Tepetate in the Valley of Mexico∗
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8375803 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara J Williams, Barbara Williams (0000-0003-4033-8228, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 618-626 |
| Publication date | 1972-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1972.tb00890.x |
| OpenAlex | W2011356735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
One of the dominant surface materials in the Valley of Mexico is called tepetate, a term which sometimes is used simply as a synonym for caliche. The semantic confusion is traced to the Aztec taxonomic system of earth materials in which consistence rather than color is a primary attribute. Thus, a variety of earth materials may be termed tepetate. As a construction material, tepetate has played a major role in the development of modern Mexico. Tepetate is also marginal agricultural land cultivated under population pressure in the absence of better available land. The associated technology seems to have been developed during pre-Conquest times under similar conditions of population pressure, after tepetate was exposed at the surface through previous misuse of land
Ancient history · Archaeology · Confusion · CONQUEST · Geography · Population · Population growth · Population pressure · Sociology · Synonym (taxonomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Demography · Ecology · History
Agricultural Intensification in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin
Deciphering Sands and Stones
Degradation, Drought, and Dissent
Landscapes of Cultivation in Mesoamerica on the Eve of the Conquest
Perception or deception? Land degradation in post-conquest Michoacán, west central México
Los glifos de suelo en códices acolhua de la Colonia temprana
Conflict and Cooperation
Landschaftsumgestaltung als Folge von Besiedlung, Vegetationsänderung und Landnutzung durch die altindianische Bevölkerung im Staat Tlaxcala, Mexiko
Settlement Patterns and Urbanization in the Yautepec Valley of Central Mexico
Geoarchaeology of an Aztec dispersed village on the Texcoco piedmont of Central Mexico
Drought and disputes, deluge and dearth
People, sheep, and landscape change in colonial Mexico
Pottery Kilns of Ancient Ejutla, Oaxaca, Mexico
Aztec- Period Agricultural Terraces in Morelos, Mexico
The Pristine Myth
From Crops to Concrete
A Geoarchaeological Investigation of the Street of the Dead at the Tlajinga District, Teotihuacan, Mexico
Demographic and Landscape Change in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin, Mexico
| Citations per year | 0.45 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1986 - 2026 (41) |
| Highly cited | No |