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An emerging Early Formative chiefdom at Paso de la Amada, Chiapas, Mexico
formation of complex society in southeastern mesoamerica • Boca Raton • Published In 1991 • Pages: 27-46
By: Blake, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study looks at the architectural changes during the Early Formative of one structure at the site Paso de la Amado on the coastal plain of Chiapas, Mexico. Blake and his team uncovered three floors to discover that the structure was rebuilt and expanded at least twice. The structure could be an elite residence or public building. However, Blake argues that the structure was a chiefly household, because of the pattern of increase labor investment and evidence of increased use of decorative serving vessels, between the Barra and Cherla phases. According to Blake, the evidence points to an increasing social differentiation between chiefs and commoners and the emergence of a chiefdom.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dwellings
- 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
- 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
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3550-3000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Paso de la Amada, Chiapas, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Blake
- Revised papers from the 86th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Nov. 1987, and additional material
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-46)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91010478
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities