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Excavations in the late Preclassic nucleated village
archaeology at cerros, belize, central america : an interim report • 1 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 45-63
By: Cliff, Maynard B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a report on five excavation operations along the northern, bayside margin of the central ceremonial precinct. Wave erosion has revealed a rich depositional history of the site. Further excavations revealed that the sub-plaza deposits were produced by domestic debris. All ceramics uncovered belong to the Chicanel Ceramic Sphere of the Late Preclassic Period. Cliff discovered 13 construction episodes representing 300-400 years of occupation. The transformation of the site to a ceremonial center occurred sometime between the Late C'oh or Early Tulix periods.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Structures
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- 1974-1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2350-1850 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cerros, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- Maynard B. Cliff
- For bibliographical references see document number 6:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86003843
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities