essay
Land use in prehispanic Oaxaca: 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: 449-505
By: Nicholas, Linda M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
'Nicholas explores the nature of the relationship between the distribution of agricultural land and the prehispanic populations of the Valley. [She focuses] on how the actual population distributions differed from those that would have been expected if the environment was the key factor affecting settlement decisions.' (page 450). She finds that the environment accounts for very little of the specific patterns of settlement location. Once Monte Albán was established the population was no longer located to take advantage of the best agricultural land. Instead, it was the larger settlements that effected the placement of the smaller settlements. 'It appears that social, political, and economic considerations overrode exclusively environmental [settlement decisions] during much of the prehispanic era in the Valley of Oaxaca.' (page 505). Nicholas discusses the settlement patterns and land use from the Tierras Largas through the Monte Albán phases, but only the data from the Rosario through the Monte Albán IIIA phases were marked for OCM codes (Outline of Cultural Materials).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Land use
- Settlement patterns
- Tillage
- Population
- Territorial hierarchy
- 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
- 3400-500 BP (1400 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 Linda M. Nicholas
- 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