Topography and Geology

Community Structure

Soil

Mineral Resources

Bibliographies in Sources

Reviews and Critiques

Climate

Location

Occupational Specialization

Cooperative Organization

Household

Organization and Analysis of Results

Identification

Chronologies and Culture Sequences

Fishing

Diet

Internal Trade

Population

Burial Practices and Funerals

Fauna

Flora

Land Use

Human Effects on Environment

Annual Cycle

Settlement Patterns

External Migration

Acculturation and Culture Contact

External Trade

Boats

Tillage

General Tools

Ornament

Weapons

Status, Role, and Prestige

Instigation of War

Lithic Industries

Utensils

Cultural Participation

Preservation and Storage of Food

Food Preparation

Food Quest

Social Control

Diagnostic Material Attributes

Dwellings

General Character of Religion

Sacred Objects and Places

TRADITION SUMMARY: LOWLAND MESOAMERICAN ARCHAIC

ORIENTATION

ENVIRONMENT

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

ABSOLUTE TIME PERIOD

RELATIVE TIME PERIOD

LOCATION

DIAGNOSTIC MATERIAL ATTRIBUTES

REGIONAL SUBTRADITIONS

IMPORTANT SITES

CLIMATE

TOPOGRAPHY

GEOLOGY

BIOTA

SETTLEMENT SYSTEM

HOUSING

POPULATION, HEALTH, AND DISEASE

SUBSISTENCE

WILD FOODS

DOMESTIC FOODS

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

UTENSILS

ORNAMENTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

DIFFERENTIAL ACCESS OR CONTROL OF RESOURCES

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The Lowland Mesoamerican Archaic tradition is found in Belize and Mexico between 7000 and 3800 BP. The people of this tradition were primarily hunters, fishers, and gatherers, but did cultivate some plants. They lived in small possibly permanent coastal settlements. Upland sites on river and swamp margins may have been special purpose locations. They became increasingly dependent on maize and possibly manioc towards the end of the period. Although essentially egalitarian, the regionally organized exploitation and distribution of resources suggests social complexity beyond that of simple hunter-gatherer societies.

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