Ceramic Change and the Maya Collapse: A study of pottery technology, manufacture and consumption at Lamanai, Belize
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This study examines patterns of pottery production and consumption at the Maya city centre of Lamanai during the Terminal Classic to Early Postclassic period (A.D.800-A.D.1250). The central focus is on pottery that was deposited in the central precinct as part of ritual and ceremonial activities and events. Through an analytical framework that involves the detailed examination of stylistic and technological variation within the ceramic assemblage, as well as ceramic depositional patterns and the wider cultural and environmental setting within which pottery was manufactured, used and deposited, this study investigates the kinds of factors that contributed to ceramic change during this period of cultural transition. Chapter 2 presents a summary of previous research on the Terminal Classic to Postclassic period, focussing on the ways in which perceptions have changed as the level of knowledge of Maya cultural patterns during this time period has expanded. In Chapter 3 the focus narrows to current characterizations of ceramic economic patterns during the Classic and Postclassic periods. Chapter 4 offers a methodology for the analysis and interpretation of Maya ceramics that attempts to overcome the limitations of conventional approaches. Chapter 5 presents the geological and environmental setting of ceramic production on both the local and regional levels. Chapter 6 provides the archaeological contexts of the whole and reconstructed vessels and sherd assemblages included in the study. Chapters 7 to 10 present and discuss the results of the physical analyses of the pottery, highlighting temporal trends in their stylistic and technological characteristics. In Chapter 11, all of the lines of evidence presented and discussed in the preceding chapters are broughttogether and community level patterns of ceramic production and consumption at Lamanai are reconstructed for the time period under investigation. Front Cover Title Page Copyright ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF MAPS LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2: THE TERMINAL CLASSIC TO EARLY POSTCLASSIC PERIOD: REGIONALAND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES CHAPTER 3: CERAMIC ECONOMIC PATTERNS AMONG THE LOWLAND MAYA DURINGTHE CLASSIC TO POSTCLASSIC TRANSITION CHAPTER 4: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OFCOMMUNITY-LEVEL PATTERNS OF CERAMIC PRODUCTION ANDCONSUMPTION CHAPTER 5: GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING OF THE TERMINALCLASSIC TO EARLY POSTCLASSIC CERAMIC ASSEMBLAGE CHAPTER 6: ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS OF THE TERMINAL CLASSIC TO EARLYPOSTCLASSIC CERAMIC ASSEMBLAGE AND ITS BROADER CULTURALASSOCIATIONS CHAPTER 7: STYLISTIC ASPECTS OF THE CERAMICS: THE TERMINAL CLASSIC TOEARLY POSTCLASSIC ASSEMBLAGE CHAPTER 8: PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE TERMINAL CLASSIC TO EARLYPOSTCLASSIC CERAMIC ASSEMBLAGE: COMPOSITIONAL ANDTECHNOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AT THE MICROSCOPIC LEVEL CHAPTER 9: CHEMICAL VARIABILITY WITHIN THE LAMANAI ASSEMBLAGE CHAPTER 10: VARIABILITY IN DECORATIVE AND SURFACE TREATMENTS AND FIRINGOF TERMINAL CLASSIC AND EARLY POSTCLASSIC FINE WARE CHAPTER 11: CERAMIC PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION AT LAMANAI DURING THECLASSIC TO POSTCLASSIC TRANSITION: EMERGENT PATTERNS ANDCONTRIBUTING FACTORS CHAPTER 12: CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY
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