essay
The Mixe-Zoque as competing neighbors of the early lowland Maya
origins of maya civilization • Albuquerque • Published In 1977 • Pages: 197-248
By: Lowe, Gareth W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lowe examines the Preclassic cultural horizons in eastern Mesoamerica and their relationships with the Mayan lowland traditions. He argues that the Mayan and Zoquean cultures branched out of the earlier Isthmian Olmec culture, representing lowland and highland adaptations, respectively. Lowe theorizes that the Mayan lowland adaptation required an intensification of social values centered on hieroglyphic cults, which was strongly resisted when reintroduced to the highlands, accounting for the destruction of glyph-bearing monuments in highland-lowland border region.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Geography
- Comparative evidence
- Historical reconstruction
- Ceramic technology
- 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.
- 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
- 4500-1750 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern Mesoamerica
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gareth W. Lowe
- For bibliographical references see document number 1:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76057537
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities