Book
The use of land and water resources in the past and present valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
[Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan] • 1 (5) • Published In 1973 • Pages: 16, 185 , 20 plates
By: Kirkby, Anne V. T. (Anne Veronica Tennant).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study of agriculture, land use, and irrigation in the Valley of Oaxaca is based primarily on mapping and field surveys carried out between 1966 and 1970. The study begins with a description of the climate and geology of the Valley as a prelude to subsequent chapters which deal with agricultural practices and productivity and water use. Information on present-day population and land use is then used to contruct models for historical reconstruction and these models are compared with archaeological data. The main findings of this study are: 1) water is the most important determinant of agricultural productivity in the Valley; and 2) peasant agriculturalists in the Valley underutilize their land redocuments because, Kirby argues, they are satisfying cultural and economic goals rather than simply economic goals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Maps
- History and culture change
- Culture summary
- Geography
- Cereal agriculture
- Water supply
- Real property
- Land use
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zapotec
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Anne V. T. Kirkby
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-174)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73623353
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Land use--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Water-supply, Agricultural--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)