Journal article
Prehispanic colonization of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Abstract
A decade ago in a seminal monograph, Anne Kirkby proposed a model of colonization for the prehispanic Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, in which settlement location was determined by the distribution of prime agricultural land. The model was tested against the corpus of known prehispanic settlements and tentative support was found. In the years since this study, a systematic archeological settlement pattern project was completed, making a more adequate …
Authors
Nicholas L; Feinman G; Kowalewski SA; Blanton RE; Finsten L
Journal
Human Ecology, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 131–162
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
6 1986
DOI
10.1007/bf00889236
ISSN
0300-7839