Book
The black pottery of Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Southwest Museum • Los Angeles • Published In 1939 • Pages: 43 , 15 plates
By: Van de Velde, Paul, Van de Velde, Henriette Romeike.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Oaxacan pottery has been noted for many years for its color, workmanship and design. This paper attempts to describe in detail the preparation of this type of pottery from the initial gathering of the clay to its firing in the kilns and eventual sale in the markets of Oaxaca City. To illustrate more graphically the processes taking place, the authors descibe the preparation of the pottery by the master potters Juventino and Rosa Nieto. As preliminary background to the study the Van de Velde's provide a very brief sketch of Zapotec culture history, including their relationships to the Spanish, Mixtecs and Toltecs; village size and location; and population.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Foreign Residents
- Businessperson
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- 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)
- San Bartolo Coyotepec 13 km south of Oaxaca City in the Ocotlan (southern) arm of the valley; Valley of Oaxaca; Oaxaca State, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Paul Van de Velde and Henriette Romeike Van de Velde
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 40011238
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zapotec Indians/Indian pottery--Mexico/Coyotepec, Mexico (Oaxaca)