Gradual Changes in Early Colonial-Period Maya Ceramics in Northern Yucatan

Lope, Carlos Peraza; Alvarado, Wilberth Cruz; Masson, Marilyn A.; Hare, Timothy S.

doi:10.1007/s41636-021-00308-1

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“…Ek Balam, Xcaret, and Xelha all have strong evidence of Colonial-period occupation (see Peraza Lope et al 2021 for a discussion of early Colonial–period ceramics in the Yucatan Peninsula). Ek Balam includes a Franciscan chapel and friary complex, and archaeologists have recovered imported Spanish ceramics as well as locally produced postcontact pottery (Bey III et al 1998:117).…”

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A preliminary revised life history of Punta Laguna, Yucatan, Mexico: A persistent place

2023

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This article presents a preliminary, revised life history of Punta Laguna, Yucatan, Mexico, and considers in detail the site's relationship to nearby communities. More specifically, this article presents the results of a type-variety analysis of the cumulative palimpsest of ceramics excavated at the site between 2017 and 2022. Unlike initial studies conducted in the 1980s, the current study suggests that Maya peoples occupied Punta Laguna continuously or recurringly from 600/300 b.c. through a.d. 1500/1550. Punta Laguna is therefore usefully understood as a persistent place. By offering a composite life history of Punta Laguna, this article aims to augment current understandings of the complex social, political, and economic landscape of the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. It also considers the utility of archaeological studies of persistent places to scholarship on urban sustainability and suggests that research investigating the connections between early occupation and site longevity may prove a fruitful avenue of study. Finally, this article argues that investigations of persistent places may provide a counterweight to the more common focus on collapse and thereby offer a more comprehensive understanding of the Maya past—one that emphasizes the vitality of the Maya present.

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Section: The Life History Of Punta Lagunamentioning

confidence: 99%