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The beginnings of Mesoamerica: apologia for the Soconusco Early Formative
formation of complex society in southeastern mesoamerica • Boca Raton • Published In 1991 • Pages: 13-26
By: Clark, John E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper traces the origins of Mesoamerican culture to the Pacific coast of Chiapas, Mexico. Clark examines radiocarbon dates of the coastal sequence, the region's productivity, and evidence for ranked societies. He concludes that a chiefdom society was in place by 1650 B.C. He also examines the spread of this period's Locona and Locona-like ceramics across southeastern Mesoamerica.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- 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
- 1985 (Mazatan Early Formative Project)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6650-2750 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mazatan Zone, Chiapas, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- John E. Clark
- Revised papers from the 86th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Nov. 1987, and additional material
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-26)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91010478
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities