Materialized Cosmology among Ancient Maya Commoners.

148 Journal of Social Archaeology 10(1)Table 1 Commoner residence (SC-85) clustersStratum Location Position Vessel clusters Vessel features** Predominant Date Featuressurface color103 SW c. 20 cm apart 6 clusters 38 types (9 sherds 5 of 6 clusters have AD 800–900, 2 clusters burned, chertquadrant aligned NW to 86% body per type, n = 342) black slipped also AD 650–750, artifacts, obsidianSE sherds sherds; one cluster AD 400–600, (9/22 notched),(n = 294)*Mostly bowls and jarshas red, brown, 300–100 BC groundstone, human andfigurine fragmentorange, pink/light mammal bone, marine shellorange, and blackvessels110 Center – 3 clusters 9 types (9.8 sherds Dark orange or AD 800–900, Mammal bones on plate(2 lack rims) per type) brown; light orange; also 300–100 BC sherd; burned, un-burnedand rimless jar red daub surrounding jar;100% body associated w/ Bu. 9sherds (n = 88)115 Center 6 clusters in 10 clusters 29 types (15.7 sherds Predominantly AD 700–800, also Burning, Colha tool, chertcenter 88% body per type) orange; some AD 400–600, AD 250 artifacts, obsidian, marinesurrounded by sherds (n = 350) Some poorly fired, black, brown and earlier up to shell, serpentine,4 clusters at Jars and bowls, halved 300 BC groundstonecardinal points jar neck and rims125 SE of Clusters 6 clusters 16 types (26.6 sherds Brown/buff, gray, AD 650–750, also Groundstone, obsidiancenter aligned N–S complete but per type) orange/red, white AD 400 and earlierbroken vessels up to 300 BCMajority inverted, basalflange bowls, jarsNote: * body sherd totals only (n)** the total sherd count includes unknown types and unidentified sherdsDownloaded from http://jsa.sagepub.com at UNIV OF ILLINOIS URBANA on March 28, 2010