Pottery and Politics: Contextualizing the Classic to Postclassic Transition in Champotón, Campeche

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerald D. Ek
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Classic Maya ◽  
The Political ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Maya Lowlands ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regional Settlement ◽  
Economic Ties

The past decades have witnessed major advancements in our understanding of Classic Maya political history, particularly geopolitical dynamics centered on hegemonic states. Yet there has been only halting progress toward historically based archaeological research focusing on the political, social, and economic impacts of political domination and subordination. To address this deficiency, I examine changes in settlement patterns and ceramic sphere affiliation in the Río Champotón drainage within broader historical and geopolitical developments. In this region, the end of the Classic period is characterized by dramatic changes in ceramic links, with a shift from inland-focused traditions to the incorporation within a coastal ceramic sphere—the Canbalam sphere—that linked maritime trade centers between northwest Yucatán and coastal Tabasco. These transitions were embedded within major reorientations in regional settlement patterns and broader geopolitical dynamics centering on the expansion and dissolution of the Kanu’l state, or Snake Dynasty. Following the decline of the Snake Dynasty of Calakmul, communities in central Campeche forged new political and economic ties with emergent centers along the Gulf Coast and the northern Maya Lowlands. The results of this study demonstrate the transformative nature of hegemonic interpolity relationships and highlight the potential for new avenues of conjunctive research combining historical and archaeological data sources.

The Interpretation of Survey Data: Two Case Studies from the Maya Area

1992 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia A. Hendon
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Surface Survey ◽  
Site Function ◽  
Maya Area ◽  
Regional Settlement

This paper explores certain methodological issues relevant to the interpretation of archaeological data derived from surface survey. Recognizing the significance of survey to the study of regional settlement patterns, I argue that how we classify these data bears directly on our ability to reconstruct the past. Comparison of site typologies created by the Seibal and Copán projects with their excavation results provides a way to evaluate the accuracy of site classifications based on surface features. I discuss the effectiveness of the typologies in capturing variation pertinent to the study of social organization and site function, and consider the importance of variation within sites, within types, and across types not expressed in the typologies to suggest that such elaborate typologies assume a higher degree of data visibility than is generally possible. The analysis underscores the critical role excavation plays in mesoamerican archaeology as a source of data unavailable through survey.

Germany and Russia Since Reunification: Continuity, Change, and the Role of Leaders

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
International Relations ◽  
The Political ◽  
German Reunification ◽  
The Past ◽  
Personal Relations ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
Economic Ties

How can we understand German-Russian relations since German reunification? Both the geopolitical positions of the two states and the political and economic ties between them have been transformed over the past twentyfive years. This paper will argue, however, that the role of the two countries’ leaders in shaping these relations has been surprisingly important. Building on the tradition of “first image” analysis in international relations, this paper shows that, along with larger political and economic trends, personal relations between these leaders have helped to set the tenor of bilateral ties. When the leaders were able to build trust and personal friendships, relations improved. Yet more recently, since 2012, relations have soured sharply. While there are obviously larger reasons for this, more negative personal ties between leaders have also played an important role. In short, just as issues of trust and friendship matter in personal ties, they also matter in International Relations.

Sak Tz’i’, a Classic Maya Center: A Locational Model Based on GIS and Epigraphy

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando Anaya Hernández ◽  
Stanley P. Guenter ◽  
Marc U. Zender
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Classic Maya ◽  
Classic Period ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Late Classic ◽  
Maya Lowlands

AbstractThe ancient Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions of the upper Usumacinta region record an intensive interaction that took place among its regional capitals. The precise geographic locations of some of these sites are presently unknown. Through the application of the Gravity Model within the framework of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), we present the probable locations and possible territorial extents of a few of these: Sak Tz’i’, Hix-Witz, and the “Knot-Site.” On this occasion, however, we concentrate our discussion on the role that the kingdom of Sak Tz’i’ played in the geopolitical scenario of the region. It is our belief that this case study constitutes a good example of how, through a conjunctive approach that integrates the archaeological with the epigraphic data, GIS can represent an excellent analytical tool to approach archaeological issues such as the political organization of the Maya Lowlands during the Late Classic period.

Urban City Planning in the Eighth Century: A Case Study of Recent Excavations at Tel Gezer (Reading between the Lines: Uzziah's Expansion and Tel Gezer)

2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Biblical Interpretation ◽  
Eighth Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Urban City

This article presents a case study in how archaeological data assists in biblical interpretation. The author uses the recent excavations of Tel Gezer, along with recent archaeological research on the Shephelah in the eighth century BCE to reconstruct the political and historical period of Uzziah. The first part of the article reviews the current excavations of Beth Shemesh and Tel es-Safi along with recent articles on the eighth-century destructions in the Shephelah. An overview of city-planning in the eighth century is provided. The second part of the article is a presentation of the results of the recently renewed excavations of Gezer (2006–2009). The author proposes that Judah experienced greater city-planning and regional development under King Uzziah than the latter period of Hezekiah.

Climate change and population history in the pacific lowlands of Southern Mesoamerica

2006 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hector Neff ◽  
Deborah M. Pearsall ◽  
John G. Jones ◽  
Bárbara Arroyo de Pieters ◽  
Dorothy E. Freidel
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Classic Maya ◽  
Population History ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Maya Lowlands ◽  
Dry Land ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Estuarine Zone ◽  
Maya Collapse

AbstractCore MAN015 from Pacific coastal Guatemala contains sediments accumulated in a mangrove setting over the past 6500 yr. Chemical, pollen, and phytolith data, which indicate conditions of estuarine deposition and terrigenous inputs from adjacent dry land, document Holocene climate variability that parallels the Maya lowlands and other New World tropical locations. Human population history in this region may be driven partly by climate variation: sedentary human populations spread rapidly through the estuarine zone of the lower coast during a dry and variable 4th millennium B.P. Population growth and cultural florescence during a long, relatively moist period (2800–1200 B.P.) ended around 1200 B.P., a drying event that coincided with the Classic Maya collapse.

Maritime Economies of the Central Gulf of Alaska after 4000 .

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Steffian ◽  
Patrick Saltonstall ◽  
Linda Finn Yarborough
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Gulf Of Alaska ◽  
Evolutionary Trajectory ◽  
Corporate Groups ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Pacific

Alaska’s central gulf coast encompasses four environmentally diverse regions stretching from Prince William Sound to the Pacific coast of the Alaska Peninsula. Despite their unique geographic and biological settings, these regions have a distinct and cohesive cultural history. Here, the historic distribution of Alutiiq or Sugpiaq peoples reflects the distribution of prehistoric cultures, illustrating a broadly unified evolutionary trajectory. Archaeological data from the past 4,000 years suggest the development of prosperous, permanent villages from smaller, more fluid foraging communities through human ingenuity—the ability to harvest resources with increasing efficiency and to manage inevitable fluctuations in the availability of foods and raw materials in a productive but dynamic environment. Together, changes in climate, population growth, technological innovation, and interaction with other peoples shaped the central gulf’s ancient societies into the powerful corporate groups recorded historically.

RECONSTRUCTING THE FORMATION OF PERI-ABANDONMENT DEPOSITS AT BAKING POT, BELIZE

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Hoggarth ◽  
J. Britt Davis ◽  
Jaime J. Awe ◽  
Christophe Helmke
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Information ◽  
Classic Maya ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Maya Lowlands ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Baking Pot ◽  
Group B ◽  
Spatial Locations ◽  
Calendar Dates

AbstractArchaeological research in the Maya lowlands has identified special deposits that offer essential information about the abandonment of Classic Maya centers. We argue that some of the “problematical deposits” associated with terminal architecture may be more accurately described as peri-abandonment deposits since they temporally and behaviorally relate to the activities associated with the final use of ceremonial space. Here, we describe several peri-abandonment deposits that were identified in Group B at the site of Baking Pot, located in western Belize. Using detailed stratigraphic and contextual information, artifact assemblages, and calendar dates recorded on polychrome vessels recovered in the deposits, we describe the nature of activities associated with the formation of peri-abandonment deposits at Baking Pot in the eighth to ninth centuries. We find patterning in the spatial locations of deposits in the corners of plazas and courtyards at Baking Pot, with variability in artifact assemblages between specific deposits.

scholarly journals Permukiman Kawasan Danau Masa Lalu Di Jawa Timur

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Gunadi Kasnowihadjo
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Inductive Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
Data Collecting ◽  
The Future

Archaeology without its public is nothing, it is a disturbing expression for archaeologists, which encourages them to make a policy that every archaeological research benefited the general public. Academically this study is hoped to find settlement patterns in the past around lakes. Furthermore, the study also tries to find models of the local wisdom of their communities. Values in local wisdom are very important for today’s communities and future generations. Considering the aim of the research, the method used is descriptive explorative with an inductive approach, while data collecting is done by carrying out excavations and surveys. It is hoped that the researchers can reveal how people lived in lake areas in the past. The condition of lake areas in the past both its communities and surrounding environment is the dream of future generations. This is the essence of studying archaeology because archaeology studies life in the past to be actualized and implemented in today’s life for the sake of the future generations.  

Human Adaptation to Environmental Change in the Northern Dongola Reach

2021 ◽  
pp. 308-326
Author(s):  
Derek A. Welsby
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Research Society ◽  
The Political ◽  
Human Adaptation ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Local Rainfall

Survey on the east bank of the Nile by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society between 1993 and 1996 was able to chart in detail changes in human settlement patterns. These reflect the political situation and developments in the agro-economy, but most importantly, fundamental changes in the hydrology of the Nile and in the local climate. In the Kerma periods the braided Nile channel was able to support a large population probably aided by greater local rainfall. With the demise of the eastern Nile channels and increasing aridity this population density became unsustainable and by the early 1st millennium bce the region, apart from the bank of the main Nile channel, was largely abandoned.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SOUTHERNMOST AFRICA FROM c. 2000 BP TO THE EARLY 1800s: A REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH

2005 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER MITCHELL ◽  
GAVIN WHITELAW
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
State Formation ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Complex Societies ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Excellent Opportunity ◽  
The Past

Southernmost Africa (here meaning South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland) provides an excellent opportunity for investigating the relations between farming, herding and hunting-gathering communities over the past 2,000 years, as well as the development of societies committed to food production and their increasing engagement with the wider world through systems of exchange spanning the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. This paper surveys and evaluates the archaeological research relevant to these communities and issues carried out in the region since the early 1990s. Among other themes discussed are the processes responsible for the emergence and transformation of pastoralist societies (principally in the Cape), the ways in which rock art is increasingly being incorporated with other forms of archaeological data to build a more socially informed view of the past, the analytical strength and potential of ethnographically informed understandings of past farming societies and the important contribution that recent research on the development of complex societies in the Shashe-Limpopo Basin can make to comparative studies of state formation.

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