Valley of Mexico Archaeological Survey Data

Year: 1983

Summary

This is the data that will be of interest to most people. It contains the data on 2053 archaeological sites. The key to the data is available in resource 2 (Key to Valley of Mexico Survey Site Data).

Cite this Record

Valley of Mexico Archaeological Survey Data. 1983 ( tDAR id: 193) ; doi:10.6067/XCV83J3BVQ

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Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: Site Survey Data

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
FieldSite Region VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
FieldSite Period VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Population Population estimate. Single basic value.
BIGINT  Count uncategorized none none true
PopMax Maximum population estimate.
BIGINT  Count uncategorized none none true
PopMin Minimum population estimate
BIGINT  Count uncategorized none none true
SubPeriod1 Field possibly indicating Classic and Aztec subperiods present. Some confusion over this field.
BIGINT  Coded Value Provenience and Context : Date Subperiod I & II Coding Sheet (Valley of Mexico Project) none true
SubPeriod2 Field possibly indicating Classic and Aztec subperiods present. Some confusion over this field.
BIGINT  Coded Value Provenience and Context : Date Subperiod I & II Coding Sheet (Valley of Mexico Project) none true
SurveyYearNumber Survey Year Number: Indicates the survey year and number in which the site was located values. The first number indicates the year and the second number indicates the survey number in that year.
VARCHAR  Coded Value Provenience and Context : Date Survey Code Coding Sheet (Valley of Mexico) none true
North Location of the site in km to the nearest 1/100 km with respect to km North grid system used by the Mexican Government on its 1:25000 series maps. For reference. 2100 km north, 500 km east corresponds to 79 N latitude, 99 W longitude, a point about 60 km SSE of Mexico City.
DOUBLE  Measurement (kilometer) Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location none none true
Rainfall Rainfall in mm.
BIGINT  Measurement (millimeter) uncategorized none none true
Area Area: Site area in hectares to the nearest .1 hectare.
DOUBLE  Measurement (hectare) uncategorized none none true
East East: Location of the site in km to the nearest 1/100 km with respect to km East grid system used by the Mexican Government on its 1:25000 series maps. For reference. 2100 km north, 500 km east corresponds to 79 N latitude, 99 W longitude, a point about 60 km SSE of Mexico City.
DOUBLE  Measurement (kilometer) Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location none none true
Elev Elev: Elevation of site in meters above sea level (m asl). Single basic elevation.
BIGINT  Measurement (meter) Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location none none true
ElevMax ElevMax: Maximum Elevation of site in m asl.
BIGINT  Measurement (meter) Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location none none true
ElevMed ElevMed: Median elevation of site in m asl.
BIGINT  Measurement (meter) Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location none none true
ElevMin ElevMin: Minimum Elevation of site in m asl.
BIGINT  Measurement (meter) Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location none none true
Soil Soil depth, single basic value. Can include the following values: Fully Eroded, Very shallow, Shallow (1-25cm), Shallow-medium, Medium, Medium-deep, Deep (100+cm)
VARCHAR  Measurement (centimeter) Provenience and Context : Vertical Position none none true
SoilMax Maximum soil depth.
VARCHAR  Measurement (centimeter) Provenience and Context : Vertical Position none none true
SoilMed Median soil depth.
VARCHAR  Measurement (centimeter) Provenience and Context : Vertical Position none none true
SoilMin Minimum soil depth.
VARCHAR  Measurement (centimeter) Provenience and Context : Vertical Position none none true
OccTF Number of Terminal Formative sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccTot Total number of occupations of this site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ModernUse Principal modern utilization. Can include the following values: None, Agricultural, Grazing, Grazing and Agriculture, Settlement.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Region The region that was surveyed. This is already translated in Dataset. This field helps explain the site and site code field. See master coding sheet tdar ID 2291 for a list of possible values, including the abbreviations and codes used in the Site or Site Code field. The Index field is the code used for Site Code field and the Code field below is the abbreviation used in the Site field.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ModernSettlement Modern settlement encroachment. Can include the following values: None or Unspecified, Slight (no difficulty in recognizing site boundaries), Moderate (determination of boundaries problematic), Extensive (beyond control)
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Context none none true
MoundRecorded Number of mounds that are individually described
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
MoundDomestic Number of domestic mounds
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
MoundQuestionable Number of mounds of undetermined function.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
MoundTotal Number of mounds total
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccAZ Number of Aztec sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccCL Number of Classic sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccEA Number of Early Aztec sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccEC Number of Early Classic sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccEF Number of Early Formative sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccET Number of Early Toltec sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccLA Number of Late Aztec sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccLC Number of Late Classic sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccMF Number of Middle Formative sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
TerraceConfidence TerraceConfidence: Confidence in chronological specification of agricultural terraces. Can include the following values: Unspecified, Questionable, Definite
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Architecture none none true
SiteCode An eight digit alternative to the site field. Includes numbers for the region, period, and site number. Useful for sorting sites.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location none none true
Site Site number. This is formatted as [Region]-[Period]-[Site Number].
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location none none true
RubbleMax Maximum rock rubble density.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
RubbleMed Median rock rubble density.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
RubbleMin Minimum rock rubble density.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
SherdMax Maximum surface sherd density.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Ceramic : Count none none true
SherdMed Median surface sherd density.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Ceramic : Count none none true
SherdMin Minimum surface sherd density.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Ceramic : Count none none true
Map Map: Topographic map from which site location was determined. Table in the master coding key tDAR ID 2291 lists possible values.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
SiteType Hypothesized site type. For a list of all possible values see master coding key tDAR ID 2291
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location none none true
Supervisor Supervisor of survey group finding site. One of the following: Earl Prahl Jeffrey Parsons Mary Parsons Richard Blanton Robert Hirning Robert Wenke William Sanders
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Lookup : Other none none true
Rubble Rock Rubble density. Single basic value. Master coding sheet tDAR ID2291 has a list of all possible values for this field and all other Rubble fields.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Sherd Surface pottery density (from this period of occulation). Single basic value. Here are the possible values for this field and all other Sherd fields
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Ceramic : Count none none true
MoundCeremonial Number of ceremonial mounds.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
EnvironmentalZone Environmental Zone: Environmental Zone of site. See coding sheet 2291 for the possible values.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Erosion Erosion: Erosion at site. Single basic value. Can include the following values: None, Very Slight, Slight, Moderate-slight, Moderate, Moderate-deep, Deep
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ErosionMax Maximum erosion condition.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ErosionMed Median erosion condition.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ErosionMin Minimum erosion condition.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Period Period. This is already translated in the Database. This is the period that sites were designated as. The table below lists all the periods used and the codes used in the Site and SiteCode fields.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Date none none true
OccLF Number of Terminal Formative sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
OccLT Number of Late Toltec sites occupying all or part of the location of the current site.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
TerraceExtent TerraceExtent: Extent of prehistoric agricultural terracing. Can include the following values: Unspecified, None, Trace, Significant, Extensive
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Architecture none none true

Keywords

General
Settlement patterns

Geographic Keywords
Basin of Mexico • Valley of Mexico

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -1500 to 1521

Spatial Coverage

min long: -99.242; min lat: 19.062 ; max long: -98.643; max lat: 19.948 ;

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