essay
Continuity and change in public architecture: periods I through V of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Monte Albán's hinterland, part. 2: Prehispanic settlement patterns in Tlacolula, Etla, and Ocotlan, the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, by Stephen A. Kowalewski ... [et al • (23) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 409-447
By: Blanton, Richard E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Blanton analyzes the data on public architecture in the Valley of Oaxaca. Using only the data on the surviving platforms that he can place to a single ceramic period, he creates a sample that includes 86 Monte Albán Late I structures and 59 Monte Albán II structures. Structures from Monte Albán Early I were not included in the analyses because there were only 19 of them. The goal of the study was to examine changes in scale, integration, and complexity in the structures within the survey region. Blanton found 'the data pertaining to orientation, plaza group configuration, and whole-site architectural assemblages ...' (page 444) provided the most nonrandom data. Also, his analysis reaffirms Kowalewski's findings that Periods II and IV were periods of relative regional fragmentation and decentralization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Public structures
- Religious and educational structures
- Settlement patterns
- 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
- essay
- 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
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1974, 1977, 1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2500-500 BP (500 BC-AD 1500)
- 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
- by Richard E. Blanton
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90620264
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley--Antiquities/Land settlement patterns--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Demographic archaeology--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Monte Albán Site (Mexico)/Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities