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.
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Year Range | Archaic Basin of Mexico (mx_basin_of_mexico_1) was in: |
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(6000 BCE 2001 BCE) | Basin of Mexico |
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Succeeding Entity | MxInitl | Confident Expert | 6000 BCE 2001 BCE | ||||||||
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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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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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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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