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The community of Cuello: the ceremonial core

cuello : an early maya community in belize • Cambridge [England] • Published In 1991 • Pages: 98-117

By: Gerhardt, Juliette Cartwright, Hammond, Norman.

Abstract

This is a report on the excavation of the main trenches at Cuello, which reveal an earlier domestic and later ceremonial period of architectural development. The excavations uncovered altogether 19 house platforms, nine ancillary domestic platforms, six ceremonial structures and three unknown structures. The architecture of the early period consisted of low house platforms clustered around a patio not more than 20 meters wide. The architecture of the latter period consisted of higher, broader platforms, mass burials, and stepped pyramids. Swasey, Bladen, and Lopez Mamom ceramics were associated with the first period and Cocos Chicanel ceramics with the second period.

HRAF PubDate

2001

Region

Middle America and the Caribbean

Sub Region

Maya Area

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Ian Skoggard ; 2000

Field Date

1975-1987

Coverage Date

3200-1850 BP

Coverage Place

Cuello, Belize

Notes

Juliette Cartwright Gerhardt and Norman Hammond

For bibliographical references see document number 9: Anonymous

LCCN

90001858

LCSH

Mayas--Antiquities