the open air site. Interestingly, a dance floor and men's and women's tool kits seem to have been found.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Food quest
Land use
Sociocultural trends
Division of labor by gender
Dance
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
book chapter
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry; 2008
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
10,000-4000 BP (8000-2000 BC)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
NotesAdditional notes
Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
95060561
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Zapotec Indians--Antiquities/Zapotec Indians--Politics and government/Land settlement--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities