文章基本信息

标题：Early Middle Formative Occupation in the Central Maya Lowlands: Recent Evidence from Cahal Pech, Belize
本地全文：下载
作者：Jaime Awe ; Cassandra Bill ; Mark Campbell 等
期刊名称：Papers from the Institute of Archaeology
印刷版ISSN：2041-9015
出版年度：1990
卷号：1
期号：0
页码：1-5
DOI：10.5334/pia.358
语种：English
出版社：Ubiquity Press
摘要：After more than half a century of intensive archaeological research the early Middle Formative (or Middle Preclassic) period (1000-600 B.C.) continues to be one of the most enigmatic eras in the study of Lowland Maya prehistory. While several factors contribte to this situation, the primary cause for this obscurity lies in the fact that few sites have produced either contextual or stratigraphic evidence of occupation during this phase (Rice 1976; Andrews 1988). Concsequently, any new site with evidence of Middle Formative occupation can contribute substantially to our limited knowledge of this pioneering stage of the lowland Maya. This paper introduces one such site, Cahal Pech, where recent investigations have uncovered a stratigraphic sequence that tentatively spans the early Middle Formative to the Late Classic period. It provides a preliminary description, of the site's early Middle Formative configuration and briefly discusses its possible regional affiliation.
关键词：Archaeology;Maya