Variations in Late and Terminal Classic Ceramic Firing Facilities within Southeastern Mesoamerica.

Author(s): Patricia Urban

Year: 2015

Summary

Research conducted in the adjoining Naco and Middle Chamelecon and Cacaulapa River (MCC) valleys of northwestern Honduras has revealed a wide array of ceramic firing facilities and implements used in fabricating pottery vessels during the Late (AD 600-800) and Terminal Classic (AD 800-1000). The diversity of manufacturing processes is especially well represented at two major workshops, one located at the Naco valley center of La Sierra and the other at the site of Las Canoas in the MCC. The presentation illustrates and describes the variation observed among these ancient firing structures, highlighting the ways in which differences in production scale and complexity might have been implicated in the area’s Terminal Classic political economy.

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Variations in Late and Terminal Classic Ceramic Firing Facilities within Southeastern Mesoamerica.. Patricia Urban. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 397070)

Keywords

Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.271; min lat: 12.383 ; max long: -86.353; max lat: 23.08 ;