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Mesoamerican Archaeology: Theory and Practice (in Mesoamerica: A Working Model ( Read more... )

Marble was among the rarer of the raw materials utilized by Lowland Maya, and there exist relatively very few specialized crafts created from this material, among them the Ulua marble vessels. Evidence of these vessels has been found even into the Terminal Classic period and in sites within Belize and Guatemala. (Coe: 148)

Because exchange often involves nonperishable items which archaeologists can later utilize to investigate and reconstruct the mechanisms, routes, and systems involved in prehistoric exchange, the connections, interactions, and transfer of interchange of ideologies as well as materials which results from trade can be uncovered. Exchange routes can ( Read more... )

"Fine buff dishes are shallow, wide vessels with low vertical walls (90) (1-3 cm high), flat interrior bases, and three low feet. The diagnostic temperless paste varies in color from pink through orange to light yellow. Most sherds have a dark grey core. The surface, when it is well preserved, is burnished to a smooth matte finish but is unslipped ( Read more... )

Models of Exchange for Major Shape Classes of Lowland Maya Pottery: Fry ( Read more... )

"Not only jade, but marble as well was worked by the lowland Maya... but it must have been a rare substance, for objects made from it are infrequent." "It is somewhat doubtful whether the well-known marble vessels fromthe Ulua region of western Honduras are to be considered as Maya at all, but fragments from them have been found in deposits ( Read more... )

Mesoamerican History in a Nutshell ( Read more... )

Discovering Our Past. Ashmore & Sharer ( Read more... )

Factors to consider ( Read more... )