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Early agriculture in the Maya lowlands
Latin American antiquity • 7 (4) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 355-372
By: Pohl, Mary D., Pope, Kevin O., Jones, John G, Jacob, John S., Piperno, Dolores R., deFrance, Susan D., Lentz, David Lewis, Gifford, John A., Danforth, Marie E., Josserand, J. Kathryn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Pohl summarizes the development of agriculture in Mesoamerica. She then goes on to summarize research in the wetlands of northern Belize (which included excavation and the taking of pollen cores) and to present evidence for the development of agriculture in the lowlands by around 5500 B.P. The evidence is mostly from non-archaeological remains such as pollen and charcoal.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Flora
- Cultural participation
- Tillage
- Environmental quality
- 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
- 1991-1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 7000 BP-4000 BP (5000 B.C.-2000 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lowland Mesoamerica; Belize and Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mary D. Pohl, Kevin O. Pope, John G. Jones, John S. Jacob, Dolores R. Piperno, Susan D. deFrance, David L. Lentz, John A. Gifford, Marie E. Danforth, and J. Kathryn Josserand
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-372)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91649207
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities/Indians of