Settlement data from the 1960-1975 Basin of Mexico Surveys

Part of the Social Reactors Project datasets project

Creator(s): Scott Ortman

Year: 2014

Summary

Data analyzed in Ortman, S. G., A. H. F. Cabaniss, J. Sturm, and L. M. A. Bettencourt, The Pre-History of Urban Scaling, PLOS ONE (Feb. 2014).

Cite this Record

Settlement data from the 1960-1975 Basin of Mexico Surveys. Scott Ortman. PLOS ONE. 2014 ( tDAR id: 392022) ; doi:10.6067/XCV84F1RNN

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URL: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087902


Data Set Structure

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

Table Information: qry VOM site size data

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
Median Sherd Density Median sherd density class, as discussed in the associated paper.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Complete Preservation Checked box indicates architectural remains are fully-preserved on the surface, in the opinion of the surveyors.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Total Domestic Mound Area Total surface area of recorded domestic mounds.
DOUBLE  Measurement (square meter) uncategorized none none true
Chronological Group BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Period VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Desc VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Site VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
SiteName VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
SiteType VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Container VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Area DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Population BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Domestic Mound Count BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Pop Method Distinguishes cases where population was estimated by counting houses or summing house areas as opposed to the area x density method, as discussed in the text of the associated paper.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Keywords

Culture
Aztec • Central Mexico • HIDATSA-MANDAN • inka • Maya • Medieval • Moche • Oaxaca • Pueblo • Roman Empire • Veracruz • Wanka • West Mexico

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic

Site Name
Cuicuilco • Double Ditch Village • Goodman Point Ruins • Hatunmarca • Ixtapalapa • Mayapan • Mitla • Otumba • Sand Canyon Pueblo • Slant Village • Tenochtitlan • Teotihuacan • Texcoco • Tunanmarca • Yellow Jacket Pueblo

Site Type
Church / Religious Structure • Communal / Public Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Governmental Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Palace • Plaza • Pyramid • Settlements • Temple

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Systematic Survey

General
Settlement Pattern Survey

Geographic Keywords
Andean Cordillera • Mediterranean • Mesoamerica • Native North America • Western Europe

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -1200 to 1700 (Archaeological Sequences)

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
PLOS-ONE-paper-dataset.xlsx 274.13kb Feb 11, 2014 Feb 11, 2014 10:15:40 AM Public
Raw data analyzed in Ortman et al. (2014) PLOS ONE, "The Pre-History of Urban Scaling."
  • Translated version PLOS-ONE-paper-dataset_translated.xls (899.50kb)
    Data column(s) in this dataset have been associated with coding sheet(s) and translated: