essay
Chiefs on the coast: developing chiefdoms in the Tiquisate region in ethnographic perspective
formation of complex society in southeastern mesoamerica • Boca Raton • Published In 1991 • Pages: 101-119
By: Whitley, David S., Beaudry, Marilyn P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study examines the Formative period of the Tiquisate region of coastal Guatemala and compares it to an alternative ethnohistoric model for a hunting-gathering-fishing-based chiefdom, the Chumash of south-coastal California. Whitley and Beaudry look at the Chumash enthnohistory and related Lulapin archeology, and compare it to the archeology of the Late/Terminal Formative sites in the Tiquisate archeological zone, including the site of Sin Cabezas. According to the authors, the most compelling evidence for a ranked chiefdom at the latter site is the level of technological sophistication, specifically the carving of alabaster stone ornaments.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological survey methods
- Historical reconstruction
- Territorial hierarchy
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2250-1850 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tiquisate archeological zone, Department of Escuintla, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- David S. Whitley and Marilyn P. Beaudry
- Revised papers from the 86th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Nov. 1987, and additional material
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-119)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91010478
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities