In this work, the authors interpret archaeological data on roughly 3000 years of human history in the Valley of Oaxaca, from roughly 1500 BC to AD 1500. They integrate information on settlement patterns, political and social organization, artifact distribution, and more.
Monte Alban's Hinterland: The prehispanic settlement patterns of the central and southern parts of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Monte Albán's Hinterland
Monte Alban's Hinterland: Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in Tlacolula, Etla, and Ocotlan, the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
In the northern half of Oaxaca the average temperature maximums vary by 5-10° C; in the southern half the variation is less than 5° C. The tierra caliente never gets frost, but the tierra frta of the western mountains endures up to 60 ...
1978 Monte Albán : Settlement Patterns at the Ancient Zapotec Capital . New York : Academic Press . BLANTON , RICHARD E. , STEPHEN A. KOWALEWSKI , GARY M. FEINMAN , AND JILL APPEL 1982 Monte Alban's Hinterland , Part I : The Prehispanic ...
GUMERMAN , GEORGE J. , MURRAY GELL - MANN , AND LINDA S. CORDELL 1994 Introduction . In Understanding Complexity in the Prehistoric Southwest , edited by George J. Gumerman and Murray Gell - Mann , pp . 3–14 .
The essays in this collection examine a variety of topics within Oaxacan archaeology, from settlement and land use to scale and complexity. They are based on papers presented at the...