essay
Time depth or vacuum: the 11.3.0.0.0 correlation and the lowland Maya Postclassic
late lowland maya civilization : classic to postclassic • Albuquerque • Published In 1986 • Pages: 99-140
By: Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Chase proposes the Spanish arrived on the Yucatan Peninsula in the Mayan year 11.3.0.0.0 (or 1541 A.D. of the Christian calendar) not the usually accepted 11.16.0.0.0. He points out that there were at least two different Mayan calendars in operation in northernYucatan when the Spanish arrived and that they differed by five years. Chase presents evidence that this shortened time period will comfortably fit the known prehistory of the Terminal Classic to Postclassic Maya. Chase also uses ethnohistoric data, ceramics, the Mayan Books of CHILAM BALAM, and archaeological evidence in the Central Petén and northern Belize to support his proposal.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Prehistory
- Ceramic technology
- Verbal arts
- Ordering of time
- 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
- Sarah Berry ; 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-460 BP (900 A.D.-1540 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lowland Maya; Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Arlen F. Chase
- For bibliographical references see document number 6:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85016513
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities