essay
Ganned but not forgotten: Late Postclassic archaeology and ritual at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
lowland maya postclassic • Austin • Published In 1985 • Pages: 104-125
By: Chase, Diane Z..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The archaeological site at Santa Rita is located north of the modern town of Corozal in Belize. This site is noted for its long history of occupation and is particularly conspicuous for its Late Postclassic remains. By 1894 the site had been partially destroyed to provide building materials for the nearby town of Corozal, although thirty-two of the original mounds were noted as surviving intact. In the early twentieth century, the archaeologist Thomas William Francis Gann roughly mapped the area and excavated the majority of structures he found at the site.The results of his work established Santa Rita as being chronologically of the Late Postclassic period. This work discusses Chase's subsequent excavations at the site in 1979-1980 and the archaeological and ethnohistorical interpretation of the artifactual materials thus obtained which seem to confirm Gann's classification of Santa Rita as being Late Postclassic.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Ceramic technology
- Structures
- Building interiors and arrangement
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary 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)
- Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- Diane Z. Chase
- For bibliographical references see document number 2:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84013168
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities