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Ganned but not forgottenessay 1985 • Chase, Diane Z.
Postclassic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
The archaeological site at Santa Rita is located north of the modern town of Corozal in Belize. This site is noted for its long history of occupation and is particularly conspicuous for its Late Postclassic remains. By 1894 the site had been partiall...Social and political organization in the land of cacao and honeyessay 1986 • Chase, Diane Z.
Postclassic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Diane Chase uses archaeological and ethnohistoric data to examine social and political organization. The archaeological data mainly come from the site of Santa Rita Corozal in Belize. Her findings on social status indicate a continuum of statuses rat...Postclassic temporal and spatial frames for the lowland Mayaessay 1985 • Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank) & Chase, Diane Z.
Postclassic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Dating within the Postclassic period is complicated by a number of factors: (1) lack of monuments with long count dates as in the Classic period; (2) the scarcity of deeply stratified Postclassic deposits, and until recently [ca. 1980s] (3)the small ...