Ancient Maya pottery classification, analysis, and interpretation / edited by James John Aimers ; foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase.
| Other author | Aimers, James J. |
| Other author | Chase, Diane Z. |
| Other author | Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013] |
| Description | xv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Maya studies Maya studies. ^A522660 |
| Contents | 1. Introduction / James J. Aimers -- 2. Type-variety: what works and what doesn't / Prudence M. Rice -- 3. Types and traditions, spheres and systems: a consideration of analytic constructs and concepts in the -- Classification and interpretation of Maya ceramics / Cassandra R. Bill -- 4. Interpreting form and context: ceramic subcomplexes at Caracol, Nohmul, and Santa Rita Corozal, Belize / Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase -- 5. Ceramic resemblances, trade, and emulation: changing utilitarian pottery traditions in the Maya Lowlands / Robert E. Fry -- 6. Type-variety on trial: experiments in classification and meaning using ceramic assemblages from Lamanai, Belize / James J. Aimers and Elizabeth Graham -- 7. Establishing the Cunil Ceramic Complex at Cahal Pech, Belize / Lauren A. Sullivan and Jaime J. Awe -- 8. Technological style and terminal preclassic orange ceramics in the Holmul Region, Guatemala / Michael G. Callaghan, Francisco Estrada-Belli, and Nina Neivens de Estrada -- 9. Acanmul, Becán, and the Xcocom phenomenon through a type-variety looking glass: resolving historical enigmas through hands-on typological assessments / Joseph Ball and Jennifer Taschek -- 10. Looking for times: how type-variety analysis helps us "see" the Early postclassic in Northwestern Honduras / Patricia A. Urban, Edward M. Schortman, and Marne T. Ausec -- 11. Slips, styles, and trading patterns: a postclassic perspective from Central Petén, Guatemala / Leslie G. Cecil -- 12. Mayapán's Chen Mul modeled effigy censers: iconography and archaeological context / Susan Milbrath and Carlos Peraza Lope -- 13. Problems and prospects in Maya ceramic classification, analysis, and interpretation / James J. Aimers. |
| Abstract | A volume of classification, interpretation, and analysis of Maya pottery using the type: variety-mode approach, exploring how communities in the region interacted through the lens of ceramic exchange. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012031675 |
| ISBN | 9780813042367 (alk. paper) |