essay
External contacts and trade at Cuello
cuello : an early maya community in belize • Cambridge [England] • Published In 1991 • Pages: 192-203
By: McSwain, Rebecca, Kosakowsky, Laura J., Hammond, Norman.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This report examines the exogenous source of raw materials used in Cuello artifacts and considers possible trade patterns. Specifically the authors examine the sources of chert, ceramics, ground stone, obsidian, jade, and greenstone. A nearby site, Colha specialized in the manufacture of chert tools. Most ceramics were made locally, although foreign styles were imitated in the Late Middle and Late Preclassic periods. Some granite metate fragments were traced to the Maya Mountains and pumice from the Guatemala highlands. Obsidian came from three major sources all in southern Guatemala: San Martin Jilopeque (Rio Pixcaya) in the Middle Preclassic times, El Chayal in the Late Preclassic to Classic, and Ixtepeque in the Terminal Classic and Postclassic. Jade came from places as far away as Chichen Itza, Monte Alto on the Pacific Coast, and Costa Rica.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Processing of basic materials
- Internal trade
- 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.
- 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)
- Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Rebecca McSwain, Laura J. Kosakowsky, and Norman Hammond
- Chert trade / Rebecca McSwain -- Ceramic trade / Laura J. Kosakowsky -- Trade in ground stone / Norman Hammond -- Obsidian trade / Norman Hammond -- Jade and greenstone trade / Norman Hammond
- For bibliographical references see document number 9: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90001858
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities