book chapter

Patterns in Ceramic Production and Distribution, Periods Early I through V

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: 181-206

By: Feinman, Gary M..

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

Feinman examines the production and distribution of ceramics in the Valley of Oaxaca. He looks for evidence of administrative control over ceramic manufacture, distribution, and ceramic production locations during the different phases, starting with the Rosario phase when the valley was at the chiefdom level. There is evidence that ceramics were more standardized during the Monte Albán periods indicating government control. Feinman presents evidence that 'large scale ceramic prodution was apparently part of a valley-wide strategy that included intensive farming in the piedmont zone and the operation of region-wide systems of exchange. Alternatively, more dencentralized ceramic manufacturing strategies were shown to have existed during those phases ... when temporary population-resource imbalances could have been resolved through the operation of localized exchange networks alone.' (page203).

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

Ceramic technology

Commercial facilities

Government enterprises

Internal trade

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

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 Gary Feinman

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