The Cerro Jazmín Archaeological Project: Investigating prehispanic urbanism and its environmental impact in the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico
The Cerro Jazmín Archaeological Project: Investigating prehispanic urbanism and its environmental impact in the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico
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贾兹明山考古项目：调查墨西哥瓦哈卡州米斯特卡阿尔塔的前西班牙城市化及其对环境的影响
DOI：
10.1179/009346911x12991472411321
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Maria K. Neff
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作者：
V. Rodríguez;K. Anderson;Maria K. Neff
摘要我们介绍了Cerro Jazmín考古项目的结果，这是一个对墨西哥瓦哈卡州Mixteca Alta的山顶城市中心进行测绘和密集调查的项目。我们的考古和地貌调查揭示了很长的间歇性占领历史，最大占领时间是后经典早期，与土壤形成和景观稳定性相对应。我们将人口估计与农业生产预测进行比较，以评估该市养活人口的能力，我们认为它是一个农业中心。在一个关于景观和城市化的更广泛的讨论中，Cerro Jazmín的管理劳动力被需要来建造、管理和维护其露台系统。我们的研究结果表明，大量的城市人口并不一定会导致环境退化。
Abstract We present the results of the Cerro Jazmín Archaeological Project, a mapping and intensive survey project of a hilltop urban center in the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico. Our archaeological and geomorphological investigations reveal a long history of intermittent occupation with the time of maximum occupation, the Early Postclassic, corresponding with soil formation and landscape stability. Our population estimates are compared with agricultural production projections to assess the city's capability to feed its population and we argue that it functioned as an agricultural center. In a broader discussion of landscape and urbanism, Cerro Jazmín's managed labor was needed to build, manage, and maintain its terrace systems. Our findings show that large urban populations do not necessarily cause environmental degradation.