book chapter

Learning to live in villages

Zapotec civilization : how urban society evolved in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley, Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery • New York, N.Y. • Published In 1996 • Pages: 71-75, 247

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

Abstract
This study attempts to reconstruct the development of sedentary village life in the Valley of Mexico. The authors describe the factor of high water table as being essential to the establishment of sedentary life in the valley of Mexico, since it promotes large scale maize cultivation, and the subsequent increase in population size, as the valley's capacity to support more people increased.
Subjects
Settlement patterns
Cereal agriculture
Historical reconstruction
Ceramic technology
Topography and geology
Production and supply
tradition
Highland Mesoamerican Early Preclassic
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
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 2008
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
4000-2600 BP (2000-600 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