Prehistoric Maya Settlements in the Belize Valley

✍ Scribed by Gordon R. Willey, William R. Bullard Jr., John B. Glass, James C. Gifford, et al.

• Publisher: Peabody Museum
• Year: 1965
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 631
• Series: Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. Vol. 54
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE ......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ......Page 12
CONTENTS ......Page 15
PART ONE: THE PROBLEM OF ANCIENT MAYA SETTLEMENT ......Page 35
CHAPTER I. SETTLEMENT AS A BASIS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INFERENCE (Gordon R. Willey) ......Page 37
CHAPTER II. BACKGROUND FOR PREHISTORIC. MAYA SETTLEMENT STUDIES (Gordon R. Willey) ......Page 39
CHAPTER III. THE PRESENT STUDY (Gordon R. Willey) ......Page 47
PART TWO: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE BELIZE VALLEY ......Page 51
CHAPTER IV. THE NATURAL SETTING OF THE BELIZE VALLEY (William R. Bullard, Jr.) ......Page 53
CHAPTER V. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR THE BELIZE VALLEY (Gordon R. Willey) ......Page 57
Appendix to Chapter V. Radiocarbon determinations from Barton Ramie (John K. Kirby with comments by Gordon R. Willey) ......Page 61
CHAPTER VI. SURVEY AND EXCAVATIONS ......Page 62
PART THREE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS ......Page 349
CHAPTER VII. CERAMICS (James C. Gifford ......Page 351
CHAPTER VIII. ARTIFACTS (Gordon R. Willey) ......Page 423
CHAPTER IX. ANIMAL AND PLANT REMAINS (Gordon R. Willey) ......Page 555
CHAPTER X. HUMAN BURIALS (Cordon R. Willey) ......Page 562
PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS AND REFLECTIONS ......Page 591
Introduction: the ruin mounds of the Belize Valley ......Page 593
An archaeological reconstruction of culture history at Barton Ramie ......Page 594
Settlements and their implications for community organization ......Page 603
BIBLIOGRAPHY ......Page 615
MAP OF RUIN MOUNDS OF BARTON RAMIE ESTATE ......Page 631