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The Colha preceramic project: preliminary results of the 1993-1995 field seasons
Mexicon • 18 • Published In 1996 • Pages: 45-49
By: Hester, Thomas R., Iceland, Harry Barne, Shafer, Harry J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a brief presentation of the findings from the 1993-1994 field seasons at Operation 4046 at Colha. Brief descriptions of the other findings from northern Belize and other excavations at Colha are also given. Zone D at Operation 4046 is the stratum that is within the time period of 7000 B.P.- 4000 B.P.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lowland Mesoamerican Archaic
- 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
- article
- 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
- Sarah Berry; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1993-1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5370 BP-3920 BP (3370 B.C.-1920 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Operation 4046; Colha, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thomas R. Hester, Harry B. Iceland, and Harry J. Shafer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-50)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85646366
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities/Indians of