caa a22 4500 388057866 CHVBK 20180307125112.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1998 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0956536100001826 doi S0956536100001826 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0956536100001826 The Lowland Maya "Protoclassic” [Elektronische Daten] A reconsideration of its nature and significance The term "Protoclassic,” employed regularly but inexplicitly in the literature of lowland Maya archaeology, has become increasingly nebulous and ambiguous in both meaning and usage. This paper reviews the history and use of the term and presents a formal redefinition of the Protoclassic as a ceramic stage based explicitly and exclusively on ceramic criteria. Some suggestions regarding future use of the term also are offered. The paper further addresses and resolves a number of persisting questions regarding Protoclassic orange wares, including problems concerning the actual existence of the "Aguacate ceramic group.” and the relationships of Aguacate-group pottery to other emergent orange wares of the terminal Late Preclassic and initial Early Classic periods. The nature and significance of the "Holmul I Style,” the "Floral Park Ceramic Sphere.” and the relationships of the two to each other and the larger, redefined "protoclassic” ceramic stage also are examined. A spatial distribution for protoclassic ceramics considerably expanded over what has ever been reported previously is described, and Chronometric data are presented to support a revised chronology for the protoclassic ceramic stage. Finally, ceramic data are offered that suggest a real subdivision of the protoclassic ceramic stage into an early, emergent facet originating entirely within Late Preclassic lowland traditions, and a later, fully "Classic” facet corresponding to the early Tzakol (Tzakol 1) ceramic horizon. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998 Brady James E. Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA Ball Joseph W. Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA Bishop Ronald L. Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA Pring Duncan C. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Swire House, 9 Connaught Road, C, Hong Kong Hammond Norman Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA Housley Rupert A. Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OXI 3QJ, England Ancient Mesoamerica Cambridge University Press 9/1(1998), 17-38 0956-5361 9:1<17 1998 9 ATM https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536100001826 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536100001826 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brady James E. Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ball Joseph W. Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bishop Ronald L. Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pring Duncan C. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Swire House, 9 Connaught Road, C, Hong Kong NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hammond Norman Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Housley Rupert A. Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OXI 3QJ, England NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ancient Mesoamerica Cambridge University Press 9/1(1998), 17-38 0956-5361 9:1<17 1998 9 ATM CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge