essay

Pre-agricultural village life: the late pre-ceramic period in Veracruz

studies in ancient mesoamerica ii (27)Published In 1975 • Pages: 111-122

By: Wilkerson, S. Jeffrey K..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wilkerson describes the archaeological findings from two sites in Veracruz. One is on the north bank of the Rio Tecolutla and the other is four kilometers away in the sandstone hills of the Tuxpan Formation. The stone tools, faunal remains (mostly shellfish), and stratigraphy are described. The Santa Luisa site appears to be a year-round settlement. The La Conchita site appears to have been a campsites near a water source. This site contains mostly stone tools. The two sites are compared to the Archaic Period Tehuacan tradition.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Location
Topography and geology
Comparative evidence
Diet
Lithic industries
Settlement patterns
General tools
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Lowland Mesoamerican Archaic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2001
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
Maya Area
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; 2000
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1968-1970, 1973, 1974
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
5300±150 BP to 4930±100 BP (3300±150 B.C. to 2930±100 B.C.)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Santa Luisa and La Conchita sites; Veracruz, Mexico
NotesAdditional notes
S. Jeffrey K. Wilkerson
Includes bibliographical references (p. 122)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
74622011
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of Central America--Antiquities
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities