Reconstructing Early Formative Village Organization in Oaxaca, Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2568545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael E Whalen (University of Tulsa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-43 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/279816 |
| OpenAlex | W2068825201 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 27 |
Large-scale excavation data are used to reconstruct some of the organizational features of a small village of the Early Formative period (ca. 1500-850 B.C.) in the southern Mexican highlands. Data from the community's residential and cemetery zones are analyzed in consideration of (1) the nature and number of village components; and (2) methods used to integrate these components. It is argued that the community was organized around some form of lineal descent group, which held corporate title to essential resources. Low-level redistribution of foodstuffs and the display of supralocal symbols are also suggested to have been aspects of community organization. The data and interpretations of this investigation are compared to the results of Early Formative studies in other areas of highland Mesoamerica
Archaeology · Excavation · Formative assessment · Geography · Mesoamerica · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Latin American history and culture · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
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Age profiles of cemetery and residential burials in the Early Formative Oaxaca Valley, Mexico
Perishable Structures and Serial Dwellings from Coastal Chiapas
Public and Private, Domestic and Corporate
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Mississippian Mortuary Practices
Man, Settlement and Urbanism
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Distance to Nearest Neighbor as a Measure of Spatial Relationships in Populations
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Farming Systems and Political Growth in Ancient Oaxaca
Mortuary Practices and the Study of Prehistoric Social Systems
Aboriginal Economies in Stateless Societies
House form and culture.
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Surface and Subsurface Evidence for Community Size at Coapexco, Mexico
Early Sedentary Communities of the Basin of Mexico
The Use of Land and Water Resources in the Past and Present Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Regional Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2026 (39) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |