A Unique Maya Shrine Site on the Mountain Pine Ridge of British Honduras

1963 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Bullard
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Maya Archaeology ◽  
Pine Ridge ◽  
Mountain Pine ◽  
British Honduras ◽  
Granite Outcrop ◽  
Lowland Maya

AbstractA small ruin of presumed ancient Maya origin is described. This ruin is the only certain prehistoric structure discovered on the Mountain Pine Ridge of British Honduras, and it is associated with a natural granite outcrop of monumental appearance in such a way as to suggest that the two formed a shrine of a type not previously reported in Lowland Maya archaeology.

The Simuliidae (Diptera) of British Honduras

1960 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 703-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Lewis ◽  
P. C. C. Garnham
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
The Other ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Risk Of Infection ◽  
The West ◽  
Secondary Importance ◽  
Pine Ridge ◽  
Mountain Pine ◽  
British Honduras ◽  
Made In

Several collections of pupae and adults of Simuliid Diptera were made in British Honduras between 9th January and 18th February 1958. Samples were collected in the Mountain Pine Ridge and El Cayo areas in the west, and along the highway traversing the eastern part of the country between Caves Branch and Stann Creek.Thirteen species of Simulium were found, nine of which are named, including S. quadrivittatum Lw. and S. metallicum Bellardi which are very annoying biters. A, few observations on distribution and habits are recorded.Of the two anthropophilic species of Simulium found, one is known to be a vector of onchocerciasis, if only of secondary importance, and the capability of the other to transmit the disease is unknown. The disease has apparently never been established in British Honduras and is present in Guatemala. The risk of infection to settlers moving into territory near Guatemala cannot be assessed without detailed knowledge of the epidemiology of the disease in Central America.

scholarly journals How Maya Archaeologists Discovered the 99% Through the Study of Settlement Patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy A. Sabloff
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Single Group ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
Maya Archaeology ◽  
Maya Civilization ◽  
The Many

This article presents an autobiographical perspective on the changing nature of Maya archaeology, focusing on the role of settlement pattern studies in illuminating the lives of commoners as well as on the traditional emphasis on the ruling elite. Advances in understanding the nature of nonelite peoples in ancient Maya society are discussed, as are the many current gaps in scholarly understandings of pre-Columbian Maya civilization, especially with regard to the diversity of ancient “commoners” and the difficulty in analyzing them as a single group.

The Lowland Maya “Protoclassic”

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Brady ◽  
Joseph W. Ball ◽  
Ronald L. Bishop ◽  
Duncan C. Pring ◽  
Norman Hammond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Maya Archaeology ◽  
Actual Existence ◽  
Lowland Maya

AbstractThe term “Protoclassic,” employed regularly but inexplicitly in the literature of lowland Maya archaeology, has become increasingly nebulous and ambiguous in both meaning and usage. This paper reviews the history and use of the term and presents a formal redefinition of the Protoclassic as a ceramic stage based explicitly and exclusively on ceramic criteria. Some suggestions regarding future use of the term also are offered. The paper further addresses and resolves a number of persisting questions regarding Protoclassic orange wares, including problems concerning the actual existence of the “Aguacate ceramic group.” and the relationships of Aguacate-group pottery to other emergent orange wares of the terminal Late Preclassic and initial Early Classic periods. The nature and significance of the “Holmul I Style,” the “Floral Park Ceramic Sphere.” and the relationships of the two to each other and the larger, redefined “protoclassic” ceramic stage also are examined. A spatial distribution for protoclassic ceramics considerably expanded over what has ever been reported previously is described, and Chronometric data are presented to support a revised chronology for the protoclassic ceramic stage. Finally, ceramic data are offered that suggest a real subdivision of the protoclassic ceramic stage into an early, emergent facet originating entirely within Late Preclassic lowland traditions, and a later, fully “Classic” facet corresponding to the early Tzakol (Tzakol 1) ceramic horizon.

Evidence of Early Teotihucan-Lowland Maya Contact at Altun Ha

1971 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Pendergast
Keyword(s):  
Second Century ◽  
Maya Lowlands ◽  
British Honduras ◽  
Lowland Maya

AbstractDiscovery of a typical Miccaotli phase offering at Altun Ha, British Honduras (Belize) indicates contact between Teotihuacan and the central Maya lowlands in the second century A.D., 2.5 to 3 centuries earlier than previously recognized.

Carnivore co-existence and habitat use in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Belize

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Davis ◽  
M. J. Kelly ◽  
D. F. Stauffer
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Pine Ridge ◽  
Mountain Pine
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