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Preliminary Comments on the 2012 Ceramics Analysis early historic period). While Chan Chich lacks the presence of Chen Mul Modeled, Kaxil Uinic produced several interesting fragments of the anthropomorphic censers (see Harris and Sisneros, this volume, Figure 5.4). Summary As concluded by Valdez and Houk (2000:136), “the ceramic analysis indicates that the ancient city of Chan Chich was first settled ca. 900 BC and abandoned by AD 850.” After preliminary observations of the ceramic artifacts from the 2012 season, the statement remains accurate. The Chan Chich data are briefly summarized below and for now include most of the findings for Kaxil Uinic. The only exception or significant difference of information concerning Kaxil Uinic has been presented above. The Middle Preclassic complexes as part of the Swasey and Mamom Spheres are certainly related to other early sites in northern Belize and northeastern Peten. Although regional variation is noteworthy. The Late Preclassic ceramics seem to represent a period that was of more intensive interaction between sites and perhaps regions. The Chicanel Sphere is the designation for this phase at Chan Chich. In the Late-to-Terminal Preclassic, Chan Chich was actively involved in the trade (and communications) systems common throughout the Maya lowlands. The final Preclassic phase at Chan Chich is the Terminal Preclassic (Floral Park Sphere) Trogon Complex. Following the new developments or innovations of the Terminal Preclassic, Chan Chich transitioned into the Early Classic Jabiru Complex (Tzakol Sphere). While it is clear that Early Classic occupants were active at Chan Chich, representative material for the Early Classic remains scant. No satisfactory explanation for a weak representation is posited at this time. Two ceramic complexes, Motmot Complex and Pauraque Complex, represent the Chan Chich Late Classic (Tepeu Sphere). Excavations continue to produce ceramics of the Late Classic phase usually with Tepeu 3 material near or at the surface level. Chan Chich was a very active member of the Peten and northern Belize trade and exchange networks as represented in the ceramic inventories. Chan Chich’s abandonment at the end of the Classic period seems clear. There are, however, later Postclassic visitations with special offerings (censers), but no permanent Maya occupation of Chan Chich is known after the Tepeu 3 period. References Cited Adams, Richard E. W. 1971 The Ceramics of Altar de Sacrificios. Papers of the Peabody Museum, No. 63. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Adams, Richard E. W., and Jane Jackson-Adams 2000 Rio Azul Ceramic Sequence Summary; 1999. In Rio Azul Reports Number 5, The 1987 Season, edited by R. E. W. Adams, pp. 264–273. The University of Texas at San Antonio. Ball, Joseph 1977 The Archaeological Ceramics of Becan, Campeche. Middle American Research Institute Publication No. 43. Tulane University, New Orleans. 69
The 2012 Season of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project Brady, James, Joseph Ball, Ronald Bishop, Duncan Pring, Norman Hammond, and Rupert Housley 1998 The Lowland Maya “Protoclassic”: A Reconsideration of its Nature and Significance. Ancient Mesoamerica 9(1):17–38. Chase, Diane, and Arlen Chase 1988 A Postclassic Perspective: Excavations at the Maya Site of Santa Rita Corozal, Belize. Monograph 4. Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, San Francisco. Forsyth, Donald 1989 The Ceramics of El Miradaor, Peten, Guatemala. Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation, Number Sixty-Three. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. 1993 The Ceramic Sequence at Nakbe, Guatemala. Ancient Mesoamerica 4(1):31–54. Gifford, James 1976 Prehistoric Pottery Analysis and the Ceramics of Barton Ramie in the Belize River Valley. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Memoirs No. 18. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Graham, Elizabeth 1994 The Highlands of the Lowlands: Environment and Archaeology in the Stann Creek District, Belize, Central America. Monographs in World Archaeology No. 19. Prehistory Press and Royal Ontario Museum. Houk, Brett A., Hubert R. Robichaux, and Fred Valdez, Jr. 2010 An Early Royal Maya Tomb from Chan Chich, Belize. Ancient Mesoamerica 21:229–248. Ichon, Alain, and Marie Arnauld 1985 Le Protoclassique a La Lagunita, El Quiche, Guatemala. Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Institut D’Ethnologie. Paris. Kosakowsky, Laura 1987 Preclassic Maya Pottery at Cuello, Belize. Anthropological Papers of The University of Arizona, No. 47. University of Arizona, Tucson. Kosakowsky, Laura, and Duncan Pring 1998 The Ceramics of Cuello, Belize: A New Evaluation. Ancient Mesoamerica 9(1):55–66. Lopez Varela, Sandra 1995 The K’axob Formative Ceramics: The Search to Regional Integration Through a Reappraisal of Ceramics Analysis and Classification in Northern Belize. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of London. McDow, David 1997 An Analysis of the Whole Vessels from Kichpanha, Northern Belize. Unpublished Honors Thesis, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin. Meskill, Frances 1992 Ceramics and Context: A Protoclassic Perspective from the Sites of Kichpanha and Colha, Northern Belize. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, The University of Texas at San Antonio. 70
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