book chapter
Lubaantun, a classic Maya realm
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press • (2) • Published In 1975 • Pages: xvii, 428
By: Hammond, Norman.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work presents the results of fieldwork in the South Toledo District of Belize during the period of 1970-1971, with a focus on the site of Lubaanatun where most of the excavation and mapping work were carried out. A number of other sites were also recorded or reported in the region sufficient to show the rough distribution of ancient settlements in the area. Surface collections were made from some of these sites. The author's analysis of the data attempts to place Lubaantun '…in its environmental, spatial, and historical context, to depict how the ceremonial center and its settlement acted as the focus of human activity within the region defined as its realm and maintained contact with similar realms elsewhere in the Maya area' (p. 133). The appendices describe the various other sites investigated in the South Toledo District, and the ceramics, artifacts, sculpture, and animal and human remains found at Lubaantun.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Structures
- Settlement patterns
- Exchange and transfers
- Routes
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Typologies and classifications
- 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 chapter
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1400 BP-1100 BP (600 A.D.-900 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lubaantun site, South Toledo District, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- Norman Hammond
- Synoptic table of excavation lots and plan (2 fold. sheets) in pocket
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-428)
- Figures 50 and 51(Synoptic table of excavation lots and plan, 2 fold. sheets in pocket) were too large to reproduce and were not included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75018219
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities