essay
Ex oriente lux: a view from Belize
origins of maya civilization • Albuquerque • Published In 1977 • Pages: 45-76
By: Hammond, Norman.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this chapter Hammond looks at the Maya data in Northern Belize, paying special attention to the Preclassic-Classic transition. The Corozal Project has excavated eight sites out of 60 surveyed. The chronology of Preclassic ceramic complexes are as follows: Swasey, Lopez Mamom, Cocos Chicanel, and Floral Park. Hammond classified nine site types based on site size and architecture, and reviews the 'highland' and 'lowland' theories of Mayan origins.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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.
- 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
- 1973-1975 (Corozal Project)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3020-1750 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northern Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- Norman Hammond
- For bibliographical references see document number 1:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76057537
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities