Home Region: Mexico (North America)
Archaic Basin of Mexico
6000 BCE 2001 BCE
Displayed: 1326 CE
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General Description
The Basin or Valley of Mexico is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly corresponding to modern-day Mexico City. Here, we are interested in the phase of its prehistory known as the Archaic or Pre-Ceramic period (c. 6000-2001 BCE). This period may be described as a long, gradual transition from a lifestyle centred on big-game hunting prevalent in the preceding "Paleo-Indian" period to a sedentary, agricultural lifestyle in the succeeding "Formative" period. Indeed, Archaic sites are defined by their lack of both large animal remains and ceramics.
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No population estimates could be found in the consulted literature. Similarly, no information could be found on the political organisation of settlements at the time.
[1]: (Kennett 2012: 141) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/RTF3FP57.
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
Social Scale
Hierarchical Complexity
Professions
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
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/ Postal System
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Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Projectiles
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| inferred Absent | 6000 BCE 4001 BCE |
| Present | 4000 BCE 2001 BCE |
Handheld weapons
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| inferred Absent | 6000 BCE 4001 BCE |
| Present | 4000 BCE 2001 BCE |
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Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Coding in Progress.
Religion Variables
Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences
Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions
Coding in Progress.
NGA Settlements:
| Year Range | Archaic Basin of Mexico (mx_basin_of_mexico_1) was in: |
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| (6000 BCE 2001 BCE) | Basin of Mexico |
Home NGA: Basin of Mexico
General Variables
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| Succeeding Entity | MxInitl | Confident Expert | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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Succeeding Entity
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Social Complexity Variables
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| Specialized Government Building | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Merit Promotion | Unknown | Suspected | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Full Time Bureaucrat | Unknown | Suspected | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Examination System | Unknown | Suspected | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Written Record | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Script | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Phonetic Alphabetic Writing | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Nonwritten Record | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Mnemonic Device | Present | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Scientific Literature | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Sacred Text | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Religious Literature | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Practical Literature | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Philosophy | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Lists Tables and Classification | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| History | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Fiction | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Calendar | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
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| Wooden Palisade | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Stone Walls Non Mortared | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Stone Walls Mortared | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moat | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Fortified Camp | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Earth Rampart | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Ditch | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Complex Fortification | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Long Wall | absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Sling | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Self Bow | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Javelin | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Composite Bow | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Atlatl | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 4001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Atlatl | Present | Confident | 4000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| War Club | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Sword | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Spear | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 4001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Spear | Present | Confident | 4000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Polearm | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Dagger | Present | Inferred | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Battle Axe | Absent | Inferred | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Horse | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Elephant | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Donkey | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Dog | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Camel | Absent | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Broad | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement in This Life | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Certain | Unknown | Confident | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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Crisis Cases
Instability Data
Power Transitions