Book
Preclassic Maya pottery at Cuello, Belize
University of Arizona Press • (47) • Published In 1987 • Pages: vii, 101
By: Kosakowsky, Laura J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document describes the excavations at the site of Cuello in Belize from the 1970s to 1980. This site is of particular importance because it represents an unusually old and previously unknown ceramic sequence for the Lowland Maya covering an occupational area dating from the Early Preclassic period (Swasey Ceramic Complex) at approximately 4000 B.P. to the Late Preclassic (Cocos Ceramic Complex) around 2250 to 2300 B.P., when the region under study was essentially abandoned. This work presents a detailed analysis of the Cuello site ceramics utilizing the traditional type-variety classification system to order the ceramics chronologically. This monograph not only describes and summarizes the ceramic sequence at Cuello but relates that sequence to the wider sphere of ceramics and interaction during the Preclassic period in northern Belize (p. 101).
- 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
- Book
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4000 BP-1750 BP (2000 B.C.-250 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cuello site, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- Laura J. Kosakowsky.
- Summaries in English and Spanish
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-94) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87016249
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities