book chapter
Agriculture as an extension of foraging strategy
Zapotec civilization : how urban society evolved in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley, Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery • New York, N.Y. • Published In 1996 • Pages: 64-70, 247
By: Marcus, Joyce, Flannery, Kent V..
Abstract
Marcus and Flannery discuss how plant collecting became agriculture during the Archaic. At the time this was written new dates (both older and younger) had been performed on twelve maize cobs from Tehuacan. Although when agriculture got started during the Archaic may be different than originally supposed by MacNeish, the authors point out that it does not change the context of early agriculture; mainly that after using wild squash, beans, and corn, the foragers of the Archaic began to cultivate them.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- General Middle America and the Caribbean
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 9000-4000 BP (7000-2000 BC)
- Coverage Place
- Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
- Notes
- Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247)
- LCCN
- 95060561
- LCSH
- Zapotec Indians--Antiquities/Zapotec Indians--Politics and government/Land settlement--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities