book chapter

The early and Middle Formative periods

Monte Albán's hinterland, :the prehispanic settlement patterns of the central and southern parts of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, by Richard E. Blanton ... [et al • (1) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 27-36

By: Fisch, Eva.

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

Fisch looks at the four periods that comprise the Early and Middle formative periods in the Valley of Oaxaca and discusses settlement patterns, estimated population, catchment analysis as it pertains to maize yields and the potential population a grid square could support, and whether large sites are ideally situated within the landscape.

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

Settlement patterns

Population

Tillage

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

Sarah Berry; 2008

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1971-1975

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

3400-2500 BP (1400-500 BC)

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 Eva Fisch

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

83620996

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley--Antiquities/Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities/Mexico--Antiquities