essay
Stability through change: Lamanai, Belize, from the ninth to the seventeenth century
late lowland maya civilization : classic to postclassic • Albuquerque • Published In 1986 • Pages: 223-249
By: Pendergast, David M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Pendergast describes some of the activities that occurred at Lamanai during the Postclassic. Unlike many southern sites in the Maya lowlands, Lamanai continued to flourish during the Postclassic as seen by continued building and changing ceramics. Pendergast points out that the changes in architectural and ceramic styles seen at Lamanai show continuity of form from the Classic through the Postclassic. These styles also show evidence of contact and influence with other Mayan sites of the times, such as Mayapan. One of the reasons this site continued to flourish while others collapsed may be it's location along a major river which was probably also a major trade route.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Cultural participation
- Ceramic technology
- Religious and educational structures
- Settlement patterns
- Miscellaneous facilities
- External trade
- Burial practices and funerals
- 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
- 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
- 1974-1982
- 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)
- Lamanai; Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- David M. Pendergast
- For bibliographical references see document number 6:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85016513
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities