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The community of Cuello: the ceremonial core
cuello : an early maya community in belize • Cambridge [England] • Published In 1991 • Pages: 98-117
By: Gerhardt, Juliette Cartwright, Hammond, Norman.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a report on the excavation of the main trenches at Cuello, which reveal an earlier domestic and later ceremonial period of architectural development. The excavations uncovered altogether 19 house platforms, nine ancillary domestic platforms, six ceremonial structures and three unknown structures. The architecture of the early period consisted of low house platforms clustered around a patio not more than 20 meters wide. The architecture of the latter period consisted of higher, broader platforms, mass burials, and stepped pyramids. Swasey, Bladen, and Lopez Mamom ceramics were associated with the first period and Cocos Chicanel ceramics with the second period.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Masonry
- Architecture
- Miscellaneous structures
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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
- 1975-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3200-1850 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cuello, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- Juliette Cartwright Gerhardt and Norman Hammond
- For bibliographical references see document number 9: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90001858
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities