book chapter
The Artifacts
archaeology at cerros, belize, central america, , series • 2 • Published In 1989 • Pages: xi, 154
By: Garber, James F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an excavation report on a Preclassic Mayan port, located at the mouth of the New River on Chetumal Bay, Belize. All of the construction dates form the Late Preclassic period. Garber takes an unusual methodological approach by recording the context of each artifact as an aid in its identification. Many of the artifacts uncovered are found in the context of 'termination rituals,' in which new buildings were consecrated. A large quantity of sherds were reworked and used as weights for fishing nets. According to Garber, Cerros was an important Preclassic trade center, which occupied a key link between the coastal trade of the northern Yucatan and the interior highland region.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fishing gear
- Ceramic technology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Typologies and classifications
- 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 chapter
- 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
- unknown (Cerros Project)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2300-1850 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cerros, Corozal District, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- by James F. Garber
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-149) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86003843
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities