Shifting Allegiances at La Milpa, Belize: A Typological, Chronological, and Formal Analysis of the Ceramics
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Author
Sagebiel, Kerry LynnIssue Date
2005Keywords
Maya CeramicsRelational Databases
Type-Variety
La Milpa
Belize
Ceramic Typology
Ceramic Analysis
Advisor
Inomata, TakeshiCulbert, T. Patrick
Committee Chair
Inomata, Takeshi
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The University of Arizona.Rights
Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.Abstract
The primary goal of this dissertation is to present an outline of the culture history of the site of La Milpa and its immediate sustaining area through the elaboration and elucidation of a ceramic chronology and typology. However, an equally important aspect of this dissertation is a thorough critique of the type-variety/mode (T-V) system of classification upon which Maya ceramic analysis has been based over the last forty years. The analysis presented here was completed using a relational database (Microsoft Access). By using this database program, it became clear that it is necessary to rethink the basis and use of the type-variety system and how (or whether) it can be adapted as a tool for use in database driven analysis.Type
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Degree Name
PhDDegree Level
doctoralDegree Program
AnthropologyGraduate College