Formative Period Social Change in the Lower Rio Verde Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4374563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur A Joyce (0000-0002-6769-3900) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 126-150 |
| Publication date | 1991-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6635 • E-ISSN: 2325-5080 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/972274 |
| OpenAlex | W2332372999 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article reports on archaeological and geomorphological research carried out by the 1988 Río Verde Formative Project in the lower Río Verde Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico. The research suggests that the region was only sparsely inhabited prior to 500 B. C. During the Late/Terminal Formative (400 B. C.-A. D. 250), however, survey data suggest that the lower Río Verde Valley experienced considerable population growth. Excavations at the sites of Cerro de la Cruz and Río Viejo yielded evidence for emerging status inequalities during the Late Formative leading eventually to the rise of complex social organization by the Classic period (A. D. 250-900). Two preliminary explanations are offered for the seemingly late occurrence of large populations with complex social organization in the region. The explanations focus on environmental change and interregional social interaction, respectively. Evidence for the exploitation of coastal habitats is also discussed, since the use of marine and estuarine resources could alter the implications of both explanations of societal change
Archaeology · Formative assessment · Geography · Period (music · Political science · Population · Social change · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography
Stratigraphic evidence for anthropogenically induced coastal environmental change from Oaxaca, Mexico
Polity And Ecology In Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca
On Oaxaca Coast Archaeology
Examining Ceramic Evidence for the Zapotec Imperialism Hypothesis in the Lower Río Verde Region of Oaxaca, Mexico
From Flesh to Clay
Polity and Ecology in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca
Expansionary dynamics of the nascent Monte Albán state
Economic growth in Mesoamerica
Enunciados prescritos y no prescritos en arqueología
Chronological trends in the use of Valley of Oaxaca ceramics and ceramic styles at Cerro Jazmín, Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca
Landscape ecology, settlement, and land use in the Lower Río Verde Valley, Oaxaca, México
Settlement, trade, and subsistence in coastal Mesoamerica
Commoner Power
Recent Advances in Mixtec Archaeology
Commensalism, Imaginaries and Early Urbanism
Multiproxy paleoecological reconstruction of prehistoric land-use history in the western region of the lower Río Verde Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico
The social impact of anthropogenic landscape modification in the Río Verde drainage basin, Oaxaca, Mexico
Feasting and Building an Urban Society at Cerro Jazmín, Oaxaca, Mexico
Late Formative Community Organization and Social Complexity on the Oaxaca Coast
Formative Period Obsidian Exchange along the Pacific Coast of M esoamerica
Age profiles of cemetery and residential burials in the Early Formative Oaxaca Valley, Mexico
Origin and Collapse of Complex Societies in Oaxaca (Mexico)
The Zapotec-Imperialism Argument
People of Clay and Stone
The Symbolism, Use, and Archaeological Context of Masks in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca, Mexico
Shell-Ornament Production in Ejutla
Political Transformations and the Everyday in Postclassic Oaxaca
The Politics of Classic-Period Ritual Interaction
Shifting Patterns of Obsidian Exchange in Postclassic Oaxaca, Mexico
A Divine Wind
Tututepec
Pacific Coastal Laguna Zope
Interregional Interaction and Social Development on the Oaxaca Coast
The Pacific Coast of Oaxaca and Guerrero
She Sells Seashells
Remembering One and All
Situational Inalienability and Social Change in Formative Period Coastal Oaxaca
Colonization and microevolution in Formative Oaxaca, Mexico
Radiocarbon Evidence for Initial Early Formative Period Occupation in Coastal Oaxaca, Mexico
Lord 8 Deer "Jaguar Claw" and the Land of the Sky
Exchange Implications of Obsidian Source Analysis from the Lower Rio Verde Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico
Prehispanic human ecology of the Río Verde drainage basin, Mexico
Contextos Mortuorios en La Consentida, Oaxaca, durante el Formativo Temprano
Identitad y Prácticas Funerarias del Clásico Temprano de la Costa de Oaxaca
Changing Patterns of Resource Exploitation, Settlement Distribution, and Demography on the Southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico
Long-Distance Exchange and the Growth of a Regional Center
Monte Albán's Hinterland, Part II
The ratio of barium to strontium as a paleodietary indicator of consumption of marine resources
A Fuego y Sangre
The Use of Land and Water Resources in the Past and Present Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Monte Alban's Hinterland, Part I
Ecological Theory and Cultural Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca [and Comments and Reply]
Rivers
At the Margins of the Monte Alban State
Santiago's Sword
The Isthmus and the Valley of Oaxaca
The Role of Shellfish in Prehistoric Economies
Origins of Religious Art and Iconography in Preclassic Mesoamerica
| Unique citing works | 44 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |