As the Baktun Turned: Reconstructing Classic to Postclassic Population Dynamics in the Belize River Valley
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As the Baktun Turned : Reconstructing Classic to Postclassic Population Dynamics in the Belize River Valley. / Hoggarth, Julie A.; Freiwald, Carolyn; Ebert, Claire E.; Helmke, Christophe; Awe, Jaime; Green-Mink, Kirsten; Powless , Patricia ; McKeown, Ashley.
3,000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands: Identity, Politics, and Violence. ed. / Geoffrey Braswell. New York : Routledge, 2022. p. 209-240.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - As the Baktun Turned
T2 - Reconstructing Classic to Postclassic Population Dynamics in the Belize River Valley
AU - Hoggarth, Julie A.
AU - Freiwald, Carolyn
AU - Ebert, Claire E.
AU - Helmke, Christophe
AU - Awe, Jaime
AU - Green-Mink, Kirsten
AU - Powless , Patricia
AU - McKeown, Ashley
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This chapter examines Classic to Postclassic population dynamics throughout the tenth b’ak’tun in the Belize River Valley to explore the topic of demographic decline in greater depth. It also examines patterns in archaeological, epigraphic, and isotopic data from human remains to understand changing population dynamics in Belize Valley at the end of the Classic period. The chapter identifies evidence for rapid population decline that corresponds to an increase in atypical burial patterns and non-local strontium isotope signatures at the sites of Baking Pot, Barton Ramie, and Cahal Pech. The Belize Valley is best-known as the location of Gordon Willey’s pioneering settlement archaeology research of the 1950s. The Early Classic period is not well-understood in the Belize River Valley, to great degree because local Preclassic ceramics were not rapidly or completely replaced by Tepeu sphere pottery. An impressive number of elaborate Late Classic royal and elite tombs containing a wealth of imported grave goods also have been identified at Baking Pot.
AB - This chapter examines Classic to Postclassic population dynamics throughout the tenth b’ak’tun in the Belize River Valley to explore the topic of demographic decline in greater depth. It also examines patterns in archaeological, epigraphic, and isotopic data from human remains to understand changing population dynamics in Belize Valley at the end of the Classic period. The chapter identifies evidence for rapid population decline that corresponds to an increase in atypical burial patterns and non-local strontium isotope signatures at the sites of Baking Pot, Barton Ramie, and Cahal Pech. The Belize Valley is best-known as the location of Gordon Willey’s pioneering settlement archaeology research of the 1950s. The Early Classic period is not well-understood in the Belize River Valley, to great degree because local Preclassic ceramics were not rapidly or completely replaced by Tepeu sphere pottery. An impressive number of elaborate Late Classic royal and elite tombs containing a wealth of imported grave goods also have been identified at Baking Pot.
U2 - 10.4324/9781351268004-9
DO - 10.4324/9781351268004-9
M3 - Book chapter
SP - 209
EP - 240
BT - 3,000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands
A2 - Braswell, Geoffrey
PB - Routledge
CY - New York
ER -
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