essay
The rise of Classic Maya civilization in the Northwestern Zone: isolation and integration
origins of maya civilization • Albuquerque • Published In 1977 • Pages: 159-180
By: Rands, Robert L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter is a discussion of the rise of Mayan civilization in the Northwestern Zone along the Usumacinta river and around the Classic city of Palenque. The Middle Preclassic Period was a time of colonization of the riverine environment. The area closer to the coast (Chontalpa) was strongly influenced by the Olmec culture with minor Mayan penetration in the Late Preclassic Period. At the time of this report, the Preclassic record at Palenque was scant, including some Chicanel-horizon pottery with Olmec-style figurine heads. Palenque rose to prominence later in the Middle Classic Period.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3300-1740 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northwestern Zone, Campeche and Chiapas, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert L. Rands
- For bibliographical references see document number 1:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76057537
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities