Book
The Kaminaljuyu chiefdom
Pennsylvania State University Press • [University Park] • Published In 1979 • Pages: xiv, 283
By: Michels, Joseph W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The primary focus of this work is on the reconstruction of Mayan social organization based on the analysis and interpretation of archaeological finds at the site of Kaminaljuyu in the central highlands of Guatemala. The author attempts to demonstrate in this study how social organization was affected by various changes in the environment over time (p. 224). Michel's range of coverage for the area begins with the Early Formative phase and extends to the Late Postclassic. HRAF has indexed only the material relevant to the Classic Mayan period (1750 B.P.-1000 B.P.) but the text is there in its entirety. In addition to the physical data from the archaeological site of Kaminaljuyu itself, this document presents interpretative data on social structure and stratification, political organiztion, demography, public ceremonials, kinship organization, craft specialization, trade (especially with Teotihuacan), and the eventual collapse of Kaminaljuyu.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Structures
- Settlement patterns
- Status, role, and prestige
- Household
- Lineages
- Clans
- Moieties
- Territorial hierarchy
- Districts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Classic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- Book
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1750 BP-1000 BP (250 A.D.-1000 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kaminaljuyu site, central highlands, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- Joseph W. Michels
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-283)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79015181
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities