essay
The northern lowlands
lowland maya postclassic • Austin • Published In 1985 • Pages: 23-30
By: Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), Rice, Prudence M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Chase and Rice summarize the major features of the Postclassic period (with particular attention to settlement patterns, architecture, ceramics) in what they call the northern lowlands area -- the northern shores of Yucatan to the modern territorial division separating Guatemala and Mexico and thence through the heartland of northern Belize (p. 23). The conclusions from the works of several archaeologists studying the Postclassic period in the region mentioned above are mentioned briefly, particularly in regard to the Chichen Itza and Mayapan sites in Yucatan and the Nohmul site in Belize.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Maps
- Reviews and critiques
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- External trade
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Postclassic 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100 BP-480 BP (900 A.D.-1520 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern lowlands: Yucatan peninsula, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- [Arlen F. Chase and Prudence M. Rice]
- For bibliographical references see document number 2:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84013168
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities