essay
Preclassic Maya civilization
new theories on the ancient maya • 3 • Published In 1992 • Pages: 137-144
By: Hammond, Norman.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hammond notes that the lowland Maya area of Mesoamerica has been occupied by people for perhaps 10,000 years before the emergence of Classic Maya civilization and there is a strong possibility that these early inhabitants were the direct ancestors of the Classic and present Maya population (p. 4). This study examines some of the major Early Lowland/Preclassic sites of the region (e.g., Cuello, Komchen, Cerros, El Mirador, and Nohmul) and analyzes the archaeological data so obtained in terms of the characteristic features representative of this period such as house types, public structures, canal construction, land use, maize agriculture, use of color in pottery, ceremonial masks, etc.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Tillage
- Land use
- Water supply
- Public structures
- Religious and educational structures
- Visual arts
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4000 BP - 2100 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Guatemala, Yucatan, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Meso and South America
- NotesAdditional notes
- Norman Hammond
- Papers presented at the annual Maya Weekend sponsored by the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology of the University of Pennsylvania, in 1987
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 144)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92008116
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities