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Patterns of Late Preclassic interaction and the formation of complex society in the southeast Maya periphery
formation of complex society in southeastern mesoamerica • Boca Raton • Published In 1991 • Pages: 121-142
By: Schortman, Edward M., Urban, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is a synthesis of the ceramic material from various collections representing different sites in the Southeast Maya periphery. The region and sites included are Los Naranjos, Comayagua Valley, Río Pelo, Colonía Care, Santo Domingo, Central Santa Barbara, Copan, Quelepa, Santa Rita, Playa de los Muertos, and La Guacamaya. The object of the study is to ascertain patterns of interregional interaction in the Late Preclassic period and suggest how these interactions might have influenced sociopolitical change in region. The authors examined the distribution among the above regions and sites of the following ceramic systems: Negative-Painted, Red-Slipped Monochromes, Orange-Slipped Monochromes, White-Slipped Monochromes, Black-Brown Slipped Monochromes, Painted Bichromes, Zoned Painted, Zoned Incised or Stamped, Trichromes, and Unslipped Incised-Neck Jars. They found no evidence of widespread ceramic spheres. Rather sites were linked to each other by different sets of ceramic commonalities, which suggests a pattern of diffuse interaction and trade.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Ceramic technology
- Utensils
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Typologies and classifications
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Preclassic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2200-1800 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edward M. Schortman ; Patricia A. Urban
- Revised papers from the 86th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Nov. 1987, and additional material
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-142)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91010478
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities