El Clásico Medio en el Noroccidente de Yucatán: La fase Oxkintok Regional en Oxkintok (Yucatán) como paradigma

Crossing the peninsula: The role of Noh Bec, Yucatán, in ancient Maya Classic Period population dynamics from an analysis of dental morphology and Sr isotopes

“…This lack of morphological association seems to be consistent with the paucity of Puuc‐style ceramics at Noh Bec, with the exception of the very terminal phase of occupation of the site. Even though we cannot rule out that the sample size of the Puuc collection may play a role in the fact that the sample appears apart from the others in the multivariate analyses, Varela Torrecilla et al () make a reference to the idiosyncrasy of the site during the Classic period, stressing its allochthonous character and involvement in the salt trade from the western coast of the peninsula (Varela Torrecilla, ).…”

Ceramic History, Ceramic Change, and Architectural Sequence at Acanmul, Campeche: A Local Chronicle and Its Regional Implications

“…Chel is dominated by a blend of three different but related and intergrading wares, Ixpuhil Slate (established in Ball 1977:37), Yucatan Iridescent (Sat group; established in Varela Torecilla 1998), and Puuc Slate (Muna group; established in Smith 1971). Together these comprise 48% of the total assemblage, despite its early dating in traditional Northern terms (ca.…”

“…Its only confirmed “inland” occurrence other than Acanmul is at Dzibilchaltun. Not even Edzna (Forsyth 1983), Xculoc (Arnauld 2000), or Oxkintok (Varela Torrecilla 1998) with which Acanmul shares so much Late Classic pottery have produced any traces of this ware Its weak reddish brown to dirty cream slipped variants (recognized but not separately established by Simmons) do approximate a technologically inferior version of Puuc Slate or Dzitbalche Orange-buff (Jiménez Alvarez et al 2006), and it has been suggested that it might have been a forerunner of the Terminal Classic Holactun “Slate” (Lorraine Williams Beck, personal communication 2004) or even Chichen Slate (see Kepecs 1998:125). The divergence in form inventories of the latter two from the almost exclusively service-oriented vessels that make up the Celestun repertoire, however, as well as significant differences in the physical characteristics and colorations of the cream to white slips involved and the decorative emphasis on black trickle in the Holactun and Chichen series contrasted with its absence from Celestun Red types makes this unlikely in our opinion.…”

The Yabnal-Motul Ceramic Complex of the Late Classic Period at Chichen Itza

“…While the Cehpech ceramic complex of the Terminal Classic period (associated with Muna Slate group-Puuc Slate Ware) and the Sotuta Ceramic complex (associated with Dzitas Slate group-Chichen Slate Ware) have been defined and separated since the earliest ceramic studies in the area, a clear identification and definition of Motul Ceramic complex slate ware eluded northern Yucatan ceramic studies for many years. The earliest of the region's slate wares, the Slate Ware of the Motul Ceramic complex (Late Classic period)—sometimes referred to as early Slate Ware—has been recently defined (Boucher 1992; Carrasco and Boucher 1990; Chung Seu 2000; Chung Seu et al 1998; Pérez de Heredia Puente 1998, 2004a; Varela Torrecilla 1998).…”

“…Boucher identifies the characteristic forms of this complex as the following:Basins with bolster rim and concave interior profile; “Chenes style” Basins; Basins with bolster rims, Basins with striated exteriors without slip, or without slip; Bowls with ring-stand bases and with beveled-out lips; Chultun jars with interior handles or exterior striations below brown slip and Jars with interior concave profile neck and/or hooked rims, among others (Boucher 1992:473). The work of Carmen Varela Torrecilla (1998) with the ceramics of Oxkintok enhanced our understanding of early Slate Ware. She defined other groups associated with it, such as the Katil Unslipped and the Red Cassasus.…”