book chapter

Colonization and conquest

Zapotec civilization : how urban society evolved in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley, Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery • New York, N.Y. • Published In 1996 • Pages: 195-207, 249

By: Marcus, Joyce, Flannery, Kent V..

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

Marcus and Flannery discuss Monte Albán as an expansionist state by examining the evidence for colonization and conquest. Monte Albán documented their expansion with some hieroglyphic stone carvings known as 'conquest slabs.' These slabs seem to indicate some areas joined Monte Albán voluntarily while others were annexed militarily. Nine areas outside the Valley of Oaxaca where there is evidence of an abrupt change in ceramics to Monte Albán gray ware are discussed.

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

Acculturation and culture contact

Sociocultural trends

Dependencies

Form and rules of government

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

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

Sarah Berry; 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

2500-1800 BP (500 BC-AD 200)

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

central and Pacific coast, Mexico

NotesAdditional notes

Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

95060561

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Zapotec Indians--Antiquities

Zapotec Indians--Politics and government

Land settlement--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley

Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities