Social complexity and the Middle Preclassic lowland Maya

TW Pugh - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2022 - Springer
Intensified social complexity emerged in some parts of the lowland Maya region during the
Middle Preclassic period (800–300 BC). Though data for Middle Preclassic complexity …

Preclassic ceramic economy in Belize: neutron activation analysis at Cahal Pech

CE Ebert, DE Pierce, JJ Awe - antiquity, 2019 - cambridge.org
This study uses neutron activation analysis of ceramics to examine economic change and
increasing social complexity at the Preclassic Maya site of Cahal Pech in Belize (1200 cal …

The first Maya trade ware? New data on Middle Preclassic-period Mars Orange Paste Ware from Holtun, Guatemala

MG Callaghan, DE Pierce, WD Gilstrap - Latin American Antiquity, 2018 - cambridge.org
This study reports on type: variety-mode classification, digital stereomicroscopy,
petrography, neutron activation analysis, and previously published reports and …

Chemical paste characterization of late middle preclassic-period ceramics from Holtun, Guatemala and its implications for production and exchange

MG Callaghan, DE Pierce, B Kovacevich… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study uses type: variety-mode classification, digital stereomicroscopy, and Neutron
Activation Analysis (NAA) to characterize the paste composition of Late Middle Preclassic …