essay
The rise of the Northern Maya chiefdoms: a socioprocessual analysis
origins of maya civilization • Albuquerque • Published In 1977 • Pages: 101-132
By: Ball, Joseph W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this chapter, Bell discusses the rise of the first Mayan chiefdoms in the Northern Plains and Central Yucatan regions. He examines settlement patterns, ceramic complexes and sequences. The widespread but variable Mamom ceramic sphere in the Middle Preclassic Period suggests to Bell a segmentary tribal level of social organization. The subsequent centuries (350 B.C. - 50 A.D.) saw the rise of a chiefdom at Dzibilchaltun on the Northern Plains and at Becan during the Terminal Preclassic.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Settlement patterns
- External trade
- 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
- 1973-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3000-1750 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Joseph W. Ball
- For bibliographical references see document number 1:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76057537
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities