book chapter
General summary and conclusions
Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala • 17 (4) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 176-276
By: Willey, Gordon Randolph.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the archaeological site of Seibal, a major Mayan ruin in the southern Maya lowlands of Guatemala. The work is divided into three major parts. Part I is an introduction to and a recapitulation of the archaeological research at the site carried out by Willey and his associates. This section provides a general background on Seibal including information on its geography, previous archaeological research, problems associated with the site, a synopsis of the culture sequences, and a summary of the 1964-1968 field investigations at Seibal. Parts II and III provide a narrative reconstruction, phase by phase, of the culture history of the site and a reconsideration of the problems with which the author et al. began their investigation at Seibal, including a consideration of what appears to be some of the cultural processes involved in Seibal's history (p. 181).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Structures
- Settlement patterns
- 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.
- 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
- 1964-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1750 BP-1100 BP (250 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)
- Seibal site, southern Maya lowlands, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gordon R. Willey
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-276)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90061262
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities