book chapter

Appendix VIII: Figurines and urn fragments from the Monte Albán Survey

Monte Albán: settlement patterns at the ancient Zapotec capital, by Richard E. Blanton • New York • Published In 1978 • Pages: 379-402

By: Kuttruff , Carl.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This article is structured to provide a descriptive catalogue of the figurine and urn fragments that were recovered from the site of Monte Albán during the Monte Albán Survey Project. Attempts are made to date the figurine fragments based on comparisons with published illustrations of complete or more complete figurines, as well as photographs of the figurines from Monte Albán Terraces 634 and 635, excavated by Marcus Winter in 1972 and 1973, and examination of the figurine collections at the Museo Frissel in Mitla. The section on the urn fragments lists and describes the various urn elements that were recovered during the survey. These are generally grouped into basal, body, head and headdress elements. Brief descriptions of each element are given and well illustrated in the text (pp. 379-380).

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Visual arts

Ceramic technology

Utensils

Writing

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Highland Mesoamerican Late Preclassic

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

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

John Beierle; 2009

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

2600-1700 BP (600 BC-AD 300)

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Monte Albán, Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

NotesAdditional notes

Carl Kuttruff

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

77011917

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Zapotec Indians--Antiquities/Zapotec Indians--Land tenure/Land settlement patterns--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Monte Albán Site (Mexico)Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities