Gheo-Shih : an archaic macroband camp in the Valley of Oaxaca / Frank Hole and Kent V. Flannnery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hole, Frank, author.

Flannery, Kent V., author.

Series:

Prehistory and human ecology of the Valley of Oaxaca ; v. 19.

Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 66.

Prehistory and human ecology of the valley of Oaxaca ; Volume 19

Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Number 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Prehistoric peoples--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley--Antiquities.

Prehistoric peoples.

Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Antiquities.

Oaxaca Valley (Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, 2024.

Summary:

Gheo-Shih, an Archaic site in the Valley of Oaxaca, was a 1.5-hectare open-air macroband camp near the Mitla River. It was repeatedly occupied in the summer rainy season during the period (cal.) 7500-4000 BC, possibly by 25-50 people. At other times of the year the local population dispersed in smaller, family-sized groups, occupying microband camps in caves and rockshelters. The available macrofossil and palynological data suggest that between 5000 and 4000 BC, the inhabitants were cultivating maize, squash, gourds, and (possibly) runner beans, while continuing to collect wild plants and hunt deer, rabbit, and mud turtle. This site report describes the discovery of Gheo-Shih and the subsequent research carried out there: a systematic surface pickup, a series of test pits, targeted excavations, and analysis of the materials recovered.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Part I. Introduction

Chapter 1: The Discovery of Gheo-Shih

Chapter 2: The Systematic Surface Pickup

Chapter 3: Systematic Testing and the Establishment of Areas A and C

Chapter 4: A Naquitz Phase Ritual Feature in Area A

Part II. The Jícaras Phase Artifacts

Chapter 5: Chipped Stone Tools: The Typology

Chapter 6: Chipped Stone Tools: The Horizontal Distribution

Chapter 7: Projectile Points: The Typology

Chapter 8: Projectile Points: The Horizontal Distribution

Chapter 9: Ground Stone Tools

Chapter 10: Ornaments

Part III. Ancillary Studies

Chapter 11: Pollen Samples

Chapter 12: Radiocarbon Dates

Part IV. Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 13: Gheo-Shih vs. Guilá Naquitz: The Differences between Microband and Macroband Camps

Chapter 14: Gheo-Shih's Place in the Oaxaca Archaic

Appendix A: Resumen en Español, by Jhon Cruz Quiñones

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149).

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

1-951538-78-1

OCLC:

1450838263