The Paleo-American and Archaic Periods in Yucatan

Andrews, Anthony P.; Castellanos, Fernando Robles

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“…It is archaeological projects from decades past, as well as recent investigations, that serve to inform the analysis and interpretation of how early societies may have developed in northern Belize. Various interests in and about the earliest communities in northern Belize (Iceland 1997;Iceland and Hester 1996;Lohse 2010;Lohse et al 2006;Pohl et al 1996;Rosenswig 2004) are similar to the origins for settled life in other parts of the Maya world (Andrews and Robles 2018;Awe and Lohse 2007;Lohse 2010;Lohse et al 2006;Stemp et al 2016) and for Mesoamerica in general (for example, MacNeish 1958MacNeish , 1981MacNeish , 1982Rosenswig 2006Rosenswig , 2021.…”

Section: A Brief Review Of Northern Belize Archaeological Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among the lithics encountered for this Early Archaic phase are bifacial points (Figure 4), as well as unifacial tools and blades. Interestingly, neighboring regions report this early period as scarce, but represented also by lithics, including unifacial tools and blades (Andrews and Robles 2018;MacNeish 1958;Shafer et al 1980).…”

Section: Early Communities Of Northern Belizementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Origins and Identification of the Early Maya From Colha and Northern Belize

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Investigations concerning the earliest Maya have been of archaeological interest for many decades. Northern Belize serves as a valuable region for researching and understanding early Maya developments. In particular, the ancient Maya site of Colha in northern Belize is a focal point of some early developments beginning in the Archaic period. Select resources in the region, especially in the chert-bearing zone, clearly had been of great interest and attraction to populations extending back into Paleoindian and Archaic times, as well as the Maya period for Colha and other sites near the resource zone. With the appearance of pottery-producing settled villages is the common assertion that Maya societies are in place around 1000 b.c. Recent studies have identified much earlier occupants in the region with significant cultural developments, including semi-permanent occupation and horticulture occurring in the Late Archaic at approximately 3400 b.c. It seems plausible, perhaps likely by our assessment, that these Late Archaic people (or aceramic populations) may have been the earliest Maya communities. Factors of defining communities, aspects of horticulture, and the transition from the Archaic into the Preclassic are reviewed in consideration of—just who were the earliest Maya?

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Section: A Brief Review Of Northern Belize Archaeological Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Early Communities Of Northern Belizementioning

confidence: 99%