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The chronology of Chichen Itza: a review of the literature
late lowland maya civilization : classic to postclassic • Albuquerque • Published In 1986 • Pages: 141-196
By: Linclon, Charles E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lincoln examines the ceramic, sculptural, architectural, settlement pattern, and hieroglypic data from Chichen Itza to show that Puuc and Toltec styles overlap in time and are not sequential. Instead, many of the differences may relate to building function. He points out that the original excavations did not establish a chronological ceramic sequence and so that many of the ceramics should be thought of as regional variants. Lincoln believes Chichen Itza is not radically different from other Maya sites and that Mayapan and Chichen Itza architectural styles and settlement patterns are very similar.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Prehistory
- Cultural participation
- Writing
- Ceramic technology
- Architecture
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Terminal Classic to Postclassic
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chichen Itza; Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles E. Lincoln
- For bibliographical references see document number 6:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85016513
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities