Ceramic Production and Distribution in the Southeastern Maya Periphery: Late Classic Painted Serving Vessels 9780860542605, 9781407335681

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Ceramic Production and Distribution in the · Southeastern Maya . Periphery Late Classic Painted Serving Vessels

Marilyn P. Beaudry

BAR International Series 203 · 19'84

··B.A.R.

5, Centremead, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES, England.

GENERAL EDITORS A.R Hands, B.Sc., M.A., D.Phil. D.R Walker, M.A.

B.A.R.-S20J,

19BI±:

'Cera mic Production and Distribution in the Southeastern Maya Periphery'.

©

�ln.r il yn P. Beaudry,

198!1:

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

xi

Chapter

1 .

2 .

3 .

page

I NTRODUCTION

1

Background and Theoretical Overview Temporal and Spatial F ocus Ceramic F ocus Summary of R esearch Goals and M ethods

1 1 6 2 4 3 4

RESOURCE UTILIZATION: CHARACTERIZATION

3 7

CERAMIC

PASTE

Background Methodology F indings, C ream Paste C eramics Conclusions, Cream P aste C eramics F indings, Arambala C eramics Conclusions, Arambala C eramics Summary

3 7 3 9 4 4 6 7 7 8 80 8 3

BACKGROUND FOR I NVESTIGATION OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM

8 7

THE

I ntroduction a nd Theoretical Considerations M ethodology Organization of The F indings 4 .

5 .

PRODUCTION DECISIONS: SHAPING AND THE VESSEL FOR DECORATION

8 7 8 9 9 7 PREPARING 9 9

I ntroduction and overview F indings: Decisions R egarding Vessel Shape F indings: D ecisions about Materials Needed For D ecorating -- S lips and Paints F indings: D ecisions About Composition Spatial Division of Exterior and I nterior D esigns F ields E valuation of Technical Competence

1 14 1 24

PRODUCTION DECISIONS: CONTENT AND OF THE VESSELS' DECORATION

1 37

I ntroduction Frequency

a nd

Overview

D istributions

9 9 1 02 1 11

EXECUTION

1 37 1 40

i ii

6 .

B ivariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis

1 51 1 76

D ISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION OF THE CERAMICS

2 03

I ntroduction S patial D istribution,

2 03 2 06

Copador

Context Analysis of Copador Painted C eramics 7 .

a nd

Other 2 21

CONCLUSIONS P roduction D istribution R elevance of Concerns

2 43

and Consumption This R esearch to C urrent i n Maya Archaeology

2 43 2 50 2 52

Appendix A .

Ceramic Complex Names and E quivalences: Copan, Quirigua, C halchuapa

2 57

B .

Description of Painted Ceramics

2 59

C .

D escription

2 65

D .

D efinition of Terms Used Decoration Variables

E .

of

Brookhaven

P rocedures I n Describing

2 67

Forms Used I n R ecording Vessels For Production-Step D ecision Analysis

2 69

F .

Summary of

2 81

G .

M ethods and Procedures f or Computing Construction Complexity I ndex

Motifs

By Type of

Design

B IBLIOGRAPHY

3 01 3 03

L IST OF TABLES T able 1 .

S erving Vessel E xchange System Typology S howing Distribution Path F rom Producer To Consumer

2 .

E xpectations

For

i zed C eramic I n Different and 3 .

Various

D istribution

P rovenience Used i n

Aspects

of

Special-

Serving Vessel Production Types of E xchange Systems Paths

By Type, Cream Paste C eramics The C hemical Composition Analysis iv

9

4 1

.

Table

page

4 .

P rovenience

5 .

Sorted, Rotated F actor P aste C eramics

L oadings

Correlation M atrix For R eference G roup

E xpanded

6 .

7 .

8 .

By Type,

R ed

P aste

C eramics

4 2

C ream 4 5 Trial 5 5

Sample M embership i n T he P reliminary Copanf ocus R eference Group Provenience of Samples i n R eference Groups a nd U ngrouped S pecimens, F inal

6 3

Allocation 9 .

S tandardized D iscriminant C oefficients

F unction

1 0.

Major Group M ean

1 1.

Allocation o f C ermic S amples, versus U nallocated

1 2.

1 3.

1 4.

1 6.

1 7.

1 8.

6 5

C oncentrations

6 6

C lustered 6 9

Copador a nd Gualpopa C eramic S amples By P rovenience, Unallocated versus Grouped

74

Cream P aste By S ite

75

S herds F rom T he Z apotitan Valley a nd R eference Group A llocation

Allocation o f R eference

1 5.

6 1

C hilanga C eramic S amples

t o

Groups

Sorted, R otated C eramics

F actor

76 L oadings,

R ed

Paste 7 9

Sample M embership i n The Arambala Group a nd U ngrouped D ata

R eference

Locus of L ate C lassic P roduction

C eramic

Cream P aste

8 1

84

P rovenience of Late C lassic C ream Paste C eramics b y L ocus of P roduction

85

1 9.

Vessel

9 0

2 0.

Locations Where Vessels W ere R ecorded P roduction-Decision Analysis

2 1.

2 2.

Shapes

By Types F or

Provenience By S hape of V essels E xamined P roduction-Decision Analysis Degree of S tandardization E valuated Variable D istribution Analysis

9 3 F or 9 4

F rom 1 00

.

2 3.

Vessel

2 4.

S lip

2 5.

P aint

Colors,

2 6.

C olor

and

Width of

E xterior

2 7.

Number of

E xterior

R egisters

2 8.

Number a nd Color of The R im a nd The A ll Vessels

2 9.

3 0.

S hapes

Colors,

By F requence Vessel

S hapes

Vessel

By Type

12

By Type

13

R im

1 17

B ands

19

P ainted B ands B etween F irst E xterior R egister, 1 20

Number a nd Color of Painted B ands B etween T he F irst a nd S econd E xterior R egister, Two-Register Vessels

1 21

Summary o f Data Trends F or E xterior D esign F ield

1 22

C olor

3 2.

Number a nd Color of B ands a nd T he I nterior Wall Vessels

3 4.

1 03

S hapes

3 1.

3 3.

of Observation

a nd

Width of

C omposition of

I nterior

R im

B ands

1 25

B etween T he R im R egister, A ll 1 27

Number a nd Color o f B ands B etween T he Wall R egister a nd The I nterior B ottom, Vessels W ith D ecorated Walls

1 28

S ummary of Data Trends F or I nterior D esign F ield

1 29

Composition of

3 5.

E valuation of

L uster

1 32

3 6.

E valuation o f

Smearing

1 33

3 7.

E valuation of

Craftsmanship

1 35

3 8.

E valuation of R educed)

C raftsmanship

3 9.

4 0.

4 1.

4 2.

( Rating

S cale 1 36

F requency D istributions, S elected Variables, Copador Vessels

D ecoration

F requency D istributions, S elected Variables, Gualpopa Vessels

D ecoration

F requency D istributions, S elected Variables, Gualpopa Vessels

D ecoration

F requency D istributions, S elected Variables, Arambala Vessels

D ecoration

vi

1 41

1 47

1 48

1 49

4 3.

4 4.

4 5.

4 6.

4 7.

Frequency D istributions, S elected Variables, C hilanga V essels Chilanga M otifs, C omplex

C lassified

a s

D ecoration 1 50

S imple

or 1 52

Shape of C hilanga Vessels According C omplexity of D esign

to 153

Provenience of C hilanga V essels According to Complexity of D esign Contingency Tables Prepared D ecoration Variables By

4 8.

Copador Open

B owls

4 9.

Copador

5 0.

Copador Vases

5 1.

Gualpopa Nonspiral Tables

R ecurved

F or S elected S hape Within

1 53

Type

Contingency Tables

Bowls

1 58

C ontingency Tables

1 61

Contingency Tables Bowls

1 66

Contingency 1 70

5 2.

Arambala

5 3.

C luster 1 , Copador Open B owls C ontingency T ables, S elected Variables

1 90

Frequency D istribution, Copador Vessels According t o S harer s M otif-Based Varieties

1 94

Frequency D istribution, C opador Open Bowls By C luster, C lassified by S harer's M otifB ased Varieties

1 96

Frequency D istribution, Copador R ecurved B owls by C luster, C lassified By S harer's M otifBased Varieties

1 96

5 7.

Correspondence B etween Varieties and C ase

1 97

5 8.

Case

5 9.

Motif Combinations, By P rovenience

5 4.

5 5.

5 6.

6 0.

6 1.

R ecurved

Open

1 55

C lusters

Bowls

C ontingency T ables

1 73

S harer's M otif-Based C lustering R esults

By Vessel

1 98

P rovenience

Copador

R ecurved

B owls 2 00

I nterior D ecoration of Copador R ecurved Bowls By R im D iameter -- C opan versus A ll Other P roveniences Late

C lassic

S ites

S hown

i n

v ii

F igures

2 9

a nd

2 01 3 0

2 12

6 2.

6 3.

6 4.

6 5.

6 6.

6 7.

L ocation of Copan

L ate

D irectional .C lassic

Location a nd D istance S ites F rom C opan

74.

75.

2 18

2 24

D istribution of Coner P hase P ainted C eramics ( Sites M apped a nd E xcavated i n T he Copan Valley, Harvard U niversity P roject Data)

2 26

D istribution of Coner P hase P ainted By S ite C lassification ( Harvard P roject Data)

2 27

Quantities During CV 2 0

73.

L ate

D istribution o f C oner P hase P ainted C eramics By Type I n T he Copan Valley ( Sampling P rogram, P royecto Arqueologico C opan D ata)

6 9.

72.

o f

2 24

Quantity of

7 1.

2 17

D istribution of Coner P hase P ainted C eramics I n T he Copan Valley ( Sampling P rogram, P royecto Arqueologico C opan Data)

6 8.

70.

C lassic S ites Vis-a-Vis

S herd

Material,

C eramics U niversity

E xcavated

S ites

of P olychrome S herds R ecovered C learing Operations of S tructures, 2 30

Quantities of Polychrome S herds R ecovered D uring C learing Operations of S tructures, CV 4 3 t hrough 4 7

2 32

Types of C eramics a t L ate Valley S urvey S ites

2 34

C lassic

Z apotitan

D istribution of L ate C lassic C eramics i n T he Z apotitan Valley By Geographic Location

2 35

D istribution of L ate C lassic Z apotitan Valley By S ite

2 35

C eramics i n T he C lassification

D istribution of Imported L ate C lassic i n The Z apotitan Valley By Type

C eramics

7 7.

2 36

D istribution o f Imported L ate C lassic C eramics i n The Z apotitan Valley By Type a nd S ite C lassification

76.

2 28

D etails of 1 9 Copan C lassification

2 36 Graves

By P reparation 2 39

D etails of 1 3 C opan Tombs Construction Activity

by

v iii

I ndex

of

2 40

L IST OF

F IGURES

F igure 1 .

page

Sub-Regions of The Southeastern P eriphery Emphasized i n T he

2 .

I llustrations o f

Copador Open

3 .

I llustrations of C opador D iagonal Grooving

B owls

R ecurved

1 9 2 5

Bowls W ith 2 6

4 .

I llustrations of

5 .

I llustration of

Gualpopa Spiral

6 .

I llustration of

Gualpopa Vase

. 7.

M aya R esearch

C opador Vases,

I llustration of Arambala

S eated B owl

2 7 3 1 3 1

R ecurved

B owl

I llustration of

9 .

Dendrogram f or Cream P aste C eramics ( Variables = 1 0 e lements; l ognormalized u nits)

4 8

D endrogram F or ( Variables

C ream P aste C eramics = 9 c haracteristic vectors)

5 6

P lot of T hree P rimary C ompositional Groups R elative t o D erived D iscriminat Axes

6 4

1 2.

Variability

92

1 3.

H istograms S hapes

1.

1 4.

i n

M otif

of Vessel

Bowl

3 3

8 .

1 0.

C hilanga Open

F igures

3 3

G lyph A D imensions,

C opador 1 05

H istogram o f S hapes

Vessel

D imensions,

G ualpopa 1 07

1 5.

H istogram of Vessel Open Bowls

D imensions,

C hilanga

1 6.

H istogram o f R ecurved

D imensions,

Arambala

1 7.

Layout

1 8.

B ird

of

Vessel Bowls

G ualpopa

1 09

1 10 Spiral

1 15

B owls

Motifs U sed on I nterior Walls, Open a nd R ecurved B owls

C opador 1 44

1 9.

D endrograms, C luster Analysis of Variables, Motif C ombinations Only

1 79

2 0.

D endrogram, R elated

1 80

C luster Analysis of D ecorationVariables, C opador Open B owls i x

2 1.

2 2.

2 3.

2 4.

2 5.

2 6.

2 7.

2 8.

2 9.

3 0a.

3 0b.

3 1.

D endrogram, R elated

C luster Analysis of D ecorationVariables, C opador R ecurved Bowls

1 81

D endrogram, C luster Analysis o f DecorationR elated Variables, Gualpopa Nonspiral Open B owls

1 82

D endrogram, R elated

1 83

C luster Analysis of D ecorationVariables, Arambaia R ecurved B owls

D endrogram, C luster Analysis of Copador Open B owls

C ases,

D endrogram, C luster Analysis of Copador R ecurved B owls

C ases,

1 86

1 87

D endrogram, C luster Analysis of C ases, Gualpopa Nonspiral Open B owls

1 88

D endrogram, C luster Analysis of Arambala R ecurved Bowls

1 89

S outhern M aya Area Analysis L ate

S tudied

i n

C ases,

D istribution 2 07

C lassic S ites W ith of Copador . Noted

P resence

or Absence 2 09

L ate C lassic S ites With C opador, b y D istance F rom Copan

Gridded 2 10

L ate C lassic S ites With I solated or No Copador Gridded By D istance F rom Copan F alloff I n Radius

P resence of U nits

3 2.

M ap of

S ite

CV 2 0

3 3.

M ap of

S ite

CV

3 4.

P rofiles,

4 3

Vessel

C opador

by

5 0

S q.

2 11

Km. 2 16 2 29

t hrough S hapes

2 31

4 7

U sed

I n The

R esearch

2 60

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My t hanks and appreciation f or c ontributions during t he course of t his work are due t o s o many p eople i n so many p laces. As I began enumerating t he k ey people I r ealized t hat i t sounds l ike a travel g uide to the s outheastern M aya periphery. So I will organize

this,

country by

country.

I n Guatemala. The I nstituto de A ntropologia e H istoria; t he Museo Nacional de Arqueologia y E tnolog ia; t he Museo de Popol Vuh; Sr. Juan M aegli, Mr. and M rs. E dwin S hook; Dr. Marion Hatch; Dr. a nd Mrs. Will iam Swezey; a nd Ms. Joan Quillen. I n Honduras. The I nstituto Hondureno de Antro. pologia e Historia; B anco Atlantida; Ms. A lice Popenoe; S r. Armando Bonilla Gastel; Sr. Mario Lopez; a nd the s taff of the P royecto Arqueologico de Copan.

S tanley

I n E l Boggs. I n

Salvador.

M exico;

Susanna

The

Museo

Nacional

a nd

Mr.

Ekholm.

I n t he United S tates. The Harvard University C opan Settlement System Project S taff; M r. Howard E arn est; Dr. Robert S harer; ' Brookhaven National L aborat ory's Archaeological Chemistry Group, i ncluding my " mentor" Dr. R .L. B ishop; Ms. I lene Swartz; Drs. F red B ove, Barbara Branstetter, Suzanne De Atley, T imothy E arle, Ernestine E lster, and Ted Gutman; t he s taff at A SI Market Research; my " production crew;" a nd, f inall y, my loyal f riends whose confidence i n my ability t o c omplete this r esearch helped sustain me numerous t imes.

xi

CHAPTER

1

I NTRODUCTION

B ACKGROUND AND THEORETICAL OVERVIEW T his s tudy i nvestigates a L ate C lassic p olyc hrome c eramic f ound t hroughout t he s outheastern r egion o f t he Maya. The work s eeks t o make e xplicit a nd t o t est a ssumptions t hat have b een made a bout t his " trade w are." The r esearch s tarts w ith t he q uestion o f w hether t he c eramic material r epresents s tylistic i nt eraction or material e xchange. T hen, p roduction c ons iderations s uch a s s tandardization a nd c entralization a re evaluated. F inally, d istributional p atterns a nd t he context o f c onsumption a re c onsidered. T hus, data o n various a spects of economic organization a re i ncorp orated i n a n a ttempt t o r econstruct t he r ole o f a s pec ific material good i n t he e conomic s ystem o f a s ociety. An e conomic s ystem has b een defined a s " the r ules which i ntegrate t he u se of n atural r esources a nd t echniques a nd a ssure continuous c o-operation i n t he p rovision o f material goods...." ( Dalton 1 968:149) An e conomic system c an b e v iewed f rom t he f ocus o f c ompone nts s uch a s s ubsistence, t echnology, a nd t rade or f rom s tages i n i ts process s uch a s procurement, production, d istribution, a nd - c onsumption. E ven t hough t he various s tages i n t he p rocess m ust b e coordinated f or a n e conomic s ystem t o f unction, t hey f requently a re not i ntegrated i nto a s ingle a rchaeological s tudy ( Earle 1 981:231). R esearch h as t ended to f ocus on one of t he processes i n t he s ystem, t reating the o thers a s i ncidental i nput or output. I n g eneral, a rchaeologists have emphasized d istribution o r e xchange ( both o f r aw materials a nd o f f inished p roducts) i n t heir c oncern w ith t he e conomics o f preh istoric s ocieties. R easons f or t he emphasis on d ist ribution probably c an b e a ttributed t o s everal f actors: I) e xchange of a ll types i s b elieved t o b e a c ritical a spect of s ocial organization, b oth i n t erms o f continuity a nd c hange, 2 ) e vidence o f material e xc hange can b e discerned i n t he a rchaeological r ecord, a nd 3 ) methods f or determining f oreign or i mported g oods h ave b ecome more precise. Many s tudies o f e xchange have c oncentrated o n l ong-distance e xchange ( Andrews 1 980; B erdan 1 982; F rankenstein a nd Rowlands 1 978; L amberg-Karlovsky 1 975; P ires-Ferreira 1 976), a lthough r ecently s horter r ange p atterns of material i nteraction have b een i nvestigated:

1

-

I ntra-site:

F ry

a nd

C ox

1 974;

F ry

1 979.

I nter-site but considered l ocal: R ice 1 976; R ands a nd B ishop 1 980; Johnson 1 973; Arnold 1 978; B ishop, R ands a nd H arbottle 1 982. I ntra-regional: S hepard L auer 1 971; F ry 1 980.

1 965;

P log

1 976;

P roduction p rocesses, o n t he o ther h and, h ave b een e xamined t o a much l esser degree. For o ne t hing, a t t ne present t ime t hey appear t o b e harder to s tudy directly f rom the archaeological r ecord. P roduction l oci may b e d ifficult to l ocate i f t he manufacturing process did not l eave r eadily r ecognizable n onperisha ble detritus. L ithic p roduction has r eceived more a ttention t han has c eramic manufacture, p ossibly b ecause debitage • has b een s uccessfully u sed to e valuate production s teps ( Pires-Ferreira 1 976; Ammerman a nd A ndrefsky 1 982). C eramic production loci would b e expected t o produce evidence o f f iring mistakes i n t he f orm of w asters e ven i f p ermanent k ilns had not b een u sed. However, s uch. direct e vidence i s i nfrequently c ited i n the l iterature a nd does not appear t o have b een i ntegrated i nto i nvest igations of production organization. I nferential methods f or i nvestigating p roduction concerns a re only b eginning to r eceive a ttention ( Rice 1 981). P roduction most often h as b een i nvestigated i n t erms of c raft s pecialization, v iewing this c haracteri stic of t he economic s ystem a s e vidence of s ocial c omp lexity a nd i nterdependence. I n t he c ase of both exchange a nd production, t he emphasis o f many s tudies has b een on diachronic r es earch where t he purpose i s t o demonstrate i ncreasing s ocial complexity t hrough i ncreasing i nterdependence a nd c ontact: " From a n e cological a nd evolutionary perspect ive, s ocial s tratification a nd economic s pec ialization r eflect t he d ifferential d istribut ion of r esources a nd t he s ocietal management o f t hese r esources." ( Rice 1 981:119; emphasis a dded) " Archaeologists have c oncentrated h eavily o n u nderstanding t he developmental mechanism o f t rade. T hey have, however, f ailed to u nderstand i n depth t he s tructure o f prehistoric t rade a t any g iven t ime." ( Lamberg-Karlovsky 1 975:346; emphasis a dded)

2

S ynchronic a nalyses have b een l ess f requent, w ith i ntegrated t reatment of more t han one part of t he e conomic system b eing very r are, i ndeed. Consequently, t he approach i n t he c urrent work i s to i ntegrate t he s tudy o f t he processes o f p roduction, distribution, a nd, t o a l esser e xtent, c onsumption of a t ype of c era mic s erving vessels during one i dentifiable time p eriod. 1 O ne a spect o f production which i s i mportant f or u nderstanding economic organization i s occupational s pecialization. D etermination o f production s pecializ ation c omes f rom both primary a nd i nferred evidence. P rimary e vidence c onsists of r emains i n t he a rchaeol ogical r ecord directly a ssociated w ith t he processing or production a ctivity workshops or s pecialized a ctivity a reas, t ool k its, s torage f acilities. I nf erred evidence i s gained f rom a n e valuation of t he e nd p roduct which e xhibits a degree o f c raftsmanship or ' skill b eyond t hat e xpected f rom nonspecialized p roduc ers. I n t he Maya area t here has b een c onsiderable r eliance on i nference i n d iscussions of occupational s pecialization ( Adams 1 970; Haviland 1 970). T here a re s everal r easons f or t his. F irst of a ll, m uch a rchaeol ogical activity has b een c oncentrated on public archit ecture l ocated a t t he c enter of l arge M aya s ites, not a l ikely l ocus f or direct e vidence of economic s peciali zation. S econd, C lassic M aya s ettlement was not a s u rbanized a s o ther complex s ocieties. F or e xample a t T eotihuacan i n h ighland M exico, p roduction was organi zed t o t he p oint where occupational b arrios have b een l ocated w ith evidence of obsidian working, pottery making, a nd l apidary activities ( Millon 1 976). Without a n u rban r esidential pattern, t he l ocation of s peciali zed p roduction c enters may b e more easily overlooked, d epending u pon t he s pecific s urvey a nd e xcavation s trat egies employed. However, one e xtensive f ield p roject a t T ikal, G uatemala, h as provided s ome d irect evidence of s peci alization. A t t his s ite a l arge number of r esidential b uildings a nd house groups w ere i nvestigated a nd data a bout economic specialization have emerged. F or i ns tance, B ecker ( 1973a) discusses f or t he C lassic p eriod a t Tikal a t l east s ix occupational s pecialities t hat a re a rchaeologically i dentifiable - f lint a nd obsidian k nappers, potters, woodworkers, dental workers; masons,

1T he c ategory " serving v essel"(Fry 1 979:496) i s b eing u sed b ecause i t does not presuppose a r estriction i n availability t o a c ertain s egment of t he s ociety nor does i t a ssume c haracteristics o f d istribution. O ther c lassifications of t rade goods a re g iven by R athje e t a l 1 978, R ice 1 981, and Tourtellot a nd S abloff 1 972.

3

s tucco a nd c onstruction ment c arvers.

workers;

s toneworkers

or

monu-

O ne r esidential group ( 4H-1) i n c entral T ikal p roduced l arger quantities o f c ertain t ypes o f c eramics t han w ould n ave b een e xpected f or t he s ize a nd location o f t he u nit. O ne m idden i n t his group y ielded many s pecialized c eramic products: w histles 8 f ragments a nd 2 w hole e xamples; f igurines - 3 9 f ragments and o ne w hole e xample; f igurine molds 2 f ragments a nd 2 i ntact; c ensers - 4 0 p ieces; o ther - " scores of r ec onstructable b owls, wall i nsert f ragments, candles ticks, a nd d ecorated v essels, i ncluding t hree w ith m iscellaneous t exts" ( ibid:399). T he presence o f a l arge pottery a rchitectural mask u sually a ssociated only w ith t he r elatively a ffluent or o n public b uildi ngs l ed B ecker t o c onclude t hat t his was a r eflection o f t he occupation o f t he r esidents, not t heir wealth ( ibid:400). A nother pottery w orkshop has t entatively b een i dentified i n p eripheral T ikal f rom a l arge s ample of b roken s erving v essels a nd p ottery drums, a ll s howi ng a u niform s tyle a nd paste ( Fry 1 979:495). F rom t he T ikal data, both B ecker a nd Haviland ( 1974) c onclude t hat t he d egree o f e conomic special-. i zation a t t his s ite h ad not r eached t he p oint w here c ertain l ineages c onfined t heir a ctivities t o a s ingle c raft. N evertheless, t here i s a s uggestion f rom t he s toneworker/monument carver r esidential data ( Haviland 1 974:496) t hat t here was f amily c raft specialization over s everal generations. T hus, i n t erms o f t he C lassic p eriod w ithin t he M aya a rea t here i s s ome d irect, a s w ell a s i nferential, e vidence f or specialization i n t he production o f c eramic objects. I t i s b elieved t hat t he ceramics u nder s tudy w ere made by s pecialized producers and t hat t his w ill b e c orroborated during t he course of t he a nalyses. H owever, t he primary t hrust of t he work o n p roduction i s t o go b eyond t he r ecognition o f product ion s pecialization t o draw i nferences about l evels o f o rganization

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T he d istribution p ath i s i mportant b ecause a s t he c omplexity o f t he economic a ctivity i ncreases s o does t he n umber o f i ntermediaries b etween t he p roducer a nd t he c onsumer. O nly t wo a re s hown i n T ypes 6 a nd 7 b ut more c an b e c onceived, d epending o n t he s pecific l evels o f h ierarchy p resent i n t he s ystem. T hus, t he d istribution p ath c an b e c onceptualized a s d irect, s ingle i ntermediary, or m ultiple i ntermediary a nd i s a r eflection o f t he e conomic o rganization p resent i n t he s ystem. S everal e xchange s ystems a re s hown i n T able 1 w ith a lternate p roducer-consumer p aths w hich r eflect t he possibility o f d iffering s ocial a nd e conomic o rgani zation. F or e xample, down-the-line e xchange c ould t ake p lace d irectly b etween p airs o f p roducers a nd c onsumers. H owever, i f i t i s a mong e lites, t he o bjects l ikely would b e p roduced b y s pecialists a ttached t o t he e lite s ocial g roup ( Trigger 1 974:100). A lternate p aths a re a lso c onsidered f or b oth s imple c entralized marketing a nd n oncentralized m arketi ng. R eina a nd H ill ( 1978) h ave d escribed h ow i n c ont emporary G uatemala t raditional p ottery c irculates i n t hree t ypes o f markets ( local, r egional, a nd i nterreg ional) t hrough t hree t ypes o f s ellers: 1 ) v endors s elling t heir own f amily's p roduction i n l ocal markets or a n earby r egional market, 2 ) m iddle t raders ( regatones) w ho maintain a p ermanent s tall i n a r egiona l or i nterregional market, a nd 3 ) t ravelling merchants ( comerciantes) who c onduct w holesale b usiness i n t he r egional a nd i nterregional markets a nd r etail b usiness i n l ocal markets t hat a re n ot p ottery p roducing c ent ers. C onsumers p urchase e ither i n t heir l ocal market o r, i f t heir municipio i s n ot a p ottery p roducing c enter, t hey m ay j ourney t o a n earby l ocal p ottery prod ucing market or t o a r egional market. S uch t rips o ccur o nly i f n eeds a re s ubstantial e nough t o o ffset t he a dditional t ime a nd t ransportation e xpense. I t i s n ot s uggested t hat t his model c an b e d ir ectly a pplied t o t he p rehistoric c ase b eing s tudied. H owever, i t d oes s eem p robable t hat i ntermediaries m erchants o r m iddlemen o f s ome t ype - c ould h ave b een a ctive i n e ither o f t hese t ypes o f marketing s ystems, a ffecting c ertain p roduction d ecisions. Variations i n p roduction f actors c an b e e xpected a ccording t o t he t ype o f e xchange a nd t he d istribution p ath f rom p roducer t o c onsumer; 1 .

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E lementary s pecialization ( Balfet 1 965) o r c raft p roduction ( Rathje 1 975) - Two d iff erent p roduction s ituations a t t his l eve r o f o rganization a re: a . » situations w here i ndividual a rtisans do a ll t he s teps i n p roducing t he f inished p ots f rom gathering t he r aw materials t hrough t he f inal f iring. O ther p eople may b e c alled u pon a s a specific n eed a rises t o h elp w ith s ome o f t he more a uxi liary a spects ( such a s t ransporting t he r aw materials o r c ollecting f uel f or f iri ng), b ut t his i s d one o n a n a d h oc b asis w ith t he potter b eing i n c ontrol o f t he e ntire operation. b . s ituations w here a s mall p roduction u nit, s uch a s a nuclear f amily, d ivides u p t he s teps i n t he p ottery-production s eq uence w ith d ifferent members h aving s pec ific r esponsibilities u nder t he s uperv ision o f o ne i ndividual, p robably t he o ne most s killed i n t he more c omplicated s teps o f s haping a nd decorating. R eina a nd H ill ( 1978:21) d escribe s everal c ontemporary p ottery making v illages i n G uatemala w here " assembly-line" t echniques a re u sed by f amily p roduction u nits.

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f rom e lementary s pecialization i s t he c orp orate s tructure b ased on s omething o ther t han a n i ndividual or f amily r elations hip. T he s pecific o rganizational p rinc iple may vary a ccording t o t he n ature o f t he s ociety i n w hich i t i s p laced. H owever, i n g eneral, n umerous s pecialists a re o rganized f or t he various s teps i n - t he p roduction process. T he q uantity o f pottery t hat c an b e p roduced by t hese d ifferent t ypes o f u nits varies n ot o nly b ecause o f t he i nvolvement o f varying numbers o f p eople b ut a lso t hrough e fficiencies possible i n l arger s cale p rod uction. P ottery making l ends i tself t o t ask s peciali zation o r " assembly-line" p rocedures, s o a workshop o rganized a long t ask-specific l ines c ould t urn o ut more v essels t han a n e quivalent n umber o f p otters working i ndependently. I t i s e xpected t hat c raft p roduction, e ither b y s ingle p otters or f amily p roduction u nits, w ould b e t he m anner o f o rganization f or s erving v essel manufacture u ntil t he e xchange s ystem r eached t he c omplex l evel w here multiple i ntermediary d istribution paths o ccurr ed. I f t he c eramics w ere b eing p roduced f or entry i nto a c omplex r edistribution or market s ystem, i t i s p robable t hat p roduction w ould b e o rganized i nto c ent ralized w orkshops c apable o f s ubstantial output u nder c ontrolled c onditions. T he n umber o f producers u nder most e xchange s ystem c onditions p robably w ould b e moderate. S erving v essel d emand w ould n ot b e a s s ubstantial a s t hat f or u tilitarian v essels w hose u se i n f ood p reparation a nd s torage l eads t o more f requent r eplacement n eeds. T he e xceptions w ould b e: 1 ) i n a s upply z one s ystem w here m any i ndividual p otters would s upply s mall quantities, each to a l imited number o f c onsumers a nd 2 ) i n a downt he-line e xchange s ystem w here e ither many i ndividual p otterns, p ossibly p art-time s pecialists, p roduced f or t heir e xchange partners or w here f ew f ull-time s peciali sts, w orking u nder d irection, p roduced f or e lite e xc hange. . T he n umber a nd t ype o f p roduction u nit c ould a lso b e i nfluenced b y t he l ocation a nd s ize o f t he r aw m aterial s ources, particularly t he c lay. N icklin ( 1979) p resents a v ery t horough d iscussion o f t he v aried s trategies u sed b y p otters u nder d ifferent c irc umstances o f c lay a vailability. O ne r esult o f t he p resence o f s poradic c lay d istribution w ith a f ew major d eposits c an b e t he e stablishment o f major s pecialized c enters a t t he c lay f ields ( ibid:443). T hus, p roduct ion u nits c an b e a ffected b y c onsiderations o f r aw m aterial procurement a s W ell a s e xchange-based r equirem ents. 1

t he p ieces moving d irectly f rom p roducer to c onsumer i n t hese s ystems, t here i s n o c entral c ontrol a nd no i nc entive f or s tandardization. I n t erms o f gift exchange i tems p roduced u nder e lite a uspices, t he o bjective w ould ' likely b e t he opposite o f s tandardization u nique, o ne-of-a-kind i tems ( Earle 1 982a:8). I ncentives f or s tandardization would c ome f rom d ifferent s ources i n t he c ase o f marketing a nd r edist ribution s ystems b ut would b e s tronger t han i n t he s impler e xchange s ystems. I n t he c ase of r edistribut ion, t he c entrally l ocated p erson or i nstitution would w ant t o h ave e asily r ecognizable, equivalently valued s erving v essels f or d istribution. I n t he case o f marketing, t he p roducers or m iddlemen i ntermediaries w ould w ant t o b e c ompetitive w ith o ther vendors i n t he market, p roviding a ccepted s hapes a nd decoration o n t heir wares. I f t he e xchange s ystem w ere c omplex, t here c ould b e d ifferent s tandards f or d ifferent marketing or r ed istributive a reas. S imilarly, p roducts i n a noncent ralized marketing s ystem c ould s how s tandardization w ithin a m arket b ut more v ariability a mong markets i f d ifferent p roduction u nits s upplied d ifferent markets w ithout much c ompetition p er market. D egree o f

s implification

As w ith s tandardization, w hen s pecialization i s organized t o p roduce s izable q uantities of a product t here i s a t endency t oward s implification. S implific ation h as a n a dvantage i n l arge-scale production o f r educing t he r eliance o n h ighly s killed craftsmen whose w ork c apacity w ould d ictate or c urtail t he possible o utput. A dditionally, i n g eneral, a s implified article w ill r equire a l ower i nvestment i n t he p roduction c ost. ( See R athje 1 975:416 c oncerning differences i n c ost c ontrol.) S implification i n p ottery production i s most l ikely t o b e v isible i n t wo a spects of t he p roduct: f orm a nd d ecoration. However t he s ame caveat a pplies a s w as m entioned f or s tandardization. There w ill b e s ituations w here t he t ype o f e xchange p recludes t he c ost e ffective measures of s implification a nd where e laboration w ill b e r equired f or " marketability." E lab oration w ould b e e xpected, f or e xample, i n b oth types o f down-the-line e xchange a nd t o a s omewhat l esser e xt ent i n s upply z one e xchange. F or other types of e xc hange, however, s implification w ould b e expected. T he f oregoing d iscussion d emonstrates t hat t he k ind o f p roduct, t he a mount made, a nd t he c ircumstances u nder w hich t he c eramics w ere p roduced c an a ll v ary w ithin t he g eneral c ategory o f s pecialized p roduction. T hese w ill c ombine i n d ifferent w ays d epending on t he t ype o f d istribution p ath a ssociated w ith a certain

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Amount o f v essels made T he a mount o f v essels p roduced w ill b e a ffected b y t he n umber o f p roducing u nits a nd t heir c apacity b ut i t i s more d irectly d etermined b y t he d emand f or p roduct a nd t he s cale o f t he e xchange s ystem. A s R enf rew h as s tated " a h igh l evel o f p roduction b y a number o f c raft s pecialists i n a l imited a rea c annot e asily b e s ustained w ithout a h ighly o rganized m eans o f d istrib uting t he p roduct a nd w ithout a l arge c onstituency o f c ustomers. T his c an only b e a vailable e ither t hrough a v ery h igh p opulation d ensity, g enerally i n a n u rban s ociety, or a n e fficient e xport t rade." ( 1977b:9) T hus, t he s cale o f s erving v essel p roduction w ould p robably b e moderate u nless t he e xchange s ystem operated t hroughout a l arge r egion o n a s cale w hich p robably w ould n ecessitate h ierarchical o rganization. D egree o f

s tandardization

O ne o f t he g enerally a ccepted c orollaries of s pecialization i s s tandardization. A s v arious s teps i n t he production p rocess a re r epeated w ith r egularity a nd f requency, t he r ange o f variation n arrows a nd t he r esults b ecome more predictable. T he r esult i s a s tronger r elationship b etween p roducer a nd p roduct ( van d er L eeuw 1 980," B alfet 1 965) w ith r outinization o f s teps, i ncentives t o e fficiencies i n m ethods, e tc. S ince w ork i s done r egularly, s kill, a s w ell a s f acili ty, i s a chieved s o p roducts may b e o f b etter quality t echnically t han t hose o f g eneralized p roduction. S tandardization i n t he t echnological a spects s electing t he r aw m aterials, p reparing t he paste,. cons tructing t he v essels a nd f iring - p robably w ill occur w ith s pecialization r egardless o f t he s pecific e xchange s ystem i nto w hich t he c eramics a re c hanneled. ( Incent ives f or s tandardization may vary a ccording t o c ompet ition a nd o ther f actors, o f c ourse.) O ther a spects, s uch a s t he a ctual s hape ( with i ts s ize a nd d imension c haracteristics) a nd t he d ecoration w ill b e d irectly a ffected b y t he s pecific type o f e xchange i n w hich t he c eramics w ill b e operating a nd b y t he v alue l evel o f t he vessel group. I f t he i tems a re i ntended f or h igh v alue c onsumption, t he goal w ould l ikely b e t o p roduce h ighly d ifferentiated, d istinctive a ppearing v essels. T hus, s tandardization i n d ecoration a nd, t o a l esser e xtent, s hape w ould b e i ncongruent w ith t he marketing o bjective. O n t he o ther h and, i f t he p ottery i s more o f a " middle c lass" c ommodity, t hen t hese f eatures w ould b e s tandardized i n o rder t o p roduce a n e asily r ecognizable p roduct. F or i nstance, c eramics b eing made f or s upply z one a nd down-the-line ' exchange s ystems w ould not b e e xpected t o s how m uch s tandardization. I n t he c ase o f

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t he p ieces moving d irectly f rom p roducer to c onsumer i n t hese s ystems, t here i s n o c entral c ontrol a nd no i nc entive f or s tandardization. I n t erms o f g ift e xchange i tems p roduced u nder e lite a uspices, t he o bjective w ould l ikely b e t he opposite o f s tandardization u nique, o ne-of-a-kind i tems ( Earle 1 982a:8). I ncentives f or s tandardization would c ome f rom d ifferent s ources i n t he c ase o f marketing a nd r edist ribution s ystems b ut w ould b e s tronger t han i n t he s impler e xchange s ystems. I n t he c ase of r edistribut ion, t he c entrally l ocated p erson or i nstitution would w ant t o h ave e asily r ecognizable, e quivalently valued s erving v essels f or d istribution. I n t he c ase o f m arketing, t he p roducers o r m iddlemen i ntermediaries w ould w ant t o b e c ompetitive w ith o ther vendors i n t he market, p roviding a ccepted s hapes a nd decoration o n t heir wares. I f t he e xchange s ystem w ere c omplex, t here c ould b e d ifferent s tandards f or d ifferent marketing or r ed istributive a reas. S imilarly, p roducts i n a noncent ralized marketing s ystem c ould s how s tandardization w ithin a market b ut more variability a mong m arkets i f d ifferent p roduction u nits s upplied d ifferent markets w ithout much c ompetition p er market. D egree o f ' s implification A s w ith s tandardization, w hen s pecialization i s o rganized t o p roduce s izable q uantities of a product t here i s a t endency t oward s implification. S implific ation h as a n a dvantage i n l arge-scale production o f r educing t he r eliance on h ighly s killed craftsmen whose w ork c apacity w ould d ictate o r c urtail t he possible output. A dditionally, i n g eneral, a s implified article w ill r equire a l ower i nvestment i n t he p roduction c ost. ( See R athje 1 975:416 c oncerning differences i n c ost c ontrol.) S implification i n p ottery production i s most l ikely t o b e v isible i n t wo a spects of t he p roduct: f orm a nd d ecoration. H owever t he s ame caveat a pplies a s w as m entioned f or s tandardization. T here w ill b e s ituations w here t he t ype o f e xchange p recludes t he c ost.effective measures of s implification a nd w here e laboration w ill b e r equired f or " marketability." E lab oration w ould b e e xpected, f or e xample, i n b oth t ypes o f down-the-line e xchange a nd t o a s omewhat l esser e xt ent i n s upply z one e xchange. F or o ther t ypes of e xc hange, however, s implification w ould b e expected. T he f oregoing d iscussion d emonstrates t hat t he k ind o f p roduct, t he a mount made, a nd t he c ircumstances u nder w hich t he c eramics w ere p roduced c an a ll v ary w ithin t he g eneral c ategory o f s pecialized p roduction. T hese w ill c ombine i n d ifferent ways depending on t he t ype o f d istribution p ath ' a ssociated with a c ertain

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e xchange s ystem. C ombinations o f t he various p roduct ion a spects c an b e u sed t o s pecify t he d istribution p ath f or t he g oods, f rom w hich i t s hould b e p ossible t o p redict t he k ind o f e xchange s ystem t hrough w hich t hey c irculated. T he p rediction c an t hen b e e valuated t hrough a s tudy o f t he s patial d istribution o f t he c eramics. ( The p rocedure, o f c ourse, c an b e r eversed w ith t he e xchange s ystem s pecified a nd u sed t o p redict t he p roduction c onsiderations.) I n t his manner, t wo k ey processes i n t he e conomic s ystem - p roduction a nd d istribution - c an b e s tudied s ystematically w ith t he f indings f or o ne process p roducing h ypotheses a bout t he o ther p rocess. T he c hapters o n p roduction a nd d istrib ution w ill u se t his o rientation w hen d ealing w ith t he d ata r elating t o t hese p rocesses.

o f

t he

Two p oints r esearch:

s hould

b e

m ade

a bout

t he

o rientation

1 .

P roduction a nd d istribution a re b eing s tudied f rom a s ynchronic point o f v iew, w ithin a s pecific t ime p eriod, i n o rder t o u nderstand t he s ocial o rganization a nd t o g ain k nowledge a bout c ultural i ntegration d uring t he p articular e ra i n t he d elineat ed geographic a rea. F requently, e xchange i s l ooked u pon a s e vidence o f i ncreasing s ocial h ierarchy a nd i s emphasized f or i ts c ommunication r ole i n p rocesses o f s ocial c hange. E xamining or e xplaining s ocial c hange i s n ot a n o bjective of t he p resent w ork.

2 .

O nly one r estricted c ategory o f goods p ainted c eramic s erving v essels i s b eing i nvestigated. B road i nferences a bout e xchange n etworks c annot b e made w ith data f rom a s ingle c lassification o f m aterial. R esearchers h ave c ome t o r eal ize t hat d ifferent c ommodities a nd manuf actured goods moved t hrough d ifferent e xchange s ystems a nd t hat e ven w ithin a c ategory, s uch a s p ottery, varied c lasses o f v essels w ere s ubject t o d ifferent d ist ributional methods ( cf. F ry a nd C ox 1 974). I n order t o r econstruct t he operat ion o f a n e xchange n etwork c onsiderable d ata a bout a r ange o f e xchange goods a re n eeded. T he c urrent w ork s hould b e c onsid ered a s potential i nput i nto s uch a l arge-scale a nalysis; i t w ill p rovide a d etailed u nderstanding o f o ne c omponent b eing p roduced a nd d istributed w ithin t he c ontext o f a c omplex s ociety.

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TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL FOCUS The period u nder i nvestigation i s the L ate C lass ic p eriod ( 650 - 8 50 A .D.) i n t he M aya culture. T his w as t he epoch o f s ubstantial growth and d evelopment t hroughout t he e ntire Lowland a rea. I t was a p eriod o f h igh population density, particularly around powerful c ivic c enters. I ntensified a griculture was practised u sing both t erracing a nd i rrigated r aised f ields ( Adams 1 982; H arrison a nd T urner 1 978). S ocietal organization was based on a n extended f amily u nit a nd r esidence p robably was p atrilocal ( Haviland 1 966b). Social s tratification definitely w as present a lthough t here i s disagreement on how c losed or i nflexible t he s ystem was. T here i s a greement t hat e ach c enter was governed by a h ereditary d ynasty t hat h eld both r eligious a nd s ecular power. Below the r uli ng group w ere a number of different s trata. H ammond ( 1982:189-197) h as r ecently s et f orth t he most s pecific c ategorization of L ate C lassic M aya c lass s tructure, divided i nto s even l evels: 1 .

R uling

f amily

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bureaucracy

e d t he r uler's a ctionable t asks c ific e xecutives

t ranslati nto s pe-

3 .

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4 .

I ntellectual specialists s uch t ects, priests, s cribes, e tc.

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l arge

which

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l argely i nferred, t he t he f unctional needs o f

Spatial organization c onsisted of a s eries o f c enters w ith i mpressive p ublic a rchitecture s ur-

r ounded by s ubordinate c enters a lso w ith public buildi ngs. T hese s maller c enters must have f unctioned i n a n a dministrative c apacity -' civic, r eligious, o r economic t o i ntegrate outlying v illages, h amlets, a nd f armsteads i nto t he polity. P olitically, each of t hese 16

l arge c enter-based u nits w as i ndependent; n o overreachi ng s tate o rganization c ontrolled a ll t he M aya a rea. T he l evel o f p olitical organization p robably was e quiv alent t o w hat R enfrew ( 1975) h as c alled t he E arly S tate M odule. R ulership b y s ite f ollowed a p attern o f p atril ineal s uccession ( Haviland 1 977), a lthough i nstances o f disputed a ccession h ave b een d etermined f rom h ieroglyphic t exts. R elationships b etween d ynasties o f d iff erent s ites w ere maintained b y marriage ( Marcus 1 976; H aviland 1 977). T he s patial e xtent o f political c ontrol e xercised b y t he various c enters i s u nknown b ut c urrently " territories" a re drawn a ccording t o t he occurrence a t s maller s ites o f t he l arger c enter's emb lem g lyph ( Marcus 1 976; K elley 1 976). E conomic c ontact was w idespread t hroughout t he a rea, operating a t l ocal, r egional, a nd l ong-distance l evels. B oth p erishable a nd i mperishable c ommodities w ere c irculated. S ome o f t he c ommodities i nvolved, b ased o n a rchaeological e vidence a s w ell a s b y i nfere nce f rom p ostconquest documents i ncluded t he f ollowi ng: p erishables - h oney, c acao, f eathers ( including t hose o f t he q uetzal b ird), t obacco, c otton garments, marine p roducts a nd s hells, l ime p roducts, a nd s alt; i mperishables - pottery ( fine p aste, polychrome, i nc ensarios), s tone vases, m etal w ork, j ade, obsidian, m etates ( lava a nd granite), a nd s laves ( Hammond 1 982: 2 25). T rade r outes operated b y s ea a round t he c oasts, b etween t he c oasts a nd i nland, a nd i n t he i nterior ( both o verland a nd r iverine). T he p articipation of t he various p olitical u nits i n a w idespread c ultural t radition i s a ttested t o b y s hared p atterns o f monumental a rt, a rchitecture, a nd t he s tela c omplex, a s w ell a s b y t he h ieroglyphic w riti ng a nd c alendric s ystems ( Nicholson 1 967). T hese c haracteristics i ndicate r egular c ommunication a nd i nt eraction o ver a c onsiderable s patial a rea. T he M aya t erritory t raditionally h as b een divide d i nto s everal r egions a ccording t o b oth t opographical a nd c ultural manifestations. ( See H enderson 1 981:48-59 f or a r ecent d iscussion o f t hese d ivisions.) T he s outheastern p eriphery t opographically i s a n i ntermed iate z one b etween t he h eavy r ain f orest o f t he c entral P eten l owlands a nd t he h ighlands. C ulturally, i t c ont ains t he most s outherly e xpression of t he f ull M aya c omplex o f c orbel vaulted a rchitecture, L ong C ount c alendrics, a nd t he s tela-altar c omplex. T he L ate C lassic p eriod i n t he s outheast M aya a rea w as t he t ime o f f lourishing c enters l ike C opan a nd Q uirigua. A vaila ble data s uggest c onsiderable c ommunication a nd t rade d uring t his p eriod b oth w ithin t his g eneral r egion a nd b eyond.

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different

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t he

s outheastern

M aya p eriphery a re emphasized i n t he c urrent i nvestigation - t he R io Copan z one i n western Honduras, t he m iddle a nd lower M otagua Valley i n G uatemala, a nd western E l S alvador. . (See F igure 1 .) T he f ollowing s ect ions w ill provide a geographic a nd g eologic p erspect ive of t he environments f or e ach z one and w ill -desc ribe t he major a rchaeological s ites i n each s ubregion. Natural R io

E nvironment

C opan

Z one

( Western

Honduras)

T he r uins o f Copan l ie i n t he western part o f Honduras w ithin a s mall valley carved by t he Copan R iver. The Copan R iver f lows w estward i nto t he Motagua drainage t hrough t he C entral American highlands, s ome of t he most r ugged t errain of t he r egion. T he r iver f orms a s eries of s mall valleys or pockets f rom west t o east: t he Copan Valley, S anta R ita, E l Jaral, t he lower R io Amarillo, a nd t he u pper R io Amerillo. T urner e t a l. ( n.d.) h ave defined f our principal physiographic z ones of t hese valleys: 1 ) t he f loodplain, 2 ) t he r iver t erraces, 3 ) t he f oothills, a nd 4 ) t he r idge s lopes.' T he pockets of S anta R ita, E l J aral, a nd t he l ower R io Amarillo a re a ll e xtremely s mall and when combined make up a n area of l ess t han f our s q. km. of valley bottoml ands. The upper R io Amarillo f orms a much l arger pock et w ith a lmost n ine s q. km. of bottomlands ( floodplain a nd r iver t erraces). The main r uins of R io Amarillo a re l ocated a long t he s outhern e dge of t he bottomlands. T he westernmost pocket, t he C opan Valley, i s t he l argest a long t he C opan R iver s ystem. T he entire valley measures about 1 0 to 1 2 k m. e ast-west a nd avera ges a bout 2 .5 km. north-south, c reating a n a rea o f b etween 2 5 a nd 3 0 s q. k m. Approximately half of t his a rea c onsists of w ell-watered b ottomlands, e xtremely good f or a griculture. The f loodplain, o f varying w idth, i s a f airly s mall part of t he bottomlands. T erraces r anging i n h eight f rom 5 t o 1 0 meters above t he r iver, dominate t he bottomlands. F oothills gradu ally r ite upward f rom t he r iver t erraces a nd merge i nto s teep, r ugged upper r idge s lopes. M iddle

t he

a nd

L ower M otagua Valley

T he Motagua major drainage

( Guatemala)

r iver a nd i ts t ributaries provide f rom t he Guatemalan highlands east-

wards, emptying i nto t he C aribbean ( Gulf of Amatique). F or most of i ts l ength t he valley coincides w ith t he M otagua f ault, a major r ift f orming t he margin of two c ontinental p lates ( see P lafker 1 976). The mountainous margins o f t he valley a re , composed of a great variety of geological f ormations, mostly of metamorphic ( serp entine a nd s chist/gneiss w ith q uartz, mica, a nd f elds pars) a nd s edementary ( sandstones a nd, near t he Caribb ean,

l imestone)

origins

( West 1 8

1 964).

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M otagua valley, defined by a n a ctive f loodplain t hat b egins j ust w est of Quirigua, t here a re n arrow b ands o f i gneous ( rhyolite) materials. Volcanic deposits overl ie many of t hese deposits, e specially i n t he M iddle portion o f t he valley. W estern

a nd

W est-Central

E l

S alvador

T he country c an b e d ivided i nto f our major topographic u nits based on s tructure, a ge, a nd origin ( Daugherty 1 969): c oastal p lain, c oastal mountains, i nterior s tructural t rough, a nd n orthern mountains. O f particular i nterest t o t his project i s the i nterior t rough which i s r inged w ith L ate P leistocene a nd Recent volcanoes a long i ts s outhern e dge a nd has o ccasional earlier volcanoes

a long

i ts

n orthern e dge.

C halchuapa i n w estern E l S alvador, s ituated i n t his t rough, i s i n a broad b asin drained by t he R io P az a nd i ts t ributaries, s ome 7 00 meters above s ea level. C limate a nd environmental c onditions are best d escribed a s transistional between lowland ( coastal) and h ighland t ypes ( Vivo E scoto 1 964). T he e ntire r egion i s domin ated by r ecent volcanic a ctivity ( West 1 964). T he S ierra L amatepeque y Apaneca, i ncluding the extinct volcano Santa Ana and t he r ecently a ctive cone o f I zalco, bounds t he valley of t he R io P az to t he s outheast. Overlooking C halchuapa t o t he northwest i s the d issected cone of C hingo volcano. T he valley f loor i s compose d o f r ecent volcanic and a lluvial deposits, r evealed b y t he downcutting of t he R io P ampe i mmediately north of t he s ite. T he Z apotitan Valley, i n t he west-central part o f E l S alvador, spreads b etween t he S anta Ana a nd S an S alvador volcanic c omplexes. I t i s drained b y t he R io S ucio a nd t he s outhern end i s f ormed by t he coastal mountains. T he basin i s a r emnant of the i nterior s tructural t rough, h emmed i n on t he east and w est b y geologically r ecent volcanic a ctivity which c reated t he i nterior mountains. T his z one, h aving b een f ormed b y t he erosion a nd deposition of mountain s ediments i n t he r estricted area, i s r ich a nd f ertile. Cultural R io

C opan

S ettings Z one

Copan Valley. The a ncient M aya s ite o f Copan h as b een t he c enter of archaeological r esearch f or t he past 9 0 y ears. E xpeditions l ed b y t he P eabody Museum, H arvard University i n t he 1 890's ( Gordon 1 896), and t he C arnegie I nstitution o f Washington i n t he 1 930s a nd 1 940s ( Morley 1 920; L ongyear 1 952) f ocused p rimarily upon t he monuments a nd major architecture within C opan's c entral z one. However, s everal projects o ver t he past e ight y ears have b egun t o e xamine t he entire C opan valley

a s

a s ingle

s ettlement 20

a rea.

.

T he main c enter o f C opan i s l ocated on a r iver t errace w ithin t he c entral a rea o f t he C opan v alley. I t c onsists o f a major a cropolis a rea, t owering u pwards o f 1 00 f eet i nto t he a ir, a nd a l arge open e xpanse o f p laza s tudded w ith various c arved monuments. E xtremely d ense s ettlement e xtends t o t he e ast i nto t he S epult uras s ection o f t he valley a nd t o t he s outh-southwest i nto t he B osque s ection. T hese a re a pparently e lite r esidential a reas. L arge, multiple p laza groups a re l ocated t hroughout t hese t wo a reas. T he n ortheast s ection of t he valley, c omprised o f mostly l ow f oothills, i s a lso f airly d ensely o ccupi ed b ut w ith a g reater number o f s maller groups t han i n t he bottomland a reas mentioned p reviously. S cattered h ousehold g roups a re f ound w ithin t he r emaining p ort ions of t he valley. I t i s c lear t hat, a lthough t here i s occupation o utside t he valley a rea i tself, t he s teep . upper s lopes w hich d emarcate t he valley p roper a lso d emarcate t he main f ocus o f a ncient s ettlement. T here i s e vidence o f s ome s ort o f occupation w ithin t he valley w hich e xtends a s f ar b ack i n t ime a s t he P reclassic. However, i t i s h ard t o p inpoint t he e xtent o f t his e arly occupation. The e arliest monum ent, r ecovered , by t he P royecto A rqueologico C opan, d ates t o a pproximately 8 .19.0.0.0 - 9 .0.0.0.0 ( 416-435 A .D.) A t t his t ime, s ettlement s eems t o have b een c onc entrated a t s everal points, p rimarily w ithin t he b ottomlands. O ne f amily, . located a t t he s ite o f t he p resent main r uins, was a ble t o s omehow c onsolidate power w ithin i ts own h ands a nd f ound t he l ineage w hich c ontrolled C opan u ntil i ts c ollapse a round 8 00 A .D. S ettlement b ecome more e xtensive d uring t he L ate A cbi a nd C ueva 2 phases. H owever, i t i s part icularly a round t he t ime o f t he e nd o f t he C ueva p hase a nd b eginning o f t he C oner p hase ( marked b y t he a ppeara nce of C opador a t C opan) w hen t here i s a p opulation e xplosion w ithin t he valley. A lmost a ll s ections o f t he valley a re o ccupied a nd t he c entral a reas a re b uilt u p w ith a c oncentrated population. R io Amarillo. 3 T his part o f t he z one h as b een l ess t horoughly i nvestigated t han t he C opan Valley. N evertheless, i t a ppears t o h ave s ustained a s izable p opulation a t l east d uring t he C ueva a nd C oner p hases. T he R io Amarillo s ite c onsists o f s everal l arge p laza

2A ppendix A presents c eramic group n ames a nd t heir e quivalences f or s equences a t C opan, Q uirigua, a nd C halchuapa. 3T his

s ite

h as

a lso

b een

L a C anteada.

2 1

r eferred

t o

by

t he

n ame

groups w ith a rchitectural s culpture a nd c arved a ltars. While t he nature of i ts r elationship w ith Copan h as not b een precisely e stablished, i t s eems probable t hat t he s ite f unctioned a s a s econdary c enter i n t he s ocial h ierarchy of t he Coner phase o f occupation. The c eramic a ssemblage, a s presently k nown, contains t he major c omponents of t he C opan valley s equence. M iddle

and

Lower Mota

u a Valle

S an Agustin Acasaguastlan. T his archaeological z one i n t he c entral part of t he M otagua Valley h as not b een s ubjected t o t horough r ecent s tudy. I n 1 943 t he C arnegie I nstitution s pent two months e xcavating mounds a t Guaytan, probably t he main s ite i n t he z one, a nd a n a dditional t en days i n a " hasty exploration o f t he area" ( Smith a nd K idder 1 943:109). F rom t his early work c omes a s ketch map of t he G uaytan s ite, d escript ions of t he e xcavations and artifacts r ecovered during t he Guaytan f ield work, and e xtremely generalized obs ervations of r uins i n t he n eighboring areas. A lso i ncluded i s a map p lotting c oncentrations of r uins i n f ive-mound u nits. E ven t hough Smith's s urvey was very l imited, h e. noted over 1 600 mounds i n t he a pproximately 6 0 k m s tretch a long t he Motagua R iver t hat was covered, with over 1 000 of t hese concentrated i n a 1 0 k m s tretch w ith Guaytan, E l T eron, a nd Magdalena a t t he c enter ( ibid: 1 13; F ig 1 ). T hus, i t would s eem t hat t he S an Agustin a rchaeological z one comprised a major population c enter f or one part o f t he M otagua Valley. Two occupational p eriods with moderate t o abundant c eramic evidence were i dentified - L ato ( corresponding t o E arly C lassic) and Magdalena ( Late C lassic). M inor amounts of o ther c eramic material suggest earlier ( possible M iddle a nd L ate P reclassic) a nd l ater ( Terminal C lassic a nd E arly Postclassic) occupations. More r ecently ( 1979-1981) a r esearch project was i nitiated at Guaytan w hich i ncluded s urvey a nd s urface collections a s well a s t est e xcavations. The 1 979 s eas on r esulted i n t he r ecovery of c eramics t hat c onfirmed t he occupation of t he area f rom a round 4 00 B .C. onward. Jade w orkshops w ere a lso l ocated and e xplored ( Walters 1 979) I t s eems probable t hat t he San A gustin z one was a c enter of a j ade w orking i ndustry, s upplying j ade objects t o various parts of M esoamerica. Quirigua. T he r ecently c ompleted archaeological r esearch a t Quirigua ( 1974 - 1 979) c omprised e xcavation i n t he s ite core ( Jones and S harer 1 980) and b oth s urvey a nd e xcavations i n t he s urrounding 9 5 sq. k m. s ite p eriphery ( Ashmore 1 980a). T hese i nvestigations i ndic ate t hat p eak occurred during

occupation i n b oth a reas of t he s ite t he L ate and T erminal C lassic p eriod.

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T races of a s maller E arly t o M iddle C lassic occupation w ere f ound i n s everal a reas of t he s ite p eriphery ( Ashmore 1 980b). The a vailable evidence i ndicates t hat Q uirigua was f ounded i n t he 5 th c entery A .D., probably a s a >colony f rom t he c entral P eten ( Jones a nd S harer 1 980). However, s parse a nd d eeply b uried r emains data ble to t he P rotoclassic a nd L ate Preclassic eras, ben eath t he present water t able a nd t herefore e ssentially i naccessible ( Ashmore 1 980b), a rgue f or an earlier occ upation of t he a rea. L ower Motagua S ites. R econnaissance a nd s urvey w as conductea i n t he lower M otagua valley a s part of t ne Quirigua P roject i n 1 973-74 a nd a gain i n 1 977-79 ( Schortman 1 980). I n t he most i ntensively s tudied s ample area ( 180 s q. km. a long the s outhern margins of t he valley), S chortman's r esearch l ocated a nd mapped 2 0 s ites, a ll dating to t he L ate a nd T erminal C lassic. N ine of t hese a re monumental i n s ize, t hree comparable • t o ( or l arger t han) t he contemporary s ite of Quirigua ( Las Quebradas, P layitas, a nd Quebrada Grande). A lt hough n one duplicate a ll t he C lassic Maya hallmarks f ound at Quirigua ( such a s s culptured monuments a nd h ieroglyphic t exts), t hese s ites do s hare a consider-. a ble range o f material c ulture ( including c eramics) w ith Quirigua. E xcavations i ndicate a range of i ntera ctions among a ll t he L ate C lassic lower M otagua s ites, a nd suggest t hat t hese c enters r ose a nd f ell i n s ync hronization w ith Quirigua. W estern

a nd West-Central

E l

S alvador

C halchuapa. T he most comprehensive a rchaeolog ical i nvestigations a t C halchuapa w ere conducted f rom 1 967 to 1 970 ( Sharer 1 978a). T he e arliest r emains a t t he s ite are datable to t he end of t he E arly Preclassic e ra. Occcupation, which appears c ontinuous, expanded f or the n ext m illenium, p eaking i n both s ize and comp lexity during t he L ate a nd T erminal P reclassic. C ess ation o f c onstruction and drastic decline i n occupat ion accompanied t he I lopango eruption i n ca. A .D. 2 50, d etectable a t C halchuapa by a distinctive l evel of volc anic ash. Occupation a t C halchuapa gradually r ecovere d t hereafter a nd p eaked a gain i n t he Late C lassic E arly Postclassic eras. I n t he L ate P ostclassic - Conq uest period, a ccording t o e thnohistoric s ources, C halc huapa was occupied b y Pokoman M aya ( Miles 1 957). Z apotitan Valley. T his a rea has b een s ystemat ically i nvestigated t hrough a s tratified r andom s ample s urvey combined with excavation a t s everal s ites ( Sheets, 1 983). T he s urvey r evealed 5 4 s ites r anging f rom i solated r esidences t hrough villages to s econdary a nd primary r egional c enters. F rom s urface evidence t he majority of t he s ites were occupied during the Late C lassic p eriod. A l ack of E arly C lassic s ettlement s eemed t o i ndicate a bandonment due to t he i nfertile 23

l ayer o f I lopango a sh. P reclassic s ettlements i n t he r egion s eem t o b e f ew i n number b ut t hat may b e c ircums tantial s ince t hey w ould b e h idden b eneath t hick volc anic d eposits. P ostclassic occupation was l ight. S ettlement s eems t o h ave c lustered on t he h igh p lains w est a nd n orth o f t he b asin a nd a long p ermanent water s ources i n t he b asin i tself ( Black 1 978). C ERAMIC

F OCUS

S tandard t ype d escriptions o f t he major c eramics d ealt w ith i n t he r esearch, a s w ell a s o thers m entioned i n t he t ext, a re g iven i n Appendix B . T he m ain i dent ifying c haracteristics o f t he principal t ypes w ill b e p resented i n t his s ection a long w ith a s ummary o f t heir h istory i n a rchaeological r esearch. C opador

P olychrome

C haracteristics C opador i s a c ream c olored, f ine paste polyc hrome t ype. I t f eatures p ainted motifs of s tylized g lyphs, h uman, a nd a nimal f igures a long w ith s ome geometric d esigns. Bowls, both open a nd r ecurved, a re t he most c ommon f orms a nd a lmost a lways h ave i nterior a nd e xterior p ainted d ecoration. T he p ainting s tyle i s c ursive r ather t han h aving d etailed f ine-line e xecut ion. T he d esigns a re r endered i n s pecular h ematite ( deep p urple-red i n c olor), b lack a nd orange p aint, a l ight orange s lip u nderlies t he p ainted d esigns. ( See F igures 2 t hrough 4 .) A rchaeological

H istory

T he c eramic t ype t hat c ame t o b e c alled C opador i s c ited f rom e arly i nvestigations a t C opan a nd i n w estern E l S alvador. F or e xample, B oggs ( 1944:66) publ ished a d escription g iving c haracteristics f or p ieces c lassified a s " red, b lack, a nd o range o n orange Maya polychrome" f ound a t T azumal i n w estern E l S alvador. T he e asily r ecognizable c eramic t ype was characterized b y B oggs i n 1 945 a s: . 1. ...a d istinctive s tyle o f p ainted p ott ery o n w hich human f igures a nd s tylized M aya g lyphs o r g lyph e lements a re v ery c ommonly d epicted, a s w ell a s t o t he u se o f s pecular h ematite p aint i n t he decora tion. T he u sual c olor c ombination i s r ed a nd b lack o n orange s lip, but a t t imes v essels d ecorated i n t he s tyle a re u nslipped, a t o thers f ive or more colors a re employed." ( Boggs 1 945a:246) The t erm C opador w as f irst u sed b y B oggs i n t he 1 945 r eport a nd w as s aid t o h ave b een s uggested by K idder t o 2 4

F igure

2 :

Copador Open Bowls

2 5

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Copador Recurved Bowl with Diagonal Grooving

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t Y ) • H r C 5 C U

0 ✓ C I ( C I 0

• z r

• H

2 7

i mply t he p rincipal a rea o f d istribution -- C opan a nd t he a rea a round i t p lus w estern a nd c entral E l S alvador. I ts p resence i n c aches b elow dated s telae a t C opan ( reviewed a nd i llustrated b y S tromsvik i n 1 941) m ade i t a u seful t ime marker w hen t he s tyle w as f ound a t o ther s ites: B oggs 1 943 r elates C ampana C opan t hrough C opador c eramics. - B oggs 1 945 a nd p hases. Boggs C opan.

1 945

r elates

T azumal

r elates

C lub

t o

S an

A ndres

Copan

t o

p ottery

I nternacional

t o

S tromsvik 1 950 r elates Asuncion M ita t o " Copador p hase" a nd t hence t o t he " Maya C lassic." Activity o f t he C arnegie I nstitution a nd t he interaction o f i ts a rchaeologists w orking i n t he s outhe astern p eriphery h elped t o i nformally c ommunicate i nf ormation a nd t o f oster i dentification of t he t ype. T he 1 946 C arnegie Y earbook r eports: " Dr. L ongyear h as a lso b een e ngaged i n s tudy o f t he d esign motifs o f C opan polychrome p ottery. H is a nalysis, a lt hough s till i n a n e arly s tage, s hows t hat t he l ocal p ainted w ares w ere r igidl y s tylized, b oth i n d ecorative motifs a nd i n t he s hapes o f t he v essels o n which given motifs c ould b e p laced. I t i s now p ossible t o i solate t hese C opan s tyles f rom t hose o f i mported w ares, a nd a lso t o i dentify t hem w henever t hey occur i n t he c eramic c ontext o f o ther s ites. T he i mportance o f t his s tudy w as f ully r ealized w hen t he p ottery f rom T azumal, E l S alvador, w as e xamined. M any o f t he polychrome wares of t he l atter s ite r esemble C opan v essels s o s trongly t hat t here c an b e no doubt t hey b oth s temmed f rom t he s ame a rtistic t ra' dition." ( Longyear 1 946:204) T hus, t he s econd major r ole f or C opador was enumerated - t o s erve a s a n i ndicator o f contact a mong s ites w here t he c eramic was e ncountered. L ongyear, writing i n T he M aya a nd T heir N eighbors ( 1940:268-271), c ites s everal C opan c eramics ( Copador a nd G ualpopa, mentioned n ot b y n ame b ut b y d ecorative modes) a s s howi ng c ontact w ith E l S alvador. I nterestingly, a t t his t ime h e d enigrated t he a rtistic q uality of C opan p olyc hromes a nd s aid t hat t he s udden a ppearance of t he d ist inctive s tyle a rgued a gainst i ts o rigin a t C opan. 28

I n a s lightly l ater paper, L ongyear ( 1951) c lass ifies C opador a s C opan's " local c eremonial pottery" w hose h ighly s tylized a nd symbolic decoration was " dict ated b y a s pecial s chool o f a rtists drawn f rom t he p riestly c lass" ( ibid: 9 1). I n t his h istorical r econs truction h e a lso s tates t hat C opador was produced not o nly f or l ocal u se b ut f or e xport t o o ther c enters i n t he s outheastern f rontier r egion. T he

f ullest

discussion

of

C opador

polychrome

i s

f ound i n C opan C eramics ( Longyear 1 952:30; 6 0-64; 9 9-100), i ncluding t he t opics of i ts production a nd d istribution. L ongyear c oncludes t hat C opador was m anufactured a t Copan a nd e xchanged i nto t he a reas w here i t h as b een f ound. H is overview of E l S alvador a rchaeology i n t he Handbook of M iddle American I ndians ( Longyear 1 966) r estates t he C opan e xport t heory of C opador c eramics when h e writes: " The M aya culture of C opan a lso e xtends t o t he s outh, w here w estern E l S alv ador, c ut off f rom Guatemala by t he M exican i nvasion t here, now i mports C opador P olychrome direct f rom C opan, a nd U lua P olychrome f rom c entral Honduras" ( ibid:155). G lass ( 1966), i n h is Handbook s urvey of Western H onduras, i mplicitly a ccepts t he t rade ware positioning o f Copador, w hen h e s tates " the most distinctive L ate C lassic ( Copan ' Full C lassic') pottery type a t C opan, C opador P olychrome, has a distribution t hat encompasses w estern a nd c entral S alvador a s w ell a s C opan b ut i t i s a lmost a bsent f rom other r egions of Honduras" ( ibid: 1 61). More r ecently, S harer ( 1978a Vol 3 :55) quest ioned t he c onclusion t hat a ll C opador was made a t C opan s ince h e h ad i dentified s everal decorative variet ies at C halchuapa t hat had not b een described a t C opan. H is t entative conclusion was t hat " Copador P olychrome was a diverse c eramic t radition, w idespread b y t rade o ver m uch of t he s outhern a nd e astern Maya a rea, and w as probably manufactured a t s everal s eparate c enters" ( ibid). S harer t hen a grees w ith Longyear t hat s tudies i nvolving t echnological a nalysis w ill b e n eeded t o r esolve t he q uestion. I n s ummary, Copador has a l ong-standing r eputat ion a s a C opan t rade good b ut o ne t hat i s b ased on r ather c ircumstantial e vidence. O ther L ate C lassic painted c eramics have not r eceived a s w idespread a ttention a s Copador b ut are k nown f rom t he l iterature t o h ave s imilar distribut ions. T hese t ypes w ill b e u sed i n t he r esearch t o p rovide a c omparative f ramework f or t he e valuation o f t he Copador data.

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Gualpopa

Polychrome

C haracteristics G ualpopa, l ike C opador, i s a c ream colored, f ine paste polychrome t ype. I ts dominant s hape i s a n open b owl Which u sually h as painted d ecoration only o n t he e xterior. D esign motifs a re r estricted t o animals and geometric designs, i ncluding s imple g lyphic r epresentat ions. An orange-cream s lip i s u sed o ver w hich t he d esigns a re painted i n b lack a nd r ed ( not specular hema tite b ut more o f a n orange-red). O ften t he t wo paint colors a re u sed f or d ifferent motifs r ather t han b eing c ombined a s outline a nd f ill, which i s t he pattern f or Copador decoration. One variety o f t his type u ses a distinctive l ayout of t he e xterior w herein t he d esigns " spiral" f rom t he r im down t he wall a nd o nto t he c onvex bottom o f t he bowl. ( See F igure 1 7, C hapter 4 .) Gualpopa vessels a re i llustrated i n F igures 5 a nd 6 . Archaeological

H istory

T his group o f r ed a nd b lack on orange s lip c eramics was described b y B oggs ( 1944:65-66, P 1 X IVB,2) a t T azumal u nder t he h eading " Red a nd B lack on O range I ." Another p iece i s i llustrated ( ibid:Plate X I,5) a s c oming f rom t he department of L a L ibertad i n t he west ern part of E l S alvador. A lthough not i llustrated, " Tazumal G lyphic" a nd " Tazumal G eometric P olychrome Wares," mentioned b y B oggs ( 1950:272) a s having s tylist ic f eatures o f d esigns c omparable t o " Copador P hase decorative e lements," probably a re G ualpopa. L ongyear ( 1952:58-60) f ound a s izable amount of t his type a t C opan ( called P olychrome S imple B owls) which h e p laced i n t he f ull C lassic p eriod. H e d iscuss es t he glyph-like motifs a nd p arallel l ine p atterns u sed on t he b owls, s tating t he b elief t hat t hese designs had s ome meaning other t han d ecoration s ince t hey occur s o c onsistently not o nly a t C opan b ut a lso i n E l S alvador. S harer ( 1978a Vol 3 :51-51) e ncountered t he type i n b oth E arly a nd L ate C lassic c ontexts. H e d ivided i t i nto f our varieties based on painted motifs a nd c hara cterized i t a s a " diverse a nd l ong-enduring, p resuma bly l ocal c eramic t radition" ( ibid:52). However, i ts c ream paste, u se of g lyphic motifs, a nd s imilarity i n o verall c ompositional l ayout t o C opador r aise q uestions about i ts r elationship t o t he more dominant L ate C lass ic s outheastern polychrome. I ts s trong presence i n both C opan a nd E l S alvador s uggests t he possibility t hat Gualpopa was a p roduct of t he s ame t ype o f p roduct ion a nd distribution s ystem a s w as C opador.

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Figure

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Spiral

Open

Bowl

Gualpopa Vase

3 1

Arambala

P olychrome

C haracteristics A rambala i s a r ed p aste t ype a lmost e xclusively c onfined t o a r ecurved bowl s hape. S eated human f igures, b ird motifs, a nd geometric d esigns a re very r eminiscent o f C opador d ecoration. P ainted m otifs e xecuted i n b lack, d ull ( not s pecular h ematite) _ red, a nd o range p aint - occur on b oth e xterior a nd i nterior s urfaces. P ainting i s o ften quite s loppy, g iving t he a ppearance o f having b een done h astily or b y p oorly s killed c raftsmen. ( See F igure 7 .) A rchaeological

H istory

T his t ype was f irst f ormally described a nd n amed b y S harer ( 1978a Vol 3 : 5 6-58) a t C halchuapa. P revious i nvestigators h ad i dentified t he t ype a s a C opador-like c eramic a nd h ad i nformally l abelled i t a s " Imitation C opador" or " False C opador" ( Longyear 1 952:64). M otifs a nd v essels f orms a re a llied w ith s ome of t he C opador varieties b ut t he r ed paste, l ack o f s pecular h ematite p aint, a nd t he e xtremely c areless r endition o f t he decoration s et i t a part. A n early d escription i s g iven a s " red a nd b lack o n orange I I" b y . B oggs ( 1944:66) f or T azumal s pecimens a nd examples f rom v arious p arts o f E l S alvador a re i llustrated i n t he l iterature ( Longyear 1 952:Fig 1 16; 1 944:Plates X 2 3, 2 5; X III 1 1). S harer ( 1978a Vol 3 :57) r ecords t hat A rambala's d istribution a rea i s s imilar t o b ut n ot a s e xtensive a s t hat of C opador. ( Arambala i s v irtually a bsent f rom t he C opan Valley.) H e outlines i ts a rea o f o ccurrence a s r anging f rom t he e astern G uatemalan h ighl ands t hrough w estern a nd c entral E l S alvador. I ts prominent o ccurrence a t C halchuapa where C opador i s a lso p resent i n l arge q uantities r aises t he q uestion o f t he n ature o f t he r elationship b etween t he t ypes. L ongyear ( 1952:64) i nterpreted " imitation Copador's" c ommon occurrence • at T azumal ( Chalchuapa) a s a n i ndication of " homemade i mitations o f t he genuine a rt icle." S harer s uggests t hat t he d ifferences b etween t he t ypes ( and G ualpopa, a s w ell) p robably reflect diff erent manufacturing c enters b ut a lso may i ndicate t emp oral o r f unctional variations. T he s imilarities a s w ell a s t he d ifferences s hould b e a ssessed when f itting t he t ypes i nto t he L ate C lassic s ocial and e conomic m ilieu. C hilanga R ed-painted

U sulutan

C haracteristics O ne a dditional p ainted c eramic t ype i s i nclude d i n t he r esearch, C hilanga. T his t ype, which i s n ot a p olychrome, a ppears b efore t he L ate C lassic p eriod. 32

Figure

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Recurved Bowl

Chilanga Open Bowl

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However, b ecause o f i ts s oft c ream paste which i s r em iniscent of both t he C opador a nd G ualpopa t ypes, i t r epresents t he s ame ware t radition. I ts dominant s hape i s a n open bowl, l ike t hat o f Gualpopa. Very s imple geometric designs a nd monkey motifs a re e xecuted i n r ed p aint ( not specular hemat ite) over a n orange s lip. U sulutan decoration ( a n egative or r esist t echnique u sed t o produce a f ine l ine pattern t hrough t he s lip) i s a lso u sed, most o ften o n t he i nterior which i s not otherwise decorated a nd somet ime on t he e xterior a long w ith t he painted d esigns. ( See F igure 8 .) Archaeological

H istory

R ed on orange ware i s r eported a t Copan b oth i n t he s econd part of t he E arly C lassic a nd i n t he F ull C lassic ( Longyear 1 952:28;30). U sulutan ( negative o r r esist) decoration i s s aid t o b e more common i n t he E arly C lassic t han i n t he l ater p eriod. Designs on t he l ater c eramics - s ilhouettes of a nimals and h umans — ' indicated t o L ongyear a connection b etween t his type a nd S imple Polychrome Bowls ( ibid:30). C hilanga was described by S harer ( 1978a Vol 3 :47) a t C halchuapa i n t he E arly C lassic ceramic cor n-. p lex. Two varieties were i dentified on the b asis o f s imple decoration ( Chilanga Variety) or more c omplex motifs ( Osicala Variety). F rom S harer's f ield w ork t he type does not s eem t o p ersist b eyond t he E arly C lass ic. However, a t t he Tazumal s ection of C halchuapa B oggs ( 1944:65) r eports a " Later P hase" r ed o n orange d ichrome t hat equates i n ' paste a nd i n one s hape with C hilanga. T he type a lso has b een r ecorded i n a L ate C lassic context a t L a S ierra i n t he Naco valley o f Hond uras ( Henderson e t a l. 1 979). C hilanga appears, t hen, t o have a considerable t emporal a nd geographical span. I ts s haring o f paste t radition with both of t he cream polychrome t ypes a nd of design motifs w ith G ualpopa r aises questions about i ts role i n t he production a nd distribution s ystems. C onsequently, i t was u sed as a c omparative type i n t he various a nalyses. SUMMARY OF

RESEARCH GOALS AND METHODS

T he primary goal of t his r esearch was t o t est t he hypothesis t hat Copador s erving vessels w ere t he r esult of s pecialized production i n a r estricted geographic a rea f rom where t hey were distributed to t he various k nown p roveniences. P roduction

i ous

Hypothesis I T he Copador proveniences are a result 34

vessels found i n varo f material e xchange

r ather t han s tylistic e xchange or i nteraction. i s, t hey w ere produced i n a r estricted geographic u sing c lays f rom a s imilarly r estricted a rea.

T hat a rea

T est. C lays f rom t he s ame p rocurement z one o ften are quite s imilar i n t heir t race e lemental compos ition. I f C opador i s t he product o f material e xc hange, v essels s hould s how very s imilar c hemical paste c ompositional c haracteristics, r egardless of t heir prov enience. N eutron a ctivation a nalysis o f Copador s pec imens f rom various proveniences w ill b e u sed t o determ ine t he homogeneity or h etereogeneity of c hemical t race e lements.

i n

t he

Hypothesis I A. C opan Valley.

P roduction

o f

Copador

t ook

p lace

T est. I f Copador was made i n t he C opan Valley, t here s hould b e a basic correspondence b etween t he t race e lemental c omposition of C opador c lays a nd t hose u sed f or c eramics j udged t o b e i ndigenous t o t he ' Valley. A comparison of t he t race e lement c omposition of l ocal C opan Valley pastes a nd C opador p astes w ill b e made. Hypothesis I I. The conversion o f t he c lay t o f inished v essels was done by c raft s pecialists w orking w ithin a p roduction system geared t o s tandardization a nd s implification. T est. Variability i n various v essels r-- g hapes a nd decoration w ill a ssess t he l evel o f s tandardization a nd

a spects o f t he l q ) e a nalyzed t o s implification.

Hypothesis I II. T he s ize o f t he p roduction s yst em -n umber o f p roduction u nits a nd t he amount of c eramics made - r elates t o a c omplex e xchange s ystem, e ither r edistribution or marketing. T est. T he r elative number of p roduction u nits will be i nferred f rom s tandardization data. T he amount of c eramics produced w ill b e a ssessed f rom t he s ize of t he marketing a rea, t hat i s, t he n umber of s ites w ithin t he area w here t he c eramics were d iscovered. Comparative materials -- G ualpopa a nd Arambala P olychromes, C hilanga R ed-Painted U sulutan - a re i nc luded i n t he t ests of t he production r elated hypothes es to provide a b asis f or comparison a nd e valuation o f t he Copador data. T hese o ther c eramic t ypes a lso prov ide supplemental i nformation about t he c eramic i ndust ry i n t he s outheastern p eriphery d uring t he L ate C lass ic p eriod. U istribution

methods

a nd

C onsumption

Data l imitations prevent t he u se o f quantitative t o i nvestigate details of t he c eramics' s patial 3 5

d istribution. W ithout f requency i nformation f or vess els b y p rovenience r elatively l ittle c an be d one t o directly d etermine t he c haracteristics of the e xchange s ystem. C onsequently, only two a spects of distribution w ill b e dealt w ith on a descriptive b asis -- d irectiona lity a nd s ize. D irectionality i s a n i mportant a spect o f s patial distribution b ecause i t i mplies a preferential s upply o f t he e xchanged c eramics ( Renfrew 1 977:85). T his, i n t urn, p rovides c lues a bout t he n ature of the e xchange n etwork. The s ize of t he e xchange t erritory c an i ndic ate t he a mount o f energy expended t o distribute t he material. A lso, t he s cale of t he d istribution a nd t he f orm of p roduction a re i nterrelated ( Earle 1 982a:8). C onsumption w ill b e described i n t erms of t he specific l oci o f occurrence: h igh or low s tatus domest ic c ontext; b urials, e tc. These a nalyses a re undert aken i n t he b elief t hat e xchanged c ommodities carry symbolic meaning which has s ignificance both i n t erms of t he e xchange a nd t he b roader s ociety ( Earle 1 982a:9). Thus, t he s ocial c ontext w ithin w hich t he e xchanged i tems a re u sed c an r eflect s ocioeconomic s tat us, r egional p olitical a nd economic a lliance, a nd vari ations i n t he n ature o f c eramic production ( Hantman a nd P log 1 982:242-245). E xcluded

Topics

.

At t his point t opics t hat w ill not t ers. The origin or

mention s hould b e made o f s everal b e c overed i n t he f ollowing chapderivation o f t he Copador design

e lements w ill not b e i nvestigated nor w ill C opador's possible i nfluence on other c eramic s tyles. T he symbol ism or i conography of t he d esign motifs will not b e e valuated. T hese a re i mportant c onsiderations f or unders tanding t he s ocietal positioning of t he c eramics. Just a s a c lass of commodity s uch a s C opador c eramics c arries symbolic meaning, t he d esign motifs u sed i n d ecorating Copador vessels would b e e xpected t o have s ignificance i n t he i deological a nd symbolic s pheres. T he que ation of s ymbolic a ssociations o ver space, deeme d i mportant b y H odder ( 1982:208) a nd o thers, i s exami ned f or t he c ategory of t he c eramics a s a g roup. A more detailed s tudy b ased on t he design motifs thems elves was b eyond t he s cope of w hat c ould b e accomp lished i n t his w ork.

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C HAPTER

R ESOURCE

UTILIZATION:

CERAMIC

2

P ASTE

C HARACTERIZATION

BACKGROUND Trace e lement c haracterization of r aw materials i s w idely u sed i n a rchaeology a s a means of e stabl ishing t he pattern of r esource u tilization a nd t he distribution of a rtifacts f rom t hose r esources, u sually through t rade ( Harbottle 1 982b). This type of a nalysis grows out o f t he f act t hat most naturally occurring materials contain very minor amounts of t race e lements that, i n t erms o f t heir c ombination a nd c oncentration, will vary f rom s ource t o s ource. T hus, i t i s possible t hrough c hemical " fingerprinting" t o e valuate w hether s imilar materials c ame f rom t he s ame or d ifferent s ources. The a nalytic t echnique of f ingerprinting h as been used t o s tudy a variety o f r aw materials w hich enter t he a rchaeological r ecord e ither i n t he f orm o f f inished artifacts or a s w aste f rom t he manufacturing process. H arbottle ( ibid:31-38) has r ecently given a b ibliographic s ummary of f ive c ategories o f materials t hat have b een s ubjected t o various c haracLerization procedures: s tones a nd m inerals, c eramics natural p roducts ( amber, s eashells, i vory, metals, a nd g lass.

a nd a nd

c lays, bone),

I n t hese s tudies, t he u sual procedure i s t o obt ain a t race e lement pattern f or possible s ources of r aw materials, d evelop a s imilar pattern f or a rtifacts of i nterest, a nd s tatistically compare t he a rtifact c haracterizations w ith t he s ource c haracterizations t o determine t he " fit." A lthough o ne of t he earliest u ses of t race e lemental a nalysis was i n c eramic provenience s tudies ( Sayre a nd . Dodson 1 957; Young a nd Whitmore 1 957) comp lications i n t he s tudy of f ired c eramics e xist w hich a re not a s e vident i n t he s tudy of many r aw materials. C lay undergoes a variety of a lterations a s i t i s c hanged f rom a r aw material to a f inished c eramic p roduct. S ome o f t hese c hages c an decidedly a ffect t he t race elemental c haracteristics of t he c lay versus t hat of c eramics made f rom t hat c lay. ( See R ice 1 978 f or a n e xcellent

i ng

a

discussion of

t hese

While r esearchers have correspondence b etween

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f actors.) had some s uccess i n f inda particular c lay s ource

a nd p ottery made f rom t hat s ource ( Hammond e t a l 1 976; B ranstetter-Hardesty 1 978; R ice 1 976), a lternative met hods o f a nalysis h ave b een s ought. I n general, t he a pproach h as b een t o e stablish t he c ompositional chara cteristics o f a s ite's c eramics s o t hat " local" versus " imported" t ypes c an b e i dentified. Work w ith s usp ected t rade w ares a lso b egins w ith a n a ssessment o f t he s imilarity o f t heir c hemical c omposition: w ere t hey m ade f rom t he s ame c lay r esource? T hen t he question o f t heir p roduction l ocus i s a pproached t hrough a c omparis on w ith t race e lement " fingerprints" o f t he p ottery p resumed t o b e l ocally p roduced f rom v arious s ites. A v ariety o f s pecific p roblem orientations c an b e f ound i n t he growing b ody o f l iterature c oncerning c eramic p aste c haracterization a nalysis. Methodologic al a nd s tatistical data r eduction t echniques h ave b ec ome i ncreasingly more r efined w ithin t he l ast decade a s a rchaeological c eramics f rom b oth h emispheres have b een s ubjected t o t his t ype o f a nalysis. Most s tudies, moreover, h ave a imed a t d etermining p roduction p rovenie nce b y a nalyzing p ottery w ithout t rying t o match e xisting c lays t o t he a rchaeological c eramics. B rookhaven National L aboratory i s one o f t he major i nstitutions e ngaged i n c hemical c haracterization o f a rchaeological c eramics t hrough n eutron a ctivation a nalysis. A c ontinuing p roject o n M aya c eramics h as b een i n p rocess f or s ome t ime a nd a s ubstantial data b ase r elated t o v arious s ites h as b een e stablished. A n a ffiliation w ith t he l aboratory w as a rranged s o t hat I c ould w ork t here f or s everal p eriods i n 1 980 a nd 1 981, p articipating i n t he a nalysis o f c eramics a nd i n t he i nterpretation o f t he r esults. T he f irst objective of t his p art of t he r esearch w as t o a ssess w hether C opador w as t he p roduct o f local ized p roduction i n o ne a rea, t hus u tilizing c lays f rom a s imilarly r estricted g eographic a rea. C lays f rom t he s ame p rocurement z one u sually a re quite s imilar i n t heir t race e lemental c omposition ( cf. B rooks e t a l. 1 975; B ishop 1 980). T hus, i f C opador i s t he p roduct o f t his t ype o f r esource p rocurement a nd p roduction, speci mens s hould s how v ery s imilar c hemical paste c omposit ional c haracteristics r egardless o f t heir provenience. S econd, i f C opador does appear t o have b een made i n a r estricted p roduction a rea, w as t he C opan Valley t hat l ocation? L ocalized p roduction o f C opador i n t he C opan a rea w ould r esult i n c orresponding t race e lement al c omposition o f c lays u sed f or C opador and f or other s imilar c eramic w ares j udged t o b e i ndigenous t o t he C opan V alley. S ome v ariability m ight b e e ngendered d ue t o a t emper-clay i nteraction e ffect i f t he " local" w ares w ere h eavily t empered s ince t he " fine" C opador w are w as n ot. N evertheless, a b asic correspondence

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w ould b e e xpected t he C opan Valley.

i f

Copador

had

b een

manufactured

i n

F inally, q uestions a bout other c eramic c ompon ents f rom t he s outheastern M aya a rea v is-a-vis C opador c ould be a ddressed. S everal c ream paste c eramics, C hil anga R ed-Painted U sulutan a nd G ualpopa P olychrome, occur i n approximately t he s ame d istribution a rea a s C opador. O ne of t hese, C hilanga, a ppears t o b e t empora lly earlier t han Copador. D o t he various c omponents o f t he s outheast M aya c ream p aste t radition a ll r epres ent products of a s imilar t ype of a n economic s ubsyst em or c an differences i n t he pattern of r esource u tili zation a nd production b e d etected among t he types? Do production r elated data a bout C hilanga give a ny i nsight i nto t he d evelopment a nd s pread o f t he more r ecent C opador ( and, s econdarily, of Gualpopa)? A polychrome type, Arambala, s tylistically r elated t o C opador a nd s eemingly c oeval w ith i t, i s a lso of i nterest b ecause o f i ts occurrence w ithin t he general C opador d istribution a rea. Arambala, however, i s n ot a part of t he c ream p aste t radition, having b een made of r ed-firing c lays. T hus, i ts c ompositional a nalysis was a s eparate i ssue f rom t hat of t he f inep aste cream w are t ypes. B ecause of i ts s tylistic s imilarity t o c ertain C opador varieties, questions a rise about i ts r ole during t he L ate C lassic p eriod i n t he s outheast a rea. Was i t p erhaps a s ubstitute f or C opador? Was i t manufactured i n a production s ystem s imilar t o t hat o f Copador or different? These questions could n ot r eceive a s f ull an e xamination a s t hose r elated t o Copador a nd t he other c ream ware t ypes. N evertheless, c ompositional a nalysis was c arried out on a s ample of Arambala s herds a long w ith domestic wares f rom s everal l ocations i n w estern a nd w est-central E l S alvador, t he a rea t hought t o b e a l ikely Arambala manufacturing l ocus. METHODOLOGY T he

Data

B ase

P ottery f or t he s tudy c ame f rom a n umber of f ield proj ects r ecently conducted i n t he s outheast M aya a rea. T he d ifferent geographic z ones d escribed i n C hapter 1 w ere t he f oci o f t hese i nvestigations. A ddit ional materials collected f rom other s ources a dded t o t he data b ase a nd w idened t he geographic s cope o f t he

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c ompositional

a nalysis.

4

Table 3 s hows t he provenience f or t he various t ypes of c ream w are c eramics a nalyzed f or c hemical composition. Table 4 g ives t he s ame data f or t he s ample of A rambala a nd o ther r ed paste c eramics. Activation

a nd

Counting

P rocedures

S ince a rchaeological c eramics have b een a nalyzed a t Brookhaven f or over 2 5 y ears, s tandardized p rocedures have b een e stablished f or a ll t he s teps i n the a ctivation a nd determination o f t he basic e lemental c oncentrations. T hese a re s ummarized i n Appendix C f rom t he most r ecently p ublished description ( Bishop, H arbottle, and S ayre 1 982). S election of

t hrough

E lements

For Analysis

C oncentrations of many e lements c an be measured n eutron a ctivation. However, a number o f them

a re not u sed i n t he data a nalysis b ecause of l imitat ions due to t heir b ehavior d uring t he activation process, problems r elated t o t he e lement's r ole i n c eramic materials, or c omplications a rising f rom the geologic nature of t he general r egion f rom which the c eramics originate. I n general, t he goal i s t o use e lements t hat are most l ikely t o p rovide i nterpretable patterned r esults rather t han generate spurious variat ion; i n other words, t o distinguish t he " signal" from t he " noise." For e xample, preferred i sotopes are those t hat have: 1 .

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4T he projects providing data f or t he c hemical c haracterization a nalysis i nclude i n Honduras, the Copan Valley P roject, Harvard U niversity ( Willey, L eventhal a nd F ash, 1 978; W illey a nd L eventhal, 1 977) a nd the R io Amarillo ( La Canteada) P roject, UCLA ( Beaudry, 1 977); i n E l S alvador, t he Z apotitan P rotoc lassic P roject, U niversity of Colorado ( Sheets, 1 978; S heets, 1 983) and t he C halchuapa P roject, U niversity of P ennsylvania ( Sharer, 1 978a); i n Guatemala, the Q uirig ua P roject, U niversity of P ennsylvania ( Sharer,

1 978b); a nd t he M aya Jade and C eramics P roject o f the Museum o f F ine Arts, B oston, i n collaboration with B rookhaven National L aboratory. Material f rom the T iquisate r egion of Guatemala a nd f rom t he s ites of Asuncion M ita a nd Guaytan were made a vailable t hrough t he c ourtesy of t he Museo Nacional de Guatemala. Pottery f rom San Agustin Acasguastlan was s ubmitted by G ary R . Walters. R esearch a t B rookhaven N ational L aboratory i s c onducted u nder contract w ith t he U .S. D epartment of E ngergy B asic Energy Sciences.

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s iderations r elated t o t he nature of c lays a nd c eramic p astes. For i nstance, a n e lement i s a problem i f i t s ubstitutes f or a nother e lement i n many m ineralogic s ources s ince variability would b e i nferred w ithin o therwise homogeneous material. S imilarly, s ome e lements c an b e c arried e ither i n t he c lay only or i n both t he c lay a nd t he aplastic i nclusions ( temper). I nterpretation of t he meaning o f a c ertain l evel of t hat e lement's c oncentration c an be i mprecise. F inally, i nformation about t he geologic n ature o f t he general area may j ustify t he e limination o f other e lements. Concentrations f or 1 6 e lements w ere r etrieved f rom the activation a nd c ounting procedures: Rb, C s, B a, Sc, L a, C e, E u, L u, H f, Th, Cr, F e, Co, Ca, Sm, a nd Y b. R eliable p eak values c ould have b een determined f or more e lements b ut w ith a s ubstantially greater i nvestment of t ime a nd e ffort. Drawing upon B rookh aven's e xtensive e xperience i n t he analysis of M esoa merican a nd other a rchaeological c eramics, t his proj ect l imited i ts f ocus t o a moderate number of e lements t hat had proven u seful i n earlier r esearch. The e lements s elected a fter t he basic data s et h ad been prepared w ere: Rb, C s, Ba, Sc, L a, C e, E u, L u, H f, Th, C r, F e, Co, Sm, a nd Yb. S everal of t hese were s ubsequently r emoved f rom c ertain s tages of t he a nalys is. The e lements a nd t he r easons f or t heir e liminat ion will b e s pecified a s t he a nalysis i s d escribed. T echnique

of

Data Analysis 5

Various multivariate s tatistical procedures were u sed a t different s tages o f t he a nalysis. T he r easons f or s electing t he t echniques will b e described, a s n eeded, i n t he f ollowing s ections. However, t he overa ll approach t o t he data i s outlined h ere. T he

outline

n ature

o f

t he

presentation

s hould

be

e mphasized. During t he c ourse of t he project n umerous e xperimental a nalyses w ere r un t o c heck i mpressions a bout possible r elationships a nd t o b e c ertain t hat m athematical

c onsiderations

w ere

f ully u nderstood.

5T his s ection describes t he s tages o f t he a nalysis a s c arried out f or t he c ream p aste c eramics. T he r ed paste Arambala c eramics w ill b e discussed i n a l ater s ection o f t his c hapter.

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R eview data s et by c hecking i nterrelations hips a mong e lements a nd a ssess the a mount of variance p resent i n t he elements principal c omponents a nalysis ( BMDP4M).

2 .

Attempt p reliminary group f ormation among c ases - c luster a nalysis of c ases u sing an a verage l inkage of E uclidean distances: a .

NADIST ( Brookhaven developed program) p roduces t ransformed s tandard ized e lemental data a nd orders them i nto a s imilarity matrix.

b .

AGCLUS ( Harvard U niversity) p erforms a n a ggregative h ierarchical c lusteri ng on t he NADIST s imilarity m atrix.

3 .

E valuate t he r eference group c luster - a s pecialized f orm of discriminant a nalysis, ADCORR ( Brookhaven developed) was u sed.

4 .

T ransform data t o obtain s tandardized c haracteristic vectors ( eigenvectors).

5 .

F orm a nd e valuate u sing ADCORR a gain.

6 .

Compare r eference group w ith s everal s maller c lusters - discriminant a nalysis ( SPSS) was p erformed t o c heck t he a ccuracy of t he a llocation o f c ases to the r eference groups a nd t o determine t he s tatist ical s eparability o f t he t hree groups.

F INDINGS,

CREAM

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R eviewing

t he

Data S et

A principal c omponents a nalysis, i ncluding v an max rotation of r etained f actors, was done u sing BMDP4M. F our f actors emerged w ith t he l oadings s hown i n Table 5 . Factor 1 l oads h eavily on t he rare e arth e lements which are c arried predominantly i n t he f ine f ractions of t he c lay. F actor 2 l oadings r elate to a lkalai e lements w hile F actor 4 l oads primarily o n Hf. F actor

3 l oads

w ith

t ransistion

and

r elated metals.

T he overall pattern o f t he f actors and t heir loadings f it t he general e xpectations f or data s ets of c eramic material f rom t he M esoamerican r egion, r eflecti ng t he general a rea-wide patterns o f e lemental c ovaria tions. Various s tatistics produced a s a part o f the f actor analysis computer r un were e xamined t o be 44

TABLE

5

S orted, Rotated Factor Loadings Cream Paste Ceramics Element

Factor

1

Factor

2

Factor

3

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Sm

0 .974

0

0

0

Eu

0 .941

0

0

0

Yb

0 .920

0

0

0

Lu

0 .895

0

0

0

C e

0 .891

0

0

0

La

0 .884

0

0

0

R b

0

0 .876

0

0

C s

0

0 .855

0

0

Th

0 .351

0 .646

0

0 .475

F e

0

0

0 .782

0 .302

C o

0

0

0 .771

0

C r

0

0

0 .763

0

S c

0 .324

0

0 .507

0 .374

Ba

0

0

0

0.702

H f

0 . 343

0 .429

0

0 .645

NOTE: I n this r eplaced by 0 ,

program,

c ertain t hat n o u nusual w hich m ight c ause p roblems 1 .

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l ess

than

c ircumstances i n t he r est o f

0 .2500

are

w ere p resent t he a nalysis:

C alculated f actor s cores a nd M ahalanobis d istances f or e ach c ase w ere c hecked t o d etermine i f a ny c ases w ere v ery a berrant i n t erms o f t heir p attern o f e lemental c oncentrations n ot b eing a ccounted f or b y t he i dentified f actors. S everal v ery n oticeable outliers w ere r emoved f rom t he d ata s et.

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4

2 .

T he c orrelation matrix was e xamined t o d etermine i f t he p attern w as a cceptable f or u sing E uclidean d istance i n t he i nitial c luster a nalysis w ork. O f t he 1 05 c orrelations, 1 6 w ere 0 .600 or h igher. T his l evel o f a ssociation was n ot s o s trong a s t o p reclude u sing E uclidean d ist ance ( see R ohlf 1 967).

3 .

T he t able o f s quared m ultiple c orrelations ( SMC) s howed t hat b arium h ad a v ery l ow SMC ( 0.115). T his i nitial e stimate o f c ommunality i ndicated t hat b arium's overl ap w ith t he o ther v ariables was quite l imited. T he c orrelation matrix a lso s howed b arium a s h aving a n egative c orrel ation w ith a n umber o f o ther e lements e ven t hough a t a l ow l evel. I ts s trong n egative l oading on F actor 4 f urther s ugg ested a n i solation f rom t he o ther e lements. T he r eason f or b arium's observed b ehavior i s t hought t o r elate t o t he g eologic c haracteristics o f t he s outheast M aya r egion - a n a rea o f v olcanically d erived s oils a nd c lays. ( In f act, a lthough t he p ottery b eing s tudied c ould b e c haracter ized a s h aving a t emperless t exture, v olc anic'glass p articles i n t he p aste a re n ot u ncommon.) A c orrelation b etween b arium c oncentration a nd t he a mount o f volcanic g lass h as b een f ound i n o ther M aya p ottery ( Bishop a nd R ands 1 982), a nd s o i t w as d ecided t o e liminate t he e lement during t he s tage o f i nitial group f ormation. L ikewise, s ince r ubidium c an s ubstitute i n s imilar c rystal l oci a s b arium ( Bishop 1 980) a nd s o m ight b e r elated t o v arying a mounts o f volcanic g lass, i t s eemed p rudent t o r emove i t a lso, t hereby guardi ng a gainst " noise".

4 .

T he u nivariate s tatistics f or t he varia bles s howed t hat E u h ad a v ery l arge c oe fficient of v ariation due t o a l arge s tandard d eviation r elative t o a v ery s mall m ean. T he e lement was n ot r emoved b ut w as " flagged" t o b e w atched d uring t he a nalysis. I n t he e arly s tages of a nalysis i t i s f requently d ifficult t o a scertain w hether o r n ot observed v ariation i s a f unction o f a n a nalytical e rror, i s a ctual v ariability r elated t o t he m ulticomponent n ature o f t he p ottery, o r i s i ndicative of p rocurement or p roduction p atterns.

p riate

A t t his p oint t he data s et w as t o c ontinue w ith t he a nalysis. 46

c onsidered

appro-

P reliminary Group F ormation A E uclidean d istance matrix e xpressing t he l evel o f s imilarity o f e ach data p oint r elative t o a ll o ther data points was p roduced t hrough t he B rookhaven NADIST p rogram. T his p rogram t ransforms t he e lemental d ata i nto log-normalized u nits s ince t he c oncentrations a re i nitially r ecorded e ither a s p ercents o r a s p arts p er m illion. I n t he a bsence o f s uch a t ransformation, t he E uclidean d istance c alculation w ould b e b iased d ue t o t he a bundance o f t he major e lements ( e.g., i ron, a s a p ercent; r are e arths e xtending t o b elow p arts p er m illi on.) The s imilarity matrix t hen was u sed t o p erform a ggregative h ierarchical c lustering t hrough t he AGCLUS p rogram. S imilar s amples w ere j oined u sing a verage l inkage c luster a nalysis w ith t he r esults summarized i n a d endrogram ( Sneath a nd S okal 1 973:124, 2 28-230). T his s et o f p rocedures w as done u sing a s variables t he e lements i nitially s elected b ut e xcluding B a a nd R b f or r easons e xplained i n t he previous s ection. T hen i t was r epeated, e xcluding t he e lements C s, H f, a nd C o. A ll t hree o f t hese e lements, u pon occasion i n past a nalyses, h ave " distorted" i nitial c lusters: C s b ecause i t h as a f airly l arge c ounting e rror, H f b ec ause i t o ften r eflects u nivariate v ariability i n groups w ithin t he M aya a rea ( its g eochemical b ehavior i s p oorly u nderstood), a nd C o b ecause i t v aries i n t erms of b eing i n t he c lay m inerals o r present a s a n a ccessory, t hereby c onfusing i nterpretation. I ndeed, t he p atterning w as more p ronounced w hen t hese t hree e lements w ere n ot u sed a s v ariables. T he r esults o f t his s tep o f t he a nalysis, c onsequently, a re b ased on t he o xide c oncentrations o f t he e lements S c, L a, C e, E u, L u, T h, Cr, F e, Sm, a nd Yb. An e xamination o f t he d endrogram ( Figure 9 ) s hows s everal s mall c lusters o f c ases. T hree c losely s imilar groups w ere o f s pecial i nterest b ecause a bout h alf ( 33 o f 7 7 c ases) w ere C opador p ottery h aving a Copan provenience. T hese t hree groups w ere t hen merged to f orm a t rial r eference u nit, p resumably r epresenting a c haracteristic c hemical p rofile f or C opador p ottery u sed a t C opan. E valuation of R eference Group The c eramic s pecimens n ot i ncluded i n t he t rial r eference group w ere a ssessed t o d etermine i f t hey d id b elong i n t he g roup. T he h euristic a ssumption h ere i s t hat t he group i s a s tatistically r andom s ample drawn f rom a n i nfinite, m ultivariate p opulation. T hus t he probability o f a n i ndividual data point ( ceramic s ample or s pecimen) b elonging t o t hat group c an b e c alculated u sing t he ADCORR p rogram ( Sayre 1 973).

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2 .

C alculate t he p robability o f t hat s pecim en's b elonging t o a g iven group a s e xpr essed b y H otelling's T2 , a multivariate e xtension o f S tudent's t s tatistic.

U nlike more r igorous s tatistical t ests, t he d et ermination o f a t w hat l evel o f p robability a s ample w ill b e c onsidered a g roup member i s u p t o t he i nvestig ator, noting t he i ndividual s ample p robability a nd t he e xtent o f c ovariation w ith a rchaeological data s uch a s s ite, f orm, s tyle, t ime, e tc. I t w as d ecided t o a ccept s pecimens h aving a t l east a 1 0 p ercent p robability o f b elonging t o t he s ame p opulation f rom w hich t he t rial r eference group h ad c ome. I t s hould b e emphasized t hat t his l evel o f p robability i s c alculated f or t he c ase a s a n " outsider" - i ts v ariable s tates a re n ot p art o f t he data u pon w hich t he group c entroid i s d etermined. T hus, t he c riterion i s more r igorous t han i t m ight i nit ially a ppear. U sing t his p rocedure, s pecimens w hich h ad b een f ound i n o ther c lusters o n t he d endrogram w ere a dded t o t he t rial r eference group - many w ith a v ery h igh l ikelihood o f g roup m embership. The q uestion a rises a s t o w hy t hese s pecimens d id not i nitially c luster w ith t he t rial r eference g roup. P art o f t he r eason f or t his apparent i nitial g roup f ragmentation u ndoubtedly i s d ue t o t he n ature of t he c lustering a lgorithm a nd t he r ole p layed b y e lement al i ntercorrelation. R ohlf ( 1967) w ell d ocumented t hat t he p resence o f c orrelated variables t ends t o d ist ort t he r elationships a mong c ases, e specially w hen t he d ata a re s ubjected t o c lustering o f t he E uclidean d ist ances a mong c ases ( Blackith a nd R eyment 1 971:11). W ith s trong i ntercorrelation t he d ata a re " stretched o ut" a long t he d irections o f c orrelation, f orming a n e llipsoidal d istribution. C lustering t echniques, s uch a s a verage l inkage of E uclidean d istances, f ail t o a deq uately c ope w ith s uch data. While p oints i n t he d enser areas m ay b e grouped t ogether, p oints a t t he two e nds a re f requently f orced i nto s eparate groups. I t w ill b e r ecalled i nteractions observed f rom

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t he number o f h igh i nitial c orrelation

m atrix did not s eem t o p reclude t he u se o f E uclidean d istance. H owever, i t i s d ifficult t o e stablish w ith c ertainty t he n umber or s trength o f i nterconnections 5 3

t hat w ill a ffect t he c lustering t echnique t o w here a " degenerative" s olution w ill r esult.

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I nspection o f t he t rial r eference group c orrel ation matrix r evealed t he p attern s hown i n T able 6 , w ith v ery h igh c orrelations e xisting a mong t he r are e arth e lements L a, C e, E u, L u, Sm, a nd Yb. T he p attern o f e lemental c orrelations c an b e q uite c haracteristic f or a g iven c lay p rocurement r egion a nd s o s hould b e r etained i n t he data s et. H owever, i n o rder t o more r ealistically r eflect t he m ultivariate r elationships p resent i n t he data matrix d uring t he c luster a nalysis, s ome n ormalization o f t he data w as r equired. T ransformation o f Data A c onvenient t ransformation o f t he d ata i nvolved t heir n ormalization r elative t o t he variancec ovariance matrix o f t he C opan p rovenience s herds i n t he t rial r eference g roup. F rom t his matrix, s tandardi zed c haracteristic v ectors ( eigenvectors) w ere obt ained w hich c onstituted a n ew s et o f u ncorrelated a xes. S ample c oordinate positions w ere d efined b y p roj ection onto t hese a xes, m aintaining t he r elative p ositions o f t he data p oints ( Sayre 1 973; B ishop e t a l., n .d.b). Variable l oadings c omprising t he v ector a ssociated w ith t he greatest a mount o f variation i n t he data s et w ere f ound t o b e o f t he s ame s ign, s uggesting t hat t his v ector m ight b e a ttributable to " sizer elated" variability i n t he data ( Rao 1 964; S neath a nd S okal 1 973:173). S uch variation m ight r esult f rom a n ondetermined c omponent, s uch a s s ilica, i ntroduced b y v arying a mounts of v olcanic p articles. S ince a c hemic al p rofile of p ottery i s a w eighted e xpression o f a ll c omponents, t he p resence o f a material l acking t he e lements b eing u sed a s variables w ould l ower t he a bsolute c oncentration b ut w ould n ot a lter t he s ample t o s ample p roportional s imilarity. T he n egative c orrelation o f b arium w ith most o f t he o ther e lements d iscussed e arlier t ends t o s upport t he a ssumption t hat e lemental r anges w ere b eing a ffected b y n onclay c omponents o f t he p ottery. T o t he e xtent t hat t his i nterpretation i s c orrect, s ample s imilarity b ased o n a bsolute e lemental c oncentration w ould t end t o d istort t he " natural" n umber o f groups present i n t he data s et. N ew R eference G roup F ormation a nd

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a nswered b efore a l ocus ( or l oci) o f

1 .

What i s t he s ignifidance o f t he o bservat ion t hat most o f t he C halchuapa d omestic s herds t hat f it i nto t he Arambala-focus group a re f rom e arlier t ime p eriods?

2 .

Why do s ome s pecimens f rom t he C halchuapa t ypes f it i nto t he A rambala g roup a nd o thers o f t he s ame t ype s how l ess t han a 1 0 p ercent p robability o f b elonging i n t he group? Were s everal d ifferent r esources u sed f or t he n on-Arambala t ypes, o ne o f w hich a lso was u sed f or A rambala? Does t he observed p attern r eflect c ultural practices or i s i t b eing u nduly i nfluenced b y t he application o f t he s pecific q uantit ative methods?

3 .

Would overlapping group m embership b e i nd icated i f t he C halchuapa s herds t hat c lustered o n a d ifferent p art of t he dendrogram w ere u sed a s a r eference g roup a nd t he Arambala s herds o f v arious p rovenie nces w ere e valuated f or m embership? I f t he C halchuapa m aterials c onstituted a u nified r eference group a nd i f t he Aramb ala c ases r egardless o f p rovenience h ad greater t han 1 0 p ercent p robability o f membership, t he c ase f or C halchuapa a s a p roduction l ocus w ould b e s trengthened. I f t he Arambala d ivided by provenience t hen t he c ase f or C halchuapa's p roduction r ole w ould b e w eakened.

4 .

Would overlapping group membership b e i nd icated i f t he Z apotitan domestic m ateri als t hat c lustered o n a s eparate p art o f t he d endrogram w ere c onstrued a s a r efere nce g roup a nd t he A rambala s herds e valua ted f or group membership? I f t he Z apotit an s herds s howed t he c hosen probability f or m embership a nd i f t he Arambala c ases o f Z apotitan p rovenience c ould be a dded t o t he g roup, t hen t he p robability o f Chalc huapa manufacture w ould b e w eakened. S imilarly, i f Arambala c ases of b oth proveniences s howed p robable membership i n t he Z apotitan domestic group, t hen t he C halchuapa h ypothesis w ould not b e s upp orted. T he c onclusion f rom t he l atter 8 2

o utcome would probably b e t hat i n t his i nstance t he a nalytic method i s h andic apped i n i ts a bility t o e stablish distinc tive " fingerprints." I t i s e ntirely poss ible t hat s uch a s ituation c ould r esult b ecause o f t he prominent r ole o f t he i nc lusions i n t he c hemical a nalysis. Not only i s t here a n eed t o p erform a dditional a nalyses, i t i s a lso a dvisable t o e xpand t he s ample s ize before a ttempting t o r esolve t he i ssue of A rambala p roduction. F or t he present, t hen, c onclusions must b e l imited t o t hese s tatements: 1 .

T here i s e vidence f or r estricted r esource u tilization i n t he p roduction o f A rambala c eramics: a majority of e xamples o f t he t ype f rom t hree p roveniences group t og ether.

2 .

T he c hemical c ompositional c haracteristics o f t he Arambala materials do n ot match t hose o f domestic c eramics f rom e ither Z apotitan s ite, s uggesting t hat A rambala p ots w ere i mported t o t hese s ites.

3 .

T he c ompositional c haracteristics o f t he Arambala o f v arious proveniences c orrespond w ith s ome C halchuapa domestic c eramic material t hus r aising t he p ossibility o f C halchuapa a s t he l ocus o f A rambala prod uction.

S UMMARY T he majority of L ate C lassic c ream c eramics ( 65.6 percent)-- C opador a nd G ualpopa - w as p roduced i n o ne p roduction a rea f rom w hich t he v essels w ere dist ributed. T he C opan Valley i s a ssessed a s b eing t he most l ikely p roduction z one. Several e xceptions w ere n oted: 1 .

A nother production a rea, c urrently u nloc ated, p rovided a s mall a mount o f c ream p aste pottery t o Q uirigua a nd t he L ower M otagua Valley s ettlements ( 6.0 p ercent).

2 .

O ther p otters, not u sing t he s ame c lay r esources a nd probably operating o n a s mall s cale, a lso produced pots t hat s tylistically w ere equivalent t o t hose f rom t he main p roduction z one ( 28.4 p erc ent). ( See T able 1 7.)

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1 7

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P roduction

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6 5.6%

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o f a m ixed t ype o f production s ystem, mainly l ocalized a nd e xploiting r estricted r esources, b ut not s o t ightly c ontrolled or a dministered t hat i ndependent p otters w ere p recluded f rom producing s imilar pots. I t s eems t hat t here w ere more of t hese s mall-scale o perators w ithin t he main p roduction a rea o f Western H onduras t han i n t he i mporting a rea of W estern E l S alvador. W ithin t he c entrally p roduced material, most o f t he e xported p ottery a nd m uch o f t hat c onsumed l ocally ( in t he C opan Valley a nd a t R io Amarillo) was m ade u si ng r aw material f rom o ne r estricted r esource a rea. H owever, a d ifferent c lay r esource i n t he s ame general a rea a lso w as u sed f or pottery m ade s trictly f or export . t o E l S alvador ( See T able 1 8). L imited data f rom two E l S alvador s ites s uggest possible c hanges i n t he p roduction a nd distribution s ystems o ver t ime: a n i ncrease i n c ompetition f rom " small t ime" p roducers a nd a s hift i n p roduction to t he l arger r aw material s ource. U nfortunately, t he s ize o f t he s amples a re t oo s mall t o draw d efinite conclusions. T he, p icture obtained f rom t he a nalysis o f C hil anga, t he c ream p aste c eramic t hat originated e arlier t han G ualpopa or C opador, i s o ne o f a n e arlier s tage o f i ncipient p roduction o rganization a nd control. O nly s lightly more t han h alf t he v essels' p aste c orresponds t o t he r estricted c lay r esource p attern. . As i n l ater t imes, w estern H onduras h ad more s mall-scale p roducers w hile C halchuapa s eems t o b e e ntirely a n i mporting a rea. T hus, t here a re s everal s uggestions t hat t hrough t ime t he p roduction o f p ainted c ream paste c eramics w as moving t oward i ncreased organization f or r egional d ist ribution b ut t hat t he s ystem h ad n ot b ecome c losed o r monopolistic d uring t he C opador-Gualpopa epoch.

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p ercentages. T he r ed p aste polychrome, Arambala, was c learly p roduced f rom a d ifferent s et o f r aw materials t han t he c ream painted t ypes. E ven t hough t he amount o f c hemic al compositional a nalysis on t hese c eramics was l imited, t here i s e vidence t hat t his pottery w as made f rom r aw materials f ound i n a r estricted p rocurement z one. I t a ppears t hat t he Arambala c eramics e xcavated a t two s ites i n t he Z apotitan Valley w ere i mported s ince t he c ompositional c haracteristics o f t he polyc hrome p ieces do n ot match t he domestic t ypes f rom t he s ites. S ome d ata s uggest a d istribution f rom t he C halc huapa z one b ut t his c annot b e s tated w ith a ny c ert ainty u ntil c onsiderably more work w ith t he r ed-paste materials h as b een done.

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C HAPTER

3

BACKGROUND FOR I NVESTIGATION OF THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM

I NTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS F rom t he c hemical compositional data presented i n Chapter 2 i t was c oncluded t hat s everal c losely l ocated r esource z ones had provided c lay f or a majority o f the C opador and Gualpopa pottery s pecimens a nd t hat t hese vessels, f ound i n various proveniences, w ere a r esult of material e xchange. T he n ext hypothesis to b e t ested was t hat t he c eramics h ad b een made w ithin a system of s pecialized pottery production geared t o s tandardization a nd s implification. A qualitative a ssessment of C opador's decoration s uggested a production system i n w hich a f airly l arge q uantity of s tandardized and s implified vessels conf orming to c ertain s tylistic c anons was manufactured. T his a ssessment was based on s uch observations as: - The manner of painting on C opador v essels i s b old and f reely r endered i n a c ursive s tyle. T he i mp ression i s of a general e ffect r ather t han a precise, c arefully detailed product. F amiliarity w ith t he d esigns i s a lso s uggested. T his overall e ffect, o bserved by earlier archaeologists, had b een a ssumed t o b e a product of a s mall group of artisans ( Longyear 1 952:60). A f ew design motifs s eem t o dominate t he d ecorative s cheme, conveying t he i dea t hat a l imited r epertory of motifs was r epeatedly u sed r ather t han u nique designs having b een c reated. I n f act, t hese e asily r ecognizable designs c onstituted one o f t he b ases f or i nitially c lassifying t he c eramic type. The a esthetic quality of t he decoration a nd t he repetitive motifs do not s uggest objects w ith H oneo f-a-kind" value s uch a s would be s tressed i n g ift e xchange. T his type of s ocial f unction i s a lso quest ionable b ecause of t he quantity of C opador u ncovered i n a variety of contexts ( see C hapter 6 ). The goal of t his part of t he r esearch, t heref ore, was t o d evelop quantitative methods f or e valuat ing t he e xtent of s tandardization a nd s implification p resent i n t he c eramic types,

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I t was b elieved t hat c haracteristics o f t he p roduction s ystem c ould b e quantitatively a ssessed t hrough t he r esult o f p roduction d ecisions, r eflected i n a ttributes o f t he f inished c eramic v essel. F or i nstance, s tandardization a ssumes t hat a consistency w ill b e a chieved i n t erms o f t he r esults a t v arious d ecision s tages. A l imited n umber o f p roducers, p erhaps s pecialized b y p roduction s tep, a ssumes t hat . a s tong modal t endency w ithin t he o bserved c onsistent d ecision w ill r esult. S implification a ssumes t hat a c ost e fficient a lternative w ill b e s elected a t t he d ecision p oints.

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P roduction d ecisions w ere grouped a ccording s tages i n t he p rocess w hen t hey a re made: 1 .

D ecisions made b efore t he vessel w as f ormed v essel c ategory, s idewall d irection, b ase, s pecial s hape c onsiderat ions, r im d iameter, h eight, t hickness

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D ecisions a bout materials needed f or d ecorating - s lip c olor, p aint c olors o n t he e ntire v essel.

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D ecisions a bout c omposition, t hat i s, spat ial d ivision o f t he e xterior and i nterior d esign f ields - r im, w all, e xterior wall/ b ase j uncture, a nd i nterior wall/interior b ottom .

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D ecisions a bout t he c ontent a nd e xecution o f t he d ecoration o f t he s patial d ivisions - motifs a nd f requency o f r epetition b y . r egister, e xterior a nd i nterior; paint c olors b y r egister; motifs on i nterior b ottom; d ecoration of e xterior base.

T hese f our groups o f p roduction d ecisions w ere e valuated i n o rder t o make i nferences a bout c eramic s tandardization a nd s implification, a s w ell a s other p roduction c ircumstances. A dditionally, a n e valuation was made o f t echnical c ompetence f rom: L uster ( reflects t he d egree of p olishing o riginally a chieved b ut i s a ffected by d eposit ional h istory). - S mearing o f p aint ( an i ndication of w hether p olishing w as done t oo s oon a fter painting). - C raftsmanship ( appraisal o f c are i n e xecuting p ainting - e venness a nd f ineness o f l ine w idth, c arefulness i n f illing o utlined a reas, d etail i n e xecuting d esign, e tc.).

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T he production-decision a nalysis u sed only w hole or partial v essels w here i t was possible t o d etermine t he overall c onfiguration o f t he v essel a nd i ts d ecorat ion. M ost C opador vessels a re d ecorated o n b oth i nterior a nd e xterior s urfaces. : The designs, f or t he most part, a re d iscrete or f inite r ather t han c ontinuous. Thus, i t s eemed t hat i mportant i nformation would b e contained i n t he manner i n w hich d esign motifs w ere c ombined r ather t han f rom s imple f requency o f u se of i ndividual motifs. F or t his r eason, only materials w hich c ould p rovide data a bout overall design c onfigur ation w ere a nalyzed. R ecording was done f or v essels s tylistically c lassified a s Copador, Gualpopa, C hil anga, a nd Arambala.

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Arambala. T his r ed paste type s eems derivative o f C opador i n t erms o f i ts modal s hape a nd i ts d esign motifs. As a " copy" i t i s e xpected t o s how a h igh d egree o f s tandardization i n i ts d ecorative a spects. I t i s c onjectured t hat, a s a r eproduction of a b orrowed s tyle, t his c eramic w ould b e l ess open t o e xperimentation i n d esigns. T here would b e a more r igid f ollowing o f d ecorative " rules" t o e nsure t hat c onsumers w ould a ccept t he s ubstitute a s b eing a s good a s t he " real t hing."

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a See Appendix E f or d imension criteria u sed i n c lassifying v essels i nto t hese s hape c ategories. bused f or a nalysis o f e arly production d ecisions; may have b een d ropped f or s ubsequent a nalyses.

The t ypes a re s hown d ivided by v essel s hape. A s will b e explained i n more d etail s hortly, a ll t he a nalyses w ere c arried out w ithin a vessel s hape c ategory. T erminology T hroughout t his c hapter c ertain t erms w ill be u sed w hen describing t he designs, r ecording, a nd a nalys is. T he major t erms a re d efined i n Appendix D to c larify t he manner i n w hich t hey a re b eing u sed. R ecording P rocedures A r ecording f orm t o c over t he a ttributes r esulti ng f rom t hese production decisions was developed, e xperimented w ith, a nd r evised f or f ield u se. C oding

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c ategories f or m achine p rocessing w ere u sed. ( A c opy o f t he f orm a nd t he c oding outline a re i ncluded a s Appendix E .) I t w as r ecognized t hat d esign motifs, a k ey a spect o f t he a nalysis, c ould b e h andled a t s everal l evels o f detail. F or e xample, a f requently u sed motif i s o ne t hat L ongyear ( 1952) f irst d escribed a s G lyph . A ( Figure 1 2) 9 . T his motif i s e asily r ecognizable o n b oth i nterior a nd e xterior v essel d esigns. However, G lyph A i s r endered i n a number o f d ifferent ways: 1 ) w ith t he main s ign o n t he r ight, 2 ) w ith t he main s ign o n t he l eft, 3 ) w ith o nly t he main s ign, a nd 4 ) w ith d etails t hat l ead t o i ts b eing c lassified a s a " variant." A dditionally, d ifferent c olor c ombinations a re employed: 1 ) b lack outline w ith o range f ill, 2 ) r ed o utline w ith o range f ill, a nd 3 ) b lack o utline o nly. S ince t he goal o f t he a nalysis w as t o e xamine v ariabili ty, i t w as f elt t hat t hese d etails s hould b e p reserved i n t he r ecording procedure. T hus, a d ifferent c ode was u sed f or e ach s pecific r endering o f t he motif. Append ix F c ontains t he motif c atalog w ith motifs g rouped a ccording t o t ype o f d esign. T he v erbal d escription of t he a bstract d esigns f ollows t hat u sed b y Smith ( 1955) w herever p ossible. T he p rocedure was t o r ecord a ll d ata a bout a n i ndividual v essel u sing t he c ollection o r m useum n umber a s i ts i dentification. T hen a p hotographic r ecord was m ade of t he p iece i n b oth b lack a nd w hite a nd c olor. C olor was u sed t o g ive a n overview o f t he v essel ( interior a nd e xterior), i ts s hape a nd g eneral d esign c onfiguration. B lack a nd w hite f ilm w as u sed t o p rovide a d etailed r ecord o f t he v essel's d ecoration w hich w ould b e u sable i n making r oll-out d rawings o f e ach p iece. T his e ntailed p hotographing t o t he s ame s cale t he e ntire pot, s ection b y s ection, o verlapping t he s hots s o t hat t he u ndistorted c enter o f e ach f rame c ould b e t raced i n t he r oll:out p rocess. B oth t he i nterior a nd e xterior s urfaces w ere p hotographed i n t his manner. T able 2 0 l ists t he l ocations a t w hich v essels w ere r ecorded. T able 2 1 s hows t he p rovenience b y s hape o f t he v essels t hat w ere r ecorded.

r esearch

T he 1 67 C opador v essels r ecorded d uring t his r epresent a s ignificant p roportion - p robably

a majority - o f t he e xisting w hole C opador v essels. H owever, t his g roup c annot b e a ssumed t o b e a r andom s ample o f t he u niverse o f C opador p roduced. T he c overa ge of t he c omparison t ypes i s l ess t horough, a s t he t otal numbers w ould s uggest.

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TABLE

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L ocations Where V essels Were R ecorded For P roduction-Decision Analysis

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Honduras Copan Archaeological Project h eadquarters, Copan Copan Museum, Copan I nstituto Hondureno de Antropologia e H istoria, Teguciagalpa Banco Atlantida, Tegucigalpa Comayagua Museum, Comayagua Private collections, San Pedro Sula Guatemala Museo Nacional, Guatemala City Museo P opol Vuh, Guatemala C ity Private collections, Guatemala City E l

Salvador Museo Nacional,

United

San Salvadora

S tates P eabody Museum, Harvard University Smithsonian I nstitütion, Washington, D .C. University Museum, University o f P ennsylvania UCLA ( collection f rom t he P rotoclassic P roject, E l Salvador)

a ) I n a ddition t o r ecording a t t he National Museum, use was made of s lides of p ieces i n t he Museum's collection w hich a re not c urrently a ccessible. The s lides had b een t aken a s p art of S harer's C halchuapa project a nd were made a vailable t o h im. S ince t hey i ncluded a s cale, i t was possible to t ake most of t he measurements n eeded for r ecording purposes.

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E xtensive e xamination o f s herd lots w as a lso u ndertaken i n a n a ttempt t o a ssess t he general repres entativeness o f t he w hole vessel s amples. T his work i ncluded r eviewing material a t t he P eabody M useum f rom b oth t he earlier ( Gordon 1 896) a nd r ecent Harvard Copan Valley P roject; a t the C opan P roject H eadquarters i n H onduras, f rom t he c urrently ongoing project; at t he National Museum i n G uatemala C ity f rom S an Agustin Acasaguastlan, Asuncion M ita, a nd R io Hondo; a t t he U niversity of P ennsylvania f rom t he C halchuapa p roject; a nd a t UCLA f rom t he L a Canteada, Honduras, a nd Z apotitan Valley, E l S alvador p rojects. Additionally, a f requently u sed r eference was t he published Chalc huapa c eramic s equence ( Sharer 1 978a Vol 3 ) w hich h as s ome quantified data f or t he various types b ased u pon e xtensive s tratigraphic w ork a nd augmented by t he c ollection o f w hole v essels f rom earlier work a t T azumal ( Boggs 1 950). F rom t his work i t was c oncluded that t he whole v essel s amples do i nclude t he r ange o f variability i n s haping, decoration, a nd t echnical c ompetence present i n t he much l arger s herd samples. T he s herd samples did not u ncover a ny a dditional s hapes or design motifs w hich had not b een r ecorded f rom t he whole v essels. T hus, while c onclusions r eached on t he basis of a ny n onrandom s ample •must b e c onsidered t entative, t he whole vessel s amples s eem t o b e a cceptable f or t he purposes f or w hich t hey w ill b e u sed. T echniques

of

Data

H andling

Once t he r ecording was completed a data f ile w as c reated on t he U CLA WYLBUR s ystem f or c ases i n each o f t he vessel s hapes w ithin each t ype. Various r esearchers have pointed out t he i nterrelationship o f f orm a nd decoration ( Fry a nd C ox 1 974; P log 1 978, 1 980; Shepard 1 971b; Watson 1 977). T hus i t w ould b e important t o c ontrol t he v ariable of s hape w hen e xamining decorat ion. B ecause of t he n ecessity t o hold s hape c onstant, i t w as n ot p ossible t o i nclude a number of t he s mall s ized s hape s amples i n most o f t he analyses. T he s hapes u sed f or a t l east t he e arlier parts o f t he w ork a re n oted in T able 1 9. The c omplete s et of variables, " both discrete a nd continuous, w as e ntered i nto t he data f ile f or e ach c ase. R uns w ere made o f BMDP2D t o obtain a f requency d istribution a nd d escriptive s tatistics f or e ach variable. A t otal of 1 2 variables was a ccounted f or o n t he r ecording f orm. M any of t hese, of c ourse,

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w ere present o n o nly a f ew v essels. F or e xample, p rovision h ad t o b e made f or r ecording i nformation on a s many a s f our e xterior r egisters b ecause a f ew v ases u sed t hat many h orizontal d ivisions. S imilarly, c olon a nd w idth o f a s many a s t hree b ands b etween e ach r egister a nd b etween t he r im a nd t he f irst r egister h ad t o b e a ccommodated b ecause t hey w ere o bserved on a f ew v essels. However, t he i nitial c omputer t abulations s howed t hat many o f t hese v aria bles w ould n ot b e u seful i n w orking w ith t he data g rouped a s i t n eeded t o b e. T here w ere t oo f ew c ases r epresenting s ome o f t he variables o r n umerous v ariable s tates w ere s cattered o ver t he moderate number o f c ases i n a f ile. F ollowing a n e xamination o f t he f requency d istribution o f e ach variable, a s ignificantly r educed s et of variables w as s elected f or c ontinued u se i n t he a nalysis. . I n t erms o f t he motif r elated variables, t he amount o f detail preserved i n t he original c oding p roved t o b e c ounterproductive i n t hat t oo many a ttri- b ute s tates r esulted. I n i tself t his w as a n i nteresti ng p reliminary f inding, e ven t hough motifs w ere c ons istent, s pecific e xecutional d etails a nd c ombinations w ere variable. Nevertheless, i n o rder t o d erive s ubsamples o f a s ufficient s ize f or s tatistical a nalysis, motif c ombin ations w ere r educed i n n umber. F or e xample, o n C opador open bowls, a ll r enditions o f G lyph A ( facing r ight, f acing l eft, main s ign o nly, e tc) w ere grouped t ogether a s o ne variable s tate, G lyph C w as t reated s imilarly, G lyphs A a nd B u sed t ogether, e tc. T his s tep r esulted i n b etween n ine t o f ourteen v ariable s tates f or motifs i n t he various r egisters o f t he d iff erent s hapes. G iven t he number o f c ases i n e ach s hape c ategory, t he r esult s till was a v ery d ispersed distrib ution. C onsequently, a f urther r eduction w as made w hich r esulted i n more b roadly b ased variable s tates, f our or f ive p er motif v ariable. T his a spect o f t he d ata will b e d iscussed i n more d etail i n t he c hapter d ealing w ith t he c ontent o f t he p ainted d ecoration. O RGANIZATION O F T HE

F INDINGS

As m entioned, t he p roduction p rocess w as c onc eptualized a s c onsisting o f a number o f d ecisions. T hese d ecisions w ould b e i nfluenced b y t he c ircums tances w ithin w hich t he c eramics w ere b eing made a nd w ould b e r eflected i n a ttributes o f t he f inished v essels. T hus, b y r ecording a nd a nalyzing various a ttributes o f t he p ottery, i nferences c an b e made a bout f actors operating i n t he p roduction s ystem.

o f

D ecisions m ade d uring the v essel p rior t o

t he s haping d ecoration 97

a nd p repara- t ion i s t he f ocus o f

Chapter 4 . S hape c ategories, v essel d imensions, m ateri als n eeded f or d ecoration ( slips a nd paints), a nd s patial o rientation t oward t he d esign f ield w ill b e e xamined t o e valuate t he e xtent t o w hich t hese p roduct ion decisions i ndicate s tandardization a nd s implific ation. T hat c hapter a lso w ill e valuate t he t echnical c ompetence o bservable i n t he f inishing p rocess a nd t he p ainting a s a f urther a ssessment o f t he l evel o f c raftsmanship operating i n t he p roduction s ystem. D ecisions a bout t he c ontent a nd t he e xecution o f t he d ecoration a re e xamined i n C hapter 5 . T hese data a re a nalyzed f rom t wo v iewpoints: s ystem-wide s tandards i ndicating h omogeneity o f t he symbolic value o f t he d ecoration a nd p roduction u nit s tandardization i ndicating t he d egree o f p hysical c entralization o f p roduction a nd t he number o f p roducers i n t he s ystem.

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C HAPTER 4

P RODUCTION D ECISIONS: SHAPING AND PREPARING THE VESSEL F OR DECORATION

I NTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW S tandardization a nd s implification a re t wo e xp ected manifestations o f s pecialization f or n onelite d istribution. B oth o f t hese c haracteristics c an b e a ssessed f rom d ecisions made a t various s tages i n t he p roduction p rocess. I n t his c hapter d ecisions a rea c onsidered c oncerning s hapes t o c onstruct, dimensions o f t he different s hapes, materials s elected f or decorat ion, a nd organization o f t he v essel's s pace f or decora tion. The h ypothesis i s t hat, i f p roduction goals w ere to a chieve a s tandardized, s implified product, t he c ommodity w as i ntended f or u se i n a n onelite distribut ion s ystem. T hese p roduction objectives w ould r elate t o the market r equirements f or t he c eramics, r eflecting t heir value a s a n e xchange i tem a nd t heir s ocietal r ole. S implification a nd s tandardization may a lso r ef lect p roduction o rganization. I n r ecent w ork r elated t o t racing t he d evelopment o f c eramic s pecialization t hrough s tandardization, R ice ( 1981) s et f orth t he f ollowing e xpectations f or d istributions o f t echnolog ical or s tylistic c haracteristics o f pottery whose p roduction i s l imited a nd i n t he hands o f s pecialist p roducers: 1 ) d istribution c urves w ill s kew a nd h ave a n arrow p eak, 2 ) t he c urve w ill b e m ultimodal a nd c an b e b roken i nto s maller d istributions w hich w ill s kew a nd/ o r be k urtotic, or 3 ) " both o f t he a bove may b e t rue" ( ibid:221). S he c ontinues by s aying t hat " unimodality m ay i ndicate t he d egree of c onsistency i n a chieving a d esired e ffect; multimodality may r eflect t he e xistence o f multiple p roducers...." ( ibid:221). D ata r elated t o t he various production d ecisions n ecessary i n t erms o f s haping a nd preparing t he v essel f or decoration w ere t abulated a nd t he d istributions e valuated f rom t he v iewpoint of s tandardization a nd s implification. D etailed presentation of t he f indings w ill b e g iven i n t he f ollowing s ections. T able 2 2 s umm arizes t he c onclusions r egarding s tandardization b y v essel s hape a nd t ype. S everal r esults a re noteworthy: 1 .

T he d egree o f s tandardization i s not c ons istent w ithin a c eramic t ype. Copador open bowls a re more s tandardized t han Copador r ecurved b owls. B oth of t he bowl s hapes, i n t urn, a re more s tandardized

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t han C opador vases. A s imilar v ariation i s n oted b etween t he G ualpopa open bowls a nd G ualpopa v ases. T hus, s tylistic c omp arability c annot b e a ssumed t o r eflect e quivalent p roduction objectives. 2 .

C opador a nd G ualpopa v ases w ere n ot s tand ardized on t he c haracteristics e valu ated. S ince t he p aste c ompositional a nalysis h ad n ot i ndicated a ny d ifferent ial grouping b y v essel c ategory, t he r aw m aterial f or t he vases w as n ot d isting uished b y a d ifferent p rocurement p roc ess. I t i s possible t hat t his v essel c ategory r epresents " special o rders" or s ome f unctional d istinction w hich s ets i t a part f rom t he bowls i n t erms o f s tandardi zation. ( Handler [ 1963], describing p ottery making i n B arbados, r elates how a h andful of s tandardized f orms i s p roduced i n various s izes. However, s pecial orders f or o ther i tems a re a ccepted f rom c ust omers w ho c ame t o t he v illage a nd e xp lained t o t he p otter w hat t hey w anted [ ibid:323].)

3 .

C hilanga open bowls s how o nly a marginal l evel o f s tandardization. V essel d imens ions a re n ot v ery s tandardized a nd t he e xterior s patial d ivisions s how c onsidera ble v ariability. B ased o n t his s eries o f p roduction d ecisions i t a ppears u nlikely t hat C hilanga c eramics w ere made w ith t he goal o f s tandardization.

S implification was a ssessed f or t he c riteria o f v essel c ategory s hape a nd v ariety o f p aints u sed a s d ecorating materials. A ll f our p ainted t ypes emphasize s implified v essel s hape. O nly t hree s hapes dominate a cross t he various t ypes. I n t erms o f t he paints u sed, a s implified a rray o f c olors was u sed i n a ll c ases e xc ept on a s ubgroup o f C opador vases w hich s howed e lab oration i n t he v ariety o f p aints a pplied. T he d ata f rom e valuations o f t echnical c ompet ence i ndicate t hat C opador v ases r eceived t he most c are i n p olishing a nd a ttained t he h ighest l evel o f c raftsmanship. B oth open a nd r ecurved C opador bowls s how a n i ntermediate l evel o f c are i n f inishing a nd c raftsmanship w hich s eems c ompatible w ith t he hypothes is of s tandardized, s implified p roduction. I n g eneral, G ualpopa a nd A rambala bowls r ank l ower t han C opador v essels o n t hese c haracteristics.

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D ECISIONS

R EGARDING VESSEL S HAPE

C ategory S ummary T he data o n v essel s hape f or a ll f our o f t he p ainted t ypes a re c ompatible w ith t he h ypothesis of a s tandardized p roduction process w ith a n emphasis o n s implification. O nly t hree s hapes dominate a cross t he v arious t ypes. O ne, t he open b owl, i s a n e xtremely s imple s hape w ithout e laboration o f a ny type, c apable o f b eing p roduced i n molds or b y t he l east c omplicated h and c onstruction p rocess. Vases r equire s omewhat more a ttention i n t he s haping process b ut s till c annot b e c onsidered v ery e laborate. T he r ecurved b owls s how s omewhat more e laboration. Variation i s f ound i n t he s hape of t he v essel a bove t he a ngle a nd s ome b owls have f aceted f langes or grooving b elow t he c urve. A f ew e ffigy s hapes a re modeled i n t he l ower e laboration i s n ot s o e xtensive n or s o a s

t o r efute

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t he

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r egister. T his f inely d etailed

however.

F indings

Vessel s hapes b y f requency o f o bservation a re s hown i n T able 2 3. A s mentioned e arlier t he whole v essel s ample i s n ot r andom. T he d istribution o f t he t ypes b y s hape p robably i s o ne o f t he l ess s ecure f eatures o f t he d ata; c onsequently o nly s ome g eneral observations w ill b e made. C opador. T hree s hapes c learly r epresent t he main manufacturing modes: r ecurved bowls ( 40.1 perc ent), open b owls ( 27.5 p ercent) a nd vases ( 16.8 p erc ent). T he o ther 1 5.6 p ercent o f t he s ample i s s pread o ver a n a dditional f ive s hape c ategories. ( Chalchuapa data s upport t he t hree modal s hapes a s b eing t he most f requently e ncountered f orms.) I t

i s

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t o

s peculate

t hat

t he

n onmodal

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TABLE V essel V essel Shape

2 3

S hapes By F requency Of O bservation C opador

Gualpopa

C hilanga

Arambala

Total

N =167

N =63

N =41

N =37

N =308

4 0.1%

1 1.1%

1 9.5%

7 0.3%

3 5.1%

O pen bowls

2 7.5

6 1.9

3 9.0

1 8.9

3 5.1

Vases

1 6.8

1 9.0

1 4.6

2 .7

1 5.3

J ars

4 .2

1 .6

4 .9

-

3 .2

B owls with markedly i ncurving . walls

3 .0

2 .4

2 .7

2 .3

B owls with f lared o r o utcurving walls

4 .8

5 .4

3 .2

C ups

2 ,4

D ishes

1 .2

R ecurved

b owls

6 .3

P lates

9 .8

3 .9

7 .3

1 .6

2 .4

. 3

f or t hese s hapes. T he f ive j ars f ound ( four o f w hich h ad s hape e laboration i n t he f orm of e ffigies) w ere i n s pecial contexts t wo i n Valley-located b urials ( without t omb c onstruction), two i n s tela c aches i n t he C enter, a nd o ne i n a n u nspecified c ontext b ut w ithin t he Center a rea. T he f ive o ther n onstandard s haped v essels f rom t he C opan Valley w ere two b owls, two c ups, a nd one d ish. W ith t he e xception o f o ne c up f rom a V alley t omb, t hese vessels w ere i n c onstruction-related f ill e ither i n t he Valley or C enter r esidential c ont ext. T hus, t he n onstandard s hapes c ould r epresent p ieces made b oth f or s pecial domestic a nd s pecial r itual u se. U nfortunately, t he r emainder o f t he a typi cal s hapes h ave only v ery generalized or u nknown prov enience, s o more definitive c onclusions c an n ot b e r eached. G ualpopa. A v ery s trong modal f orm i s t he open bowl ( 61.9 p ercent) w hich most f requently h as a c onvex r ather t han a f lat base. S harer a t C halchuapa r eports o nly t hree s hapes f or t his t ype, w ith t he c onvex b ase, o pen wall bowl b eing t he most c ommon ( 1978a Vol 3 :51). I t i s mentioned i n passing t hat f our o f t he f ive nons tandard s haped v essels i n t his type h ave C opan proveni ences.

10 3

C hilanga. T he open b owl s hape w ith a c onvex b ase i s a lso t he modal s hape f or C hilanga a s w ell a s f or G ualpopa. A lthough t he mode i s n ot a s dominant i n t he w hole v essel C hilanga s ample a s t hat of G ualpopa ( Chilanga 3 9.0 p ercent; G ualpopa 6 1.9 p ercent), S harer r eports i t a t C halchuapa a s b eing t he most c ommon C hilanga s hape ( 1978a Vol 3 : 4 7). A rambala. A r ecurved bowl s hape i s b y f ar t he most f requently u sed f orm f or Arambala p ots ( 70.3 p erc ent). A nother s hape, a s mall r estricted neck j ar, i s r eported a t C halchuapa ( Sharer 1 978a Vol 3 :56) b ut w as n ot e ncountered i n t he w hole v essel s ample. D imensions S ummaIi. S everal groupings do n ot r eflect s ignificant s tandardization o f dimensions: C opador a nd G ualpopa v ases, a nd C hilanga open b owls. F or t he other s hape t ypes t here a ppear t o h ave b een multiple p roducers ( multimodality o bserved) w orking u nder varying c ondit ions o f s tandardization: 1 .

P otters s haping C opador s trong s tandardization

2 .

P otters s haping Arambala r ecurved medium/strong s tandardization

3 .

P otters s haping C opador r ecurved b owls a nd G ualpopa open bowls - m edium s tandardiz ation.

D etailed

open

b owls

b owls

F indings

H eight, r im d iameter, a nd w all t hickness ( meas ured a bout 3 c m b elow t he l ip) w ere t abulated f or t he s hapes i dentified i n T able 1 9 i n t he p receding c hapt er. M easurements w ere r ounded t o t he n earest c entim eter o r, i n t he c ase o f t hickness, m illimeter. H istog rams p repared f rom t he t abulations a re s hown a s F igu res 1 3 t h ough 1 6. R ice's e xpectations r egarding t he distribution o f a ttributes o f p ottery w hose p roduction i s l imited t o s pecialized p roducers ( see p age ) w ere u sed a s a f ramework f or e valuating t he h istograms o f t he m easurements. C opador V essels

( Figure

1 3)

O pen Bowls. V essel h eight a nd t hickness d istrib utions e ach s how a d ecided s kew w ith a f airly narrow p eak, t hus s upporting t he i dea o f s tandardization b eing r eflected i n t he " degree of c onsistency i n a chieving a d esired e ffect." T he t hickness c haracteristic w ith a 10 4

6 1 . O D.

1 / 1

0 3

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r 1

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O D

e f

V)

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C V

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L I D

r ‘ l N

aqa mN

O D • I

0 1

a c ru mN

10 5

4 1 '

0

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1

s trong mode o f 5 mm w ould a ppear p articularly s uscepti ble t o s uch a n o rientation. R im d iameter, on t he o ther h and, a ppears b imodal ( 18 a nd 2 2 c m) with d istrib ution s kewed b ut n ot s teeply p eaked. T his g enerally f its t he e xpectation f or m ultimodality r eflecting t he p resence o f multiple s pecialized p roducers. R ecurved B owls. T hickness a gain s howed a unimodal d istribution w ith a r elatively s trong c entral t endency ( 6 mm). H eight h as a b roader distribution t han f or t he open bowls ( recurved b owls, 5 cm t o 1 4 c m; open b owls, 4 c m t o 9 cm) a nd a l ess p ronounced kurtos is. R im d iameter h as a b road c urve w ith t hree modera tely d efined modes a t 1 2, 1 6, a nd 1 8 c m. This pattern o f d istributions s uggests t he t echnical competence c f s pecialists i n a chieving a c onsistent wall t hickn s b ut w ith various p roduction u nits u sing s lightly d iff erent s tandards f or t heir pots' h eight a nd r im d iameters. T hus, t he presence o f multiple s pecialized p roducers i s s upported b ut t he d egree o f s tandardizat ion s eems l ess m arked. Vases. R im d iameter a nd h eight h ave v ery broad a nd generally f lat c urves ( rim d iameter: 8 cm t o 2 2 c m; h eight: 1 2 c m t o 2 4 cm) a lthough a m inor p eak o ccurs i n t he r im d iameter m easurement a t 1 4 cm. T hickness, a s w ith t he o ther s hapes, i s c arefully c ontrolled ( mode 5 mm, r ange: 5 mm t o ' 7 mm). Vases a ppear definitely n ot t o h ave b een made i n p roduction f ormats t hat a imed a t a s tandardized p roduct. Gualpopa V essels

( Figure

1 4)

Open bowls. T he d istributions f or r im d iameter , and h eight s how marginally w ider r anges t han d id t he C opador bowls o f t his s hape. However, a f airly marked s ingle mode f or t he r im d iameter was p resent, w ith t he s ame value, 1 8 c m, a s t he s tronger o f t he t wo C opador modes. H eight s eems t o r eflect t wo modes, b ut s ince t hey a re only 2 c m a part ( 6 cm, 8 cm) i t i s p robable t hat t here r eally i s o nly one b roader peak i n t he c urve. T hickness i s q uite c ontrolled ( mode 5 mm, r ange: 4 mm t o 8 mm). T he c onclusion f rom t his s et o f data i s t hat production t ook p lace u nder s ome d egree o f s tandardization t hat was l ess c ontrolled t han w ith C opador. A c omplicating f actor o f t ime c ontrol m ust b e m entioned h ere. G ualpopa a ppears t o h ave been m anufact ured f or a l onger t ime t han w as C opador. T hus, t here m ay b e more b uilt-in v ariability i n t he Gualpopa due t o a s hifting t radition ( and p roduction s ystem over t ime. Vases. ( The f requency i s v ery l ow, N=12, so t he observations may b e i nfluenced more b y s ample s ize t han b y a ctual d istributional p atterns.) A ll t he d imensions h ave a n arrow r ange ( height: 1 2 t o 1 9 c m; t hickness: 5 t o 7 mm; r im d iameter: 1 0 c m t o 1 6 c m). T here i s n o s trong modality e xcept f or t hickness ( 5 mm). I f t hese

106

Open bowls

Vases

T hickness, a n

Thickness , a n

1 8 •

1 8

1 4 •

1 4

I

1 0 « 6« 2•

J r , r n 4

5

6

1 0 6

1R n 7

8

9

2

1 0

1 2

H eight , a n

S

H eight , a n

1 8

1

1 4

1 1 4

1 0

1 0

6

I

G

1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4

1 4:

Histograms

8

9

1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6

R im D iameter, a n

R im D ianeter, a n

Figure

1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9

of

Vessel

107

Dimensions,

Gualpopa

Shapes

p atterns w ere v erified i n a l arger s ample, w e would c onclude t hat, l ike C opador vases, G ualpopa vases w ere n ot i ntended t o b e s tandardized p roducts. C hilanga V essels

( Figure

1 5)

Open B owls. T he l imited s ize o f t his s ample, N =16, p recludes a ny d efinite c onclusions b ut g eneral observations c an b e made. E ven w ith t he s mall n umber o f c ases, t he s pread o f t hickness m easurements i s t he w idest f or a ny v essel group e xamined ( 4 t o 1 0 cm). T his w ould a rgue f or l ess c onsistency i n a chieving a d esired e ffect, l ess s pecialization. T he broad, f lat c urve f or r im d iameter s hows s everal d iscontinuities; t he d istribution o f h eights p robably would b e f airly n ormally u nimodal i f t he s ample s ize w ere i ncreased. T hus, t he o verall i mpression gained f rom t he d ata i s t hat t hese c eramics w ere made b y a v ariety of p otters, p erhaps part-time s pecialists, w ho s haped open b owls t o a g eneral p attern w ithout c onforming t o more r igid s tandards. A rambala V essels

( Figure

1 6)

R ecurved Bowls. T hickness a nd h eight h ave quite r estricted r anges, w ith w ell-defined c entral t endencies ( thickness: 5 t o 9 mm, modes: 6 a nd 7 mm; h eight: 6 t o 9 cm, mode: 7 c m). ' T he r im d iameter d istribution i s q uite discontinuous w ith t hree s eparate c lusters, e ach w ith a modest mode ( 14, 1 8, a nd 2 2 c m). The c ombinat ion o f t he r estricted r anges a nd t he multimodality o f r im d iameters c ould s ignal multiple p roduction u nits w ithin a s tandardized s ystem. A dditional

observations

T hickness. A s observed w hen d iscussing i ndivid ual v essel groups, t here generally i s a v ery h igh c ons istency i n t hickness of v essel w all, i ndicating a good l evel of t echnical c ontrol - a b y-product of s pecializ ation. C hilanga's s lightly w ider r ange s uggests more v ariability i n t echnology. A lthough n ot d irectly t abul ated, t here i s o ther e vidence o f C opador's a nd Gualp opa's c ontrolled t echnology. T hese c ream p aste v ess els r arely h ave e ither c arbon c ores or f iring c louds, t hus i ndicating c areful c ontrol o f t he f iring p rocess. H eight. T he h eight d imension ( on b oth s hapes o f bowls, n ot v ases) h as a more l imited r ange t han does t he r im d iameter ( mean r ange a cross t ypes, h eight: 5 .6 cm; mean r ange, r im d iameter: 1 2.2 c m). I t s eems l ikely t hat v essel h eight may b e r estricted b y c oncepts o f how t he v essel i s t o b e d ivided f or p ainting a nd i s c losely r elated t o d ecoration s tandards a nd motif r epertory. I t i s i nteresting t o n ote t hat t he modal h eight f or a ll t he bowls i s practically i dentical: open bowls, 8 c m; C opador r ecurved bowls, 8 c m; A rambala, 7 CM.

10 8

1 8 1 4 1 0 6 2 . 4

. 5

. 6

. 7

. 8

. 9 1 .0

T hickness, c m

1 8 1 4 10

6 2 6

7

8

9

1 0

H eight, c m

1 8 1 4

1 0 z

6 2 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 R im D iameter , c m

F igure 1 5: H istogram o f V essel D imensions, C hilanga O pen B owls

10 9

1 8 1 4 1 0 6 2 . 5

. 6

. 7

. 8

. 9

T hickness, c m

1 8 1 4 1 0 6-

1

2 5

6

7

8

9

H eight, c m

6 2

R im D iameter, c m

F igure 1 6: H istogram o f V essel D imensions, A rambala R ecurved B owls

1 10

r ange

R im diameter. This dimension of t he t hree s haping variables

s hows t he a nalyzed.

w idest A lso,

t he s hapes of t he c urves, t he degree of c entral t end ency, a nd t he k ind of modality a re quite d isparate. A question a rises a bout t he extent to w hich f actors other t han t he nature a nd organization o f t he production u nits c ould b e i nfluencing t his variable. I f t he c eramics w ere b eing made f or t rade purposes, w ould t ransport considerations a ffect s hapes a nd s izes? S everal r esearchers dealing w ith M aya a rea t rade h ave made s tatements o n t his s ubject. F ry

( 1980:5),

r eferring

t o

s erving

v essels,

s ays

" ....the presence of a r ange of s izes i n t he u nrest ricted orifice s ubclasses a llowing f or s tacking, s uggests t hat s uch v essels were potentially v ery p ortable." I f t he g oal was t o produce s tackable v essels, t hen t he distribution pattern of r im diameters would b e a ffected by t he number of vessels u sually n ested, how t ightly t hey w ere packed, e tc. R athje e t a l. ( 1978:171) i llustrated t he variat ion i n t he potential n esting ability of C lassic P eriod t ripod bowls w hich, w ith f lat bottoms a nd outcurving r ims, w ere u nstable when s tacked versus t he Postclassic F ine Orange pots w hich, with r ound bottoms, i ncurving r ims, a nd r ounded f eet, " settled n eatly w ithin one a no ther." E xperiments i n s tacking have not b een made o n t he painted t ypes u nder i nvestigation; nor i s t he e xt ent k nown t o w hich l arge l oads of t hese types w ere t ransported, t hereby i ncreasing t he i mportance of comp act packability. Nevertheless, considerations of f act ors l ike t hese h ave t o b e a llowed f or i n i nterpreting t he data. F INDINGS: I NG,

DECISIONS

SLIPS AND

ABOUT

MATERIALS

NEEDED

FOR

DECORAT-

P AINTS

S ummary S lip

was

s tandardized

a cross

t he

various

types.

P aints w ere s tandardized a nd s implified on a ll groups e xcept Copador vases. There appeared t o b e two s ubgroups w ithin t hat c ategory - one u sing a s implified palette of b lack a nd specular h ematite r ed a nd t he o ther u sing a n e laborated s cheme with t ones b eyond t he s tandard b lack, orange, a nd r ed. D etailed

F indings

S lips A s oft, variable colored pale orange s lip i s p ractically u niversal a cross t he t ypes a nd s hapes ( 91 p ercent) ( Table 2 4). An occasional c ream or orange a nd 1 11

c ream s lip i s v isible w hich may r epresent s light variat ions i n f iring c onditions. T hese a typically s lipped vessels a re t oo f ew i n number to b e a nalyzed more t horoughly. TABLE

S lip C olors,

2 4

Vessel

S hapes

By Type

S lip C olor

Vessel

S hape

Orange

C ream/

O range

White

C ream

&

M issing Value

Total

C opador Open bowl R ecurved bowl

4 4 5 6

8

2 2

1

4 6 6 7

Gualpopa Open bowl Vase

3 9 1 2

-

-

-

3 9 1 2

C hilanga Open bowl

1 4

1

1

1 6

2 4

-

-

2 6

A rambala R ecurved

T otal

bowl

2 13 ( 91.0%)

1 1 ( 4.7%)

2

6 ( 2.6%)

4 ( 1.7%)

2 34 ( 100.0%)

P aint Variations r eviewed

separately

among ( Table

t he

c eramic

groupings

a re

2 5).

C opador Vessels Open bowls. B lack a nd s pecular h ematite r ed paint a re u sed on a ll b ut two o f t hese bowls. Orange paint i s s omewhat l ess f requently u sed - 1 6 of t he open bowls a re decorated w ithout t his c olor. Only two bowls a re painted with a nonspecular h ematite r ed paint; two o thers h ave a n e laborated paint palette o f b lack, s pecular h ematite r ed, o range, a nd one o ther s hade s uch a s p ink, grey, c ream, e tc. T hus, t here i s v ery l ittle deviation f rom or e laboration of t he basic c olor

s cheme of

b lack

a nd

s pecular h ematite 112

r ed.

N H

d P H O t f l 0

. 0 c ) P V D 0 H

C O P V D 0 N

O P V D 0 H 0

o p O D

1

Ir- f

L i i

d P C N I

A r a m b a l o p

R e c u r v e d b o w l N

L i

H 0 0 r • 1

• L i • • • ••• • • •• ••

E 00 4 u . 0 1 . 4C J D 0 0

I H

k t O . e r

1

H

C 1 ) 4 -) 0

N

V J

I N H

d t . U i • O D

H

4 -) r d

d P t 7 1 •

r O

W

W

0 ( 1 ) . 0

• e r H ( 1 r n H

O P 0 1 I c o • I ( 1 1 • e l •

o p

O P t f l C I •

r e

4 g . ) E

w 4 i

W

0

W

c o r - L n N

1 o

W H 4J

O P V D •

e U

W 4 -) 4 . 1 W t r 3 4 ) t r i c n

z

f a ,0 C O

-

0 W •I b 4 J O r d

W b O C O

' 40

0

e . 0 ( 1 H 0 W O . 0 4 W W

.. .

0

0 r d

0 r d

0 M I

-

-

0 . 0 C l ) N

r d

0 a l

0 P Z C 1 0 C O H O - . - ' --- - -

r o c ). 1N m

W . 0

.

C O

e

o p

T A B L E 2 5

C O W 0 0 4 0 > , • m l E i 4 ) f a > 4 0 C Z • r i . 0 (0

A

c omment

s hould

b e

made

a bout

t he

s pecular

h ematite r ed paint w hich i s s o s tandard, and d istinct ive, on Copador v essels. I t s eems t o b e a s pecially s elected p igment w hose distribution o n M esoamerican c eramics varies over s pace and t ime. I have r ecently a rgued ( Beaudry 1 981) t hat i t s erved a s a trade commodity t hrough w hich i nterregional c ontacts can b e t raced. D uring t he L ate C lassic p eriod i n t he s outheast Maya z one, i ts u se was r estricted t o Copador a nd to a C opan t ype r ecently c lassified a s C aterpillar which c onsists of l arge, t ripodal d ishes decorated w ith glyphic e lements a llied t o t hose o f C opador. R ecurved b owls. Orange p aint was not u sed o n half of t he r ecurved bowls. T hus, t here appears to b e two s eparate painting f ormats f or t his shape o ne w ith b lack, orange, a nd s pecular h ematite and a nother which e liminated orange, u sing only b lack and t he specu lar h ematite r ed. S imilar t o t he open bowl s ituation, a f ew r ecurved bowls ( 4) u sed a more e laborate palette a nd a f ew ( 4) employed a nonspecular h ematite r ed. Vases. The distribution of paint c ombinat ions on t hese v essels s uggests two painting a pproaches - one o f s implification where only b lack and s pecular h ematite r ed w ere u sed ( 13) a nd a nother where e laborat ion of c olor was t he goal ( 14). S ix o f t he vases u sed a dditional c olors b eyond orange, b lack, and h ematite r ed, more t han i n e ither of t he other s el s hapes w ith l arger s amples.

s pecular two ves-

G ualpopa Vessels Open bowls a nd vases. B oth o f these s hapes w ere painted mainly w ith j ust b lack a nd nonspecular h ematite r ed paints ( 39 out o f 5 1). Only a f ew specimens ( 8 out of 5 1) h ad orange p aint a dded. T hree open bowls u sed specular h ematite r ed i nstead of t he s tandard nonspecular variety. C hilanga Vessels

t ype.

By A ll . of

definition t he r ed was

t hese of t he

a re a r ed-on-orange n onspecular variety.

Arambala Vessels R ecurved

bowls.

As

w ith

t he

C opador

group o f

t his s hape, orange paint was u sed on f ewer t han h alf t he bowls. F ive o f t he 2 6 bowls u sed s pecular h ematite a s t he r ed p igment. ( Assignments t o Arambala w ere b ased on t he p aste variation. S tylistically t here c an b e a s trong s imilarity b etween Arambala and C opador, a nd when specular h ematite paint i s u sed t he d ivision r elies o n t he r ed c olor a nd c oarser t exture of t he paste.)

1 14

F INDINGS: DECISIONS ABOUT COMPOSITION - SPATIAL S IONS OF E XTERIOR AND I NTERIOR DESIGN F IELDS

D IVI-

I ntroduction As m entioned i n Appendix D when defining a d esign f ield, pottery painters e nvision t he s urfaces o f v essels a s b eing divided s patially a nd c onceive t heir d ecoration w ithin t hese divisions. T his manner o f organizing t he design f ield would be r eflected by t he number and w idth of r egisters on t he i nterior a nd e xt erior walls, b y t he u se of painted bands t o delineate t hese boundaries, e tc. T hese c ompositional f eatures o f t he decoration p rocess w ill b e r eviewed. At

t his

point

I

would

l ike

t o

mention

t he

possibility t hat different p eople were r esponsible f or t he more t echnical a spects o f t he pottery production ( shaping and l ater f iring) a nd f or t he decoration o f t he vessel. T his suggestion has b een made b efore, b y L inne ( 1965) among others, based l argely upon t he e xist ence of masterpieces of c eramic painting or modeling. W hile the types u nder discussion do not qualify on t hat b asis, a division of l abor would b e i n k eeping w ith t he goals of s tandardized production f or a n e xport market.

e xception,

I t s hould a lso b e t here was general

mentioned congruence

t hat, w ith one a cross t he var-

i ous painted types i n t erms of t he general orientation t o t he design f ields, t hat i s, t he s urfaces were systematically divided i nto r im a rea, wall r egisters, e xteri or base or i nterior bottom. The e xception was i n a s ubcategory o f Gualpopa open bowls w hich have b een d esignated " spiral bowls" by previous i nvestigators. T his layout u ses t he entire e xterior f ield, f rom t he l ip onto t he base w hich i s a lways convex, a s one cont inuous area f or decoration. Motifs are p laced on t he b ackground s lip b etween a w ide r ed painted band w hich b egins a t t he l ip a nd spirals a round t he vessel e nding o n t he base. ( See F igure 1 7.)

F igure 1 7: L ayout o f C ualpopa S piral B owl

T his s ubcategory w ill b e omitted i n t he discussion o f t he e xterior d esign f ield. I t i s i ncluded i n t he s ection on i nterior d esign f ield a nd i s d iscussed a gain i n t erms o f i ts motifs. S ummary • T he G ualpopa a nd C opador v ase groupings a gain s howed v ery l imited s tandardization. T he l ayout o f t he C opador open b owls ( exterior a nd i nterior) w as more s tandardized t han t hat o f t he r ecurved g roup. F or e xa mple, modes on a n umber o f a ttributes w ere m ore pron ounced f or C opador open bowls t han f or t he r ecurved g roups: e xterior r im b and w idth, mode o f 0 .9 c m o r l ess - open bowls 8 2.6 p ercent, r ecurved bowls 7 4.6 p ercent; n umber o f b ands b etween e xterior r im a nd f irst r egist er, mode o f n one - open bowls 8 4.8 p ercent, r ecurved b owls 5 9.7 p ercent; n umber o f b ands b etween f irst a nd s econd r egister e xterior, mode o f 2 - open bowls 6 2.2 p ercent, n o c lear-cut mode f or r ecurved b owls. G ualpopa ( nonspiral) open bowls a nd A rambala r ecurved b owls b oth d isplayed m edium s tandardization i n t he a pproach t o t heir e xterior d esign ( modes b etween 5 0 a nd 7 5 p ercent e xcept f or t he n umber o f r egisters where 9 2.3 p ercent o f t he A rambala v essels h ad t wo r egist ers). T he i nterior o f t he Arambala b owls a lso a re r elatively s tandardized ( mode 5 0 t o 5 3%). G ualpopa i nteriors vary b etween p ainted decorated a nd u npainted s lipped w alls; t hus s tandardization i s not c lear-cut. T here w ere o nly l imited b ases upon w hich t o e valuate s tandardization o f C hilanga open bowls. T he e xterior s howed a moderate a mount o f s tandardization a lthough t he s ample w as s plit b etween s ingle r egister a nd double-register v essels. I nterior r im b and width w as s trongly modal ( 75 p ercent, 1 .0 t o 1 .9 cm) a nd a ll t he i nterior walls a nd bottoms w ere u ndecorated. D etailed

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c arefulness o f e xecuting d etail, s pacing o f motifs, e tc. An original f our point s cale f rom " finely e xec uted" t hrough " very c areless" was e xpanded d uring t he t rial r ecording p hase t o a s even point s cale t o a llow f or f iner d istinctions. After i nitial t abulation, t he 133

data w ere c ollapsed i nto a t wo-way d ivision i n o rder t o have more a dequately s ized c ells w ith w hich t o work. T ables 3 7 a nd 3 8 p resent t hese data i n both f orms. A s w ith l uster a nd l ack o f s mearing, the C opador vases e xhibited t he • best l evel o f c raftsmanship ( 79.6 p ercent = b etter). T he two C opador bowl s hapes were not a s outstanding a s t he vases ( open bowl, 6 8.2 perc ent = b etter; r ecurved bowl, 6 5.1 p ercent = b etter). H owever, b oth Copador. bowl groups w ere more c arefully c rafted t han e ither t he G ualpopa or A rambala types ( Gualpopa open b owl, 2 3.2 p ercent = b etter; A rambala r ecurved bowl, 3 5.3 p ercent = b etter).

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C HAPTER

5

PRODUCTION DECISIONS:CONTENT AND EXECUTION O F THE VESSELS' DECORATION

I NTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW The r esults of production decisions made during t he processes o f s haping a nd preparing vessels f or dec oration l ed t o the c onclusion t hat bowls of Arambala, C opador, and G ualpopa types w ere products of a type of s pecialized p roduction c haracterized by s tandardization a nd simplification. C hilanga bowls w ere not a s c learly s tandardized w hile Gualpopa and Copador vases w ere d efinitely not s tandardized. ( S ee T able 2 2, C hapter 4 ) f or a summary o f t he s tandardization evaluation f or t he various production decisions prior t o vessel decorat ion.) The l ast s et of production decisions to b e d ealt w ith relates t o t he content a nd e xecution of t he v ess els' decoration. , These f inal a spects of c eramic prod uction prior t o f iring p ertain to an a esthetic compone nt - t he s election and u se of appropriate motif conf igurations i n a prescribed manner. D ecisions c oncerni ng t hese decoration r elated a ttributes c an b e u sed t o i nvestigate two a spects of t he production process: 1 )

T he e xtent to w hich system w ide s tandards w ere applied, t hereby i ndicating t he hämogeneity of t he a esthetic c omponent a nd probably t he symbolic c ontent of t he pott ery.

2 )

T he e xtent t o which groups of vessels s howed a consistency i n t he c ombining of d esign r elated a ttributes, t hereby i ndicat ing t he degree of quality control exerted during t he production and s uggesting t he number of production units i n t he s ystem.

Decoration r elated attributes w ere s ubjected t o s everal i ncreasingly complex l evels of a nalysis i n order to i nvestigate t heir patterning. Frequency d ist ributions of s elected 9ariables f or a ll t he t ypes by s hapes were e xamined. 't his s tep was l argely a s creeni ng device t o e liminate s hape types t hat c ould nJ c onsidered products of s tandardized production. Gualpopa vases and C hilanga open bowls w ere e liminated a t t hat point. B ivariate analysis t hrough contingency t ables i ndicated s ufficiently s trong patterning f or t he

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r emaining s hape t ypes, e xcept C opador vases, t o w arrant a f inal s tep o f multivariate a nalysis. T hese p roced ures i ncluded b oth variable c lustering t o e xamine s ystem-wide d ecorative s tandards a nd c ase c lustering t o i ndicate t he p robability of p hysical c entralization o f p roduction t hrough a - r estriction i n t he number o f p rod uction u nits. B efore d iscussing t he c onclusions drawn f rom t he multivariate a nalysis o f t he s hape t ypes i ncluded a t t hat l evel o f s tatistical e valuation, s ome comments a re i n order a bout t he s hape t ypes n ot i ncluded. A t v ari ous s tages o f t he a nalysis, d ifferent data s ets w ere e liminated a s e vidence a ccumulated t hat t hey h ad n ot b een made i n a s pecialized p roduction s ystem geared toward s tandardization e nd s implification. T he e limina ted groups w ere Copador v ases, G ualpopa v ases, a nd C hilanga open bowls. T he v ases r epresent a n i nteresting s et o f c irc umstances. T hey c orrespond w ith t he bowl s hapes o f t he s ame s tylistic c lassifications i n t erms o f r aw material r esource p rocurement p atterns b ut t he p roduct ion objectives w ere d ifferent f or t he d ifferent s hapes. Bowls w ere made t o a chieve a s tandardized e ff ect. The v ases, p articularly t he C opador o nes, w ere made w ith t he goal . of e laboration a nd u niqueness r ather t han s tandardization. T hese c haracteristics a re i ndic ative o f d ifferent e xchange c ontexts a s well a s p rod uction c onsiderations. T he vases w ould have r eceived d ifferent h andling i n t he p roduction s ystem w here t hey would h ave r epresented a g reater i nvestment i n t ime a nd a rtistic a bility. T he C hilanga b owls c ontain more h etereogeneity i n v essel dimensions, s patial c omposition, a nd motif c ombinations t han t he o ther b owls. T his t ies i n w ith t he c hemical c ompositional data w hich i ndicated t hat m any o f t he v essels h ad n ot b een made f rom r estricted r esources. C hilanga c ould, t hus, r epresent a n i ncipie nt t ype o f s pecialization, not a s d eveloped a s t he s ystem p roducing t he p olychrome bowls. T he groups r emaining a fter b ivariate a nalysis w ere C opador open bowls, C opador r ecurved bowls, G ualp opa open b owls, a nd Arambala r ecurved bowls. T he c onc lusions drawn f rom t he v ariable c lustering a re: 1 )

T he c ontent a nd e xecution of t he A rambala d ecoration w ere v ery f ormularized, v ery s tandardized.

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C opador T here i s n o e vidence f or. a s eries o f p roduction u nits, e ach t urning o ut v ery c onsistently d ecorated v essels. W hether t here w ere m any production u nits o r a l imited number w hose w orkers w ere g iven f reedom t o i nterpret g eneral r eq uirements c annot b e s aid f or c ertain. T he n ature o f s everal o f t he c lusters ( one f or e ach b owl t ype) s uggests e ither s ome l arge s ize p roduction u nits o r more p rec ise a dherence t o c ertain d ecorative d ict ates.

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G ualpopa - S tandardization o f d ecoration s eems h ighly u nlikely s ince t he c lusters a re based p rimarily on c ompositional r elat ionships.

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A rambala - O ne c luster was d erived f rom v essels h aving t he s ame a ttributes a s one o f t he C opador r ecurved c lusters. T his c ould i ndicate p roduction c entralization o r merely more f aithful c opying o f t he C opador mode. S ince A rambala i s c ons idered d erivative o f C opador i t i s d iff icult t o i nterpret t his p art o f t he d ata.

I n s ummary, t hen, s tandardization i n t he p roduct ion decisions c oncerning d ecoration of t he polychrome b owls a ppears t o h ave r eached o nly a moderate l evel. I n c omparison, s tandardization w as more a pparent i n t hose a spects o f t he p roduction p rocess r elating t o s haping a nd p reparing t he c eramics f or d ecoration. I t i s p ossible t hat p roduction e fficiencies i n t he e arlier s tages o f t he m anufacturing c arried greater b enefits t o t he o verall s ystem a nd w ere e asier t o e ffect t han d ec orative s tandardization. I f, a s h as b een a ssumed, t he goal of t he c eramic p roduction w as t o h ave a vailable f or e xchange a s upply o f a r ecognizable p roduct, t hat goal was a chieved b y t he C opador d ecorators a dhering t o generalized s tylistic c anons a nd motif s election. R igid decorative s tandardization w ould n ot h ave b een r equired i n t he s ystem. G ualpopa d ecoration i s e ven l ess s tandardized t han Copador, s uggesting t hat p otent ial c onsumers a ccepted d iversified d ecoration on t his ware - p erhaps b eing more c oncerned w ith s ize, s hape, or a ttractiveness of t he c ream p aste b ody i tself. S everal g limpses i nto • considerations t ribution s ystem emerged f rom w ork o n t he r elated p roduction d ecisions: 13 9

o f t he d isd ecoration-

1 .

O ne c luster o f r ecurved C opador b owls w ith m uch v ariability h ad primarily Copan V alley p roveniences. T his s uggests t hat t he e xport p roduct p robably w as more s tandardized t han t hat p roduced f or local c onsumption. ( It i s p ossible t hat t he d ecorative variability r elates t o t he s mall p roducers w ho w ere u sing d ifferent r aw material r esources, b ut t his c annot b e d etermined a t t his t ime.)

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FREQUENCY D ISTRIBUTIONS

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S ummary T he f requency d istribution data s uggested varyi ng d egrees o f s tandardization i n t erms o f t he p referr ed d ecoration variable s tates w ithin t he v arious v essel groupings. F or e xample, g lyphs w ere a very dominant modal motif c ombination i n t he f irst r egister o f C opador open bowls ( 35/46), w hile b oth g eometric f igures a nd s wimming h uman f igures w ere preferred i n t he s econd r egister of t hese bowls ( 15 g eometric . d esigns/13 s wimming f igures). B imodality w as a lso f ound i n t he motif c ombinations f or t he f irst r egister o f C opador r ecurved b owls ( glyphs 2 8; s eated f igures 2 8; a ll o thers 1 1). A s s tated p reviously, t hese i ndep endent t abulations w ere u sed p rimarily t o e liminate s hape t ypes t hat d id not e xhibit e nough d ecoration s tandardization t o w arrant f urther work. G ualpopa v ases a nd C hilanga open bowls w ere d ropped a s p art o f t his s creening p rocess D etailed

F indings

C opador V essels

t ion 3 9.

T he f requency d istribution v ariables o n C opador v essels

o f s elected d ecorai s p rovided i n T able

1 3 F requencies o ften a re . shown w ithout p ercentages b ecause o f t he s mall s amples. P ercentages a re u nstable a nd c an b e m isleading u nder s uch c ircumstances.

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TABLE

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Frequency Distribution, S elected Decoration Variables Copador Vessels . Open Bowls

Variable

Recurved Bowls

Vases

N=46

N=67

N=28

1 4 2 1 0 2

1 1 1 7 a

1 3 9

Motif combinations, exterior register l c Glyphs ( A,B,C) + other motif Glyphs ( A,B,C) only Glyphs, not A ,B,C Swimming f igures Seated f igures, facing right Seated f igures, f acing l eft Seated f igures, alternating l eft & r ight Standing f igures Serpent Bird All others

2 2 4

2

2

9

3 3 5

2

8 9

-

Motif combinations, exterior register 2 Geometric design Swimming f igures

1 5 1 3

Monkey Human f igures Human f igures & glyphs Glyphs Effigy Solid paint Solid.paint with g rooving All others Only one register

4 5 9

4 5 1 9 1 5 7

Motif combinations, interior wall r egister

-b 7 5 4 8 4

None

Glyphs Bird Plain

2 7 1 3 6

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1 2 3 0 2 5

TABLE

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( continued) Open B owls

Variäble

N=46

Recurved Bowls N=67

Motif c ombinations, i nterior bottom Circle & d ot Rosette Crossbands Crossbands with dots D ot Interlaced pattern Plain Obliterated/missing value

Vases N=28 Not D ecorated

2 2 6 3 2 2 6 5

8 1 1 8 4 4 2 6 6

4

9

5 2 2 8

3 1 6 2 3

9 1 1 6

1 6 9

1 1 5

4 5

C olors, exterior, 1 st register Black, orange, s pecular hematite red Black, s pecular hematite red Black + 1 other B lack + 2 or 3 others Black Orange, s pecular hematite red S pecular hematite red Colors, interior, wall r egister

Not D ecorated

B lack, orange, s pecular hematite red Black, specular hematite red B lack + 1 other B lack»+ 2 or 3 others Orange, s pecular hematite red R ed Unpainted

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3

9 1 -

2 5 3 2

2 0 7 6

7 2 2 5

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( continued) Open B owls

Variable

Number of exterior,

Recurved B owls

N=46

N=67

2 0 1 4 9 3

4 0 2 0 6 1

V ases N=28

s eparate motifs i st r egister

1 2 3 4

1 5d 1 1 • 1 1

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g lyphs w ere u sed 4 t imes w ith one o f t he s tandard g lyphs s o t hey a re s ubsumed i n t he other c ode. bStanding f igures = 4 . Seated f igures = 2 . Both s eated and s tanding = 1 . cSee Appendix F f or i llustrations o f t he motifs mentioned throughout t his chapter. dNot u sed f or bivariate o r multivariate a nalysis; presented f or c ompleteness. Open B owls

( N=46)

An a lmost e xclusive u se o f g lyphs a s t he main motif i n t he f irst e xterior r egister i s s triking ( 35/ 4 6). P robably r elated t o t he p reference f or g lyphic motifs i s t he r elatively f requent a bsence o f b lack paint i n t he f irst r egister; many o f t he g lyphs a re only o utlined i n r ed or o utlined i n r ed a nd f illed w ith orange ( 25/46). Two motifs a re most o ften u sed i n t he s econd e xterior r egister - geometric d esigns ( 15) a nd swimming f igures ( 13). T he i nterior w all motifs a re r estricted t o g lyphs ( 27) or b irds ( 13); t he r est o f t he o pen v essels a re u ndecorated ( 6). T he d ominant c olor c ombination i s r ed or r ed a nd o range ( 27/46). The m odal motif f or t he i nterior b ottom i s t he c ircle a nd d ot ( 22); t he r est o f t he d ecorated v essels c arry a variety of * infrequently r epresented motifs. R ecurved

Bowls

( N=67)

G lyphs ( 28) a nd s eated f igures ( 28) a re dominant i n t he f irst r egister. B lack a nd s pecular h ematite r ed a re m ost often u sed a s p aint c olors ( 31/67); o ther paint c ombinations w ith b lack a ccount f or most o f t he o ther c ases ( 20/67). A s olid painted s econd r egister, w ith o r w ithout g rooving, i s present o n h alf t he v ess els ( 34/67). The i nterior w all motif most often i s a b ird ( 30/67). I t s hould b e m entioned t hat t he s pecific b ird f rom

d esign u sed o n Copador r ecurved b owls i s d ifferent t hat o n t he open bowls. F igure 1 8 i llustrates 143

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t hese d ifferent e xecutions o f t he b ird motif. A p lain i nterior i s f ound o n many r ecurved bowls ( 25/67). P aint c olors, w hen u sed, f avor t he i nclusion of b lack a s o n t he e xterior ( 33/42 d ecorated). I nterior b owl b ottoms, w hen d ecorated, most often u se t he c rossbands w ith dot motif ( 18/41 d ecorated). V ases

( N=28)

T he f irst r egister most o ften f eatures g lyphs ( 22/28). P aint c olors, i ncluding b lack, a re f avored f or t he t op r egister ( 17/28). T his c ontrasts w ith C opador open bowls w here g lyphic motifs i n t he f irst r egister t ended t o b e e xecuted i n r ed a lone or r ed a nd o range. T he s econd r egister e ither c arries f igures, w ith o r w ithout g lyphs a dded ( 12/28), or, b ecause o f t he multiregister n ature o f t he s patial d ivision, h as s olid p aint : with grooving ( 8/28). G p lpopa Vessels T he f requency d istributions o f s elected decorat ion v ariables o n G ualpopa v essels a re p rovided i n Tables 4 0 a nd 4 1. Nonspiral Open B owls

( N=27)

No c lear-cut mode was f ound f or motifs i n t he f irst e xterior r egister. T he o nly motif s hared by G ual.p opa a nd C opador open bowls i n t his r egister w as G lyph C . B lack a lone ( 10/27) or b lack a nd r ed ( 14/27) w ere u sed i n t he f irst r egister. B ase s hape was m ore o ften c onvex ( 17) t han f lat ( 10). M ost of t he i nteri ors w ere p lain ( 17/27). S piral Open B owls

( N=12)

T here i s a d efinite c oncentration o f t he monkey motif o n t his s piral open b owls ( 9/12). A lso, t he motif c alled " G f ret" i s u sed r elatively f requently ( 5/12). L ongyear ( 1952:58-59) s uggests t hat t his m otif r epresents a s tylized monkey t ail a nd s ubstitutes f or t he monkey i n t erms o f s ymbolic c ontent. T he i nteriors o f s piral bowls a re n ot d ecorated w ith p ainted motifs. I f t hey a re d ecorated w ith o ther t han a s lip ( 4/12), t he c hoice i s a n egative " batik" e ffect o f w avy l ines ( Usulutan) ( 2) o r a n i mitation o f t he U sulutan e ffect ( 2) w here t he t hick s lip i s s craped a nd p artially r emoved t o c reate t he w avy l ine d esign. V ases

( N=12)

O nly a f ew v ariables w ere a vailable f or t abulat ion. N either t he c hoice o f motifs n or t he c olors u sed i n t he f irst r egister s howed m uch o f a pattern of c onc entration o r c lear-cut p reference. T his, i n combinat ion w ith t he s mall s ample s ize, r esulted i n t he d ecisi on t o r emove t his group f rom f urther a nalysis. 14 6

TABLE

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Frequency D istribution, S elected Decoration Variables Gualpopa Vessels Nonspiral Open B owls

Variable

N=27

Vases N=12

Motif combinations, exterior register 1 Complex U s hape, a lone or in c ombination Glyph C , a lone or in combination Monkey, a lone or in c ombination Bird, alone or in c ombination Other, one motif Other, more t han one motif

9

4

6

4

2 6 3

Color, exterior, i st register Black & red ( nonspecular hematite red) Black Non-specular hematite red Other Base

1 0 1 4

2 6 4

3

s hape

Convex Flat Interior wall

1 7 1 0 t reatment

Plain Decorated with painted designs of bird Decorated with painted designs o f half moon Decorated with Usulutan Obliterated/missing data

1 7 4 1 3 1

0 1 2 Not Decorated

TABLE

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Frequency D istribution, S elected Decoration Variables Gualpopa Vessels Variable

S piral Open

Bowls

N=12 Motif combinations, exterior . ( vessel t reated a s one register) Monkey & G -fret Monkey & c omplex U -shape Monkey & geometric motif(s) G -fret & c omplex U-shape C omplex U -shape & geometric motifs Two geometric motifs

4 1 4 1 1 1

Number of motifs on exterior 2 3 Base

1 0 2 s hape

Convex Flat Interior wall

1 2 0 t reatment

Plain D ecorated with painted design U sulutan S craped s lip Missing data

Arambala R ecurved B owls

7 0 2 2 1

( N=2 ‘6 )

T he p redominance o f t he s eated f igure i n r egist er 1 ( 15/26) a nd t he s olid p aint i n r egister 2 ( 20/26) e cho modes o f C opador. T he dominance o f t he b ird on t he i nterior a lso a ligns w ith C opador ( 12/26). ( It i s t he s ame s pecific r endering o f t he b ird a s on t he C opad or r ecurved f orm, t oo, n ot t he v ariety o n t he C opador open bowl). I nterior d ecoration o ccurs s omewhat more f requently o n Arambala ( 20/26; 7 6.9 p ercent) t han on t his s hape o f C opador ( 42/67; 6 2.7 p ercent). T he f req uency d istribution o f s elected d ecoration variables i s g iven i n T able 4 2. C hilanga Open B owls

o n

( N=16)

I t w as v ery d ifficult t o group t he designs u sed C hilanga v essels i nto m eaningful motif c ombinations 14 8

TABLE

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Frequency D istribution, S elected D ecoration Variables Arambala Vessels V ariable

R ecurved B owls N=26

M otif

combinations,

exterior r egister 1

B ird S eated f igure f acing r ight S eated f igure f acing l eft Other M otif

c ombinations,

exterior r egister

3 1 5 4 4 2

S olid paint S olid paint w ith grooving Painted d esign C olors,

exterior,

1 st r egister

Black & non-specular hematite red B lack, non-specular hematite red, orange Other M otif

c ombinations,

c ombinations,

1 2 ( with o r without 3 5 6

i nterior bottom

Crossband with d ots C ircle & d ot All other motifs P lain Obliterated/missing d ata B ase

1 7 4 5

i nterior wall r egister

B ird Crosshatch w ith d ots other motif) All o ther motifs Plain, s lipped only M otif

1 6 4 6

7 5 3 7 4

s hape 7 1 9

Convex Flat

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s ince t hey w ere q uite d iverse. Most designs w ere ext remely s imple, a nd m any w ere e xecuted i n a most c urs ive o r c areless manner. I n t he f irst r egister, s imple motifs c omprise t he majority, o f t he d ecoration ( 1 3/ 1 6). O nly t wo v essels c ontain r epresentational m otifs o f s ilhouetted monkeys ( one i s on a s piral bowl r emini scent o f G ualpopa). S imple motifs, f requently c ont inuous z ig-zag p atterns, w ere u sed w hen t here w as - a s econd r egister ( 8/16). B ase s hape most o ften w as c onv ex ( 9/16). T he f requency d istribution o f s elected d ecoration variables i s s upplied i n T able 4 3.

TABLE

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Frequency D istribution, S elected D ecoration Variables Chilanga Vessels Variable

Open Bowls N=16

Motif c ombinations, exterior register 1 D iscrete l inear or s olid painted area C ontinuous l inear motif S imple d iscrete s hape More complex geometric s hapes Monkey

4 4 5 1 2

Motif combinations, exterior r egister 2 S olid area of paint Continuous l inear motif S imple discrete s hape One register only Base

shape

C onvex Flat R ing base

a

1 4 3 8a

I ncludes

two

9 6 1

s piral

bowls.

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The s implicity o f t he e xterior motifs a s w ell a s lack o f s trong s tandardization i n t he s haping dimens ions and i n t he s patial c omposition, l ed t o t he conclusion t hat C hilanga w as most l ikely n ot produced i n the s ame k ind o f p roduction s ituation a s t he o ther types i n t he s tudy. B efore e liminating t he data s et f rom f urther a nalysis, s ome a dditional w ork was done t o s ee i f f urther i nsights c ould b e g ained f rom t he d ecbra tive data. D esign motifs w ere e xamined a cross a ll vessel s hapes a nd w ithout r espect f or t he part o f t he design f ield i n w hich t he motif occurred. T he p ots were d ivided t hen i nto t hose t hat u sed d esign motifs r equiring s ome d egree o f s kill t o paint v ersus t hose that u sed t he s implest motif w hich a ny o ccasional pott er c ould h ave managed t o p roduce. ( See T able 4 4 f or the c lassification o f design motifs.) Table 4 5 s hows t his t abulation b y v essel s hape. The f indings s uggest v ariation o f d esign c omplexity b y s hape, with t he c omplicated d esigns occurring most often on o ther t han open bowls ( 16/19) a nd t he s imple designs more f requently o n open b owls ( 13/22). Whether these differences a re d ue t o s hape s pecialization b y potters o f d ifferent s kill l evels, f unctional v ariability of s hapes l eading t o a h igher e nergy i nvestment i n d ecorating s ome f orms, a s tatus-shape c orrelation, or o ther v ariables u nfortunately c annot b e d etermined with t he c urrently a vailable s et o f data. Another t abulation was u ndertaken t o d etermine i t t here w as a ny c orrelation b etween p rovenience a nd presence o f c omplicated d esign. M ore c omplicated designs, p referentially d istributed b y s ite, c ould suggest a d ifference i n t he production o r d istribution pattern. U nfortunately, t he d istribution by p roveni ence i s h ighly s kewed i n f avor o f C opan. ( See T able 4 6.) The s omewhat l arger t han e xpected n umber o f c omp licated d esigns i n t he R io H ondo c ollection r eflects the s hapes f rom t hat p rovenience ( two open b owls, t hree vases, one r ecurved bowl, a nd one d ish). R eturning t o t he main t hrust o f t he work, i t w as decided t hat l ittle more c ould b e l earned a bout s tandardization or s implification f rom t he C hilanga c eramic group, so i t w ill n ot b e d etailed i n t he r est o f t he analysis. BIVARIATE ANALYSIS Summary The c ontingency t able a nalysis i ndicated s ome s tandardization a mong motif c ombinations, motif c ombina tions and p aint c olor u sage, a nd v arious c ompositional e lements of C opador open bowls. I t d id n ot a ppear t o

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TABLE

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C hilanga M otifs C lassified As S imple Or Complex S imple Motifs Catalog No. 0 38 0 42 0 43 0 44 0 48 0 57 0 60 0 81 0 96 1 00 1 01 1 02 1 05 1 07 1 15 19 1 26

Description D ot(s) P anels o f c olor V ertical l ines R egister of s olid c olor Z igzag l ine U nattached S U s hape N ested c hevrons Vertical wavy l ine Continuous l inear pattern I s hape S ingle t riangle S traight a nd s quiggle l ines Continuous n otched b and Curvilinear s hape Half moon Open o vals w ith h orizontal l ines C omplex Motifs

C atalog No. 0 29 0 30 0 50 0 70

&

0 79 0 80 1 06 1 39 1 08 1 09 1 10 1 14

&

Description

Monkey I nterlaced d esign Nested c hevrons w ith Hooked

l ine p attern

& G eometric f igures & & G eometric d esigns. B ird s ilhouette

c urvilinear

s hape

TABLE

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S hape Of Chilanga Vessels According To C omplexity of Design Design Format Shapes Open bowls Recurved bowls Vases Cups D ishes Jars Plates Markedly incurving bowl Total

S imple

Complicated

Total

1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1

3 5 5 3 2 1 -

1 6 8 6 4 3 2 1 1

2 2

TABLE

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4 1

4 6

Provenience Of Chilanga Vessels According To Complexity Of Design Design Format Provenience

S imple

Complicated

Total

1 4 1

9 3

2 3 4

2

1

3

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1 2

5

7

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1

3

2 2

15 3

1

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b e a s s trong, h owever, a s s tandardization o f t his s hape's s patial c omposition, p aint s election, or dimensions. F or t he r ecurved b owl s hape of C opador, t he two-way a ssociations w ere m uch s tronger. C opador vases s howed f ew a ssociations t hat c ould b e r elated t o production c ircumstances. M ost o f t he r elationships s eemed more mechanical, r elated t o h eight-width r atios, e tc. A nalysis w ill b e t erminated a t t his s tep f or t his vessel c ategory. G ualpopa n onspiral open b owls s howed l imited two-way a ssociations, r eflecting v ariabiaity i n t he c ontent a nd e xecution of t he d ecoration o f t hese v ess els. Arambala v essels s howed quite s tandardized p airs o f motif c ombinations b ut more v ariable c ompositional r elationships. This c ould b e i nterpreted a s s tandardi zation emanating l ess f rom p roduction c ontrol t han f rom a dherence t o design c anons. D etailed

F indings

A b ivariate a nalysis was d one t hrough c onting ency t ables prepared f or various p airs o f variables. T he p rogram BMDP4F was u sed t o generate t he data. T able 4 7 l ists t he p airs o f v ariables s tudied f or e ach s hape w ithin each t ype. T ables 4 8 t hrough 5 2 p resent t he c ontingency t ables. C opador V essels Open bowls

g iven

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I

Z

, . W t : 3 )„ Q •H g O P .

l C )

•

15 7

N

w 4 - U ) , I • H , 1 b4 ) t r 0 0$ 1 ) g l . . U

TABLE

4 8

Copador Open Bowls Contingency Tables

Motif, R egister 2 , E xterior Monkey Swimming f igure G eometric d esign All other motifs One r eg. only Total

Color ‚ Register 1 , E xterior B lack, orange, specular h ematite r ed Orange, s pecular hematite r ed B lack, specular h ematite r ed B lack, one other color B lack, two other colors B lack only Specular h emat ite r ed only Total

I nterior Wall Motif P lain G lyphs B ird Total

Motif R egister 1 , E xterior ABC ABC G lyphs G lyphs Swimming a ll o ther only +other f igures motifs 2 2 0 0 6 6 0 1 8 5 0 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 2 1

1 4

2

9

Motif Register 1 , E xterior ABC ABC All o ther G lyphs G lyphs Swimming only + other f igures motifs

0

4 1 3 1 5 5 9 4 6

Total

0

1

3

4

0

1

1

2

1

1

5

2

0

0

0

2

0 2

1 5

0 0

1 1

2 8

5

2

0

2

9

2

9

1 1

2 1

1 4

Motif R egister 1 , E xterior ABC ABC A ll o ther G lyphs G lyphs swimming motifs only +other f igures 4 1 4 3 2 1

Total

1 6 7 1 4

158

4 1 6

4 6

Totale

0 1 1

1 6 2

6 2 7 1 3

2

9

4 6

Table 4 8

( continued)

Motif Register 1 , E xterior ABC ABC Glyphs Glyphs Swimming All other o nly + other f igures motifs Total 1 3 0 2 5 2 0 6 6 0 2 -1 4 2 6 0 1 9 0 2 0 1 3

N o. o f motifs, R egister 1 , E xterior 1 2 3 4 Total

2 1

C ircle I nterior Wall & dot Motif r osette P lain 0 G lyphs 1 7 B ird 1 1 — Total 2 8

1 4

2

9

4 6

I nterior bottom motif Crossbands w o r w/o Missing dot Plain Dot data Total 0 6 0 0 6 3 0 2 5 2 7 2 0 0 0 1 3 _ -5 6 2 5 4 6 I nterior Wall Motif

N o. of B ands, i nterior 0 1 2 3

P lain 6 0 0 0 6

T otal

Glyphs 0 2 2 4 1 — 2 7

B ird 1. 2 1 0 0 — 1 3

T otal 7 4 3 4 1 -4 6

I nterior Wall Motif C olor, i nterior w all register B lack, o range, s pecular hematite red o range, s pecul ar hematite r ed b lack, s pecular h ematite red b lack + one o ther n on-specular h ematite red s lipped only

P lain 0 0

T otal Motifs, N o. motifs , Reigster 1 E xterior 1 2 3 4 T otal

S wimm. Monkey f igure 1 3 1 4 2 4 0 2 4

Glyphs 0 1 9

3

3

1

2 0

1 0

8 1

9 1

0 6 6

7 0

0 0 -1 3

7 6 __ 4 6

2 7 2 ,

E xterior

Geometric All design other 6 4 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 5

15 9

T otal

0 0

Register

1 3

B ird

5

One reg only Total 6 2 0 1 1 4 1 9 1 3 — 9

4 6

I nterior w all v ersus i nterior b ottom. T he motif s eems i ndependent of t he w all motif. 2 .

b ottom

Motif-color c orrelation

E xterior r egister 1 . When only g lyphs a re u sed, t here i s a s trong t endency ( 16) n ot t o u se b lack; t he mode i s f or r ed o utline a nd o range f ill ( 11). W ith t he more e laborate designs of g lyphs p lus o ther d esigns a nd " all o ther", f ewer c ases l ack b lack ( 6). I nterior w all r egister. B lack i s u sed v ery i nf requently w hen g lyphs a re t he motif ( 1/27) b ut, w hen t he b ird i s t he motif, b lack i s a lmost a lways u sed ( 1 2/13). T his r elates t o t he c onv ention o f o utlining h uman a nd a nimal f igures i n b lack. 3 .

O ther c ompositional

r elationships

Number o f b ands o n i nterior b etween r im and f irst r egister a nd i nterior wall motif. The modal number i s two. Aberrant -c ases of o ne or t hree b ands s plit b etween t he two c ategories of motifs ( glyphs [ 3] a nd b irds [ 31) I f t he i nteri or w all i s. not d ecorated t hen n o b ands a re u sed b elow t he r im b and. Number o f motifs i n e xterior p lexity o f d esign) v ersus w.----

b .

one

( com-

Motifs i n r egister 1 . T his t abulation was n ot meaningtul s ince t he number of m otifs ' i s i mplicitly r eflected i n t he c oding o f t he motif c ombinations.

M otifs i n r egister 2 . Swimming f igures t ended t o b e a ssociated w ith more n umerous motifs i n t he f irst r egister ( 10/13). T here i s a s uggestion t hat t he s ame i s t rue f or monkeys i n t he s econd r egister • ( 3/4) b ut t he number o f a vailable c ases i s t oo s mall t o b e r eliable.

R ecurved

Bowls

( N=67)

C ontingency t ables a re g iven i n T able 4 9. 1 .

r egister

f or

C opador

r ecurved

b owls

M otifs

E xterior: r egister 1 v ersus r egister 2 . T here i s a s trong t endency f or s eated f igures, s erp ents, a nd b irds t o b e a ssociated w ith a s olid painted s econd r egister ( 29/34). G lyphs, o n t he o ther h and, most o ften w ere paired w ith some 160

TABLE

4 9

C opador R ecurved Bowls Contingency Tables

M otif

M otif Register 2 , E xterior S olid paint M onkey S wimming f igure E ffigy G eometric design O ther motifs Total

ABC G lyghs w ,w/o o ther 2 4 9 2 5 6 2 8

C olor, R egister 1 E xterior B lack, orange, s pecular h ematite 2 r ed o range a nd specu1 1 l ar hematite r ed b lack and specu5 l ar hematite r ed 3 b lack + one other 2 b lack + two others 0 b lack only s pecular h ematite 5 r ed only Total

2 8

S erpent/ b ird 5 0 0 1 0 0

2 8

6

I nterior Wall M otif P lain A & /or B G lyphs C G lyph B ird N on-Standard g lyphs Total

0 2 8

R egister

S eated f igure

E xterior'

All other motifs Total 3 3 4 4 0 9 0 1 5 1 8 7 0 5

1 ,

S erpent/ b ird

7

6 7

E xterior

All

other

motifs

0

Total

9 1 1

0 2 0 1 0 0

6 0 0 0

0 2 0 3

31 -6 2 3

0

0

0

5

6

5

2 8 Motif

ABC G lyphs w ,w/o o ther 1 8 8 0 2

1 ,

S eated f igure 2 4 0 0 1 2 1

Motif TBC G lyphs w ,w/o other

R egister

R egister

1 ,

S eated S erpent/ f igure b ird 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 2 8

1 61

E xterior

A ll other motifs Total 2 2 5 8 0 1 0 3 3 0 3

2 6

6 7

5

6 7

Table

4 9

M otif No. of Motifs, R egister 1 , E xterior 1 2 3 4

ABC G lyphs w ,w/o other 5 1 6 6 1

No. of bands, E xterior 0 1 2

2 8

6

I nterior Wall Motif P lain Glyphs B ird

R egister

All o ther motifs 5 0 0 0

1 ,

S erpent/ b ird 1 2 3

2 8

6

9

1 8

4

4

No. of B ands, I nterior 0 1 2 3 4

P lain 2 5 0 0 0 0

All o ther motifs 2 3 0

0 3 7 1 1 1 2

2 5

16 2

T otal 4 0 . 2 2 5 6 7

m issi ng 0 1 5

2 6

G lyphs

6 7

5

I nterior Wall

T otal 4 0 2 0' 6 1

Exterior

I nterior bottom motif c ircle c ross i nter& dot/ band, l aced rosette dot dot pattern p lain 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 3 3 1 5 1 6 0

Total

Total

Exterior

5

S eated f igure 1 1 1 5 2

2 8

T otal

1 ,

S erpent/ b ird 4 2 0 0

M otif ABC G lyphs w ,w/o o ther 2 6 2 0

R egister

S eated f igure 2 6 2 0 0

2 8

T otal

( continued)

6

Total 2 5 1 2 3 0 6 7

Motif B ird 1 2 2 3 3 1 3 0

T otal 2 6 5 3 0 4 2 6 7

Table

4 9

( Continued)

I nterior Wall C olor, I nterior Wall Register M ack, orange, s pecular h ematite r ed orange, specular h ematite r ed b lack, s pecular h ematite r ed b lack + one other s pecular h ematite r ed b lack + 2 or more o ther s lipped only

P lain

.G lyphs

0

0

3

3 .

0

6

1

7

0 0

3 1

2 2 2

2 5 3

0

1

1

2

0 2 5

1 0 —

1 0

2 2 5 _

2 5

1 2

Total

• No. Motifs R egister 1 E xterior 1 2 3 4 Total

S olid P aint 2 9 5 0 0 3 4

M otif

M otif

B ird

3 0

Total

6 7

R egister 2 E xterior SwimG eomet- a ll ming r ic o ther M onkey f ig. E ffigy design motif Total 1 • 1 2 5 2 4 0 3 3 2 2 5 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 -4 9 5 8 7 6 7

16 3

p ainted motif i n t he s econd r egister ( 26/28). A s w as observed f or t he open b owls, h owever, v essels w ith g lyphs i n t he u pper r egister w ere not s tandardized i n t erms o f s econd r egister motifs. R egister 1 e xterior v ersus i nterior wall r egist er S everal t endencies w ere n oted: 1 ) s eated Tg iures i n e xterior r egister 1 associate with b ird motifs ( 23/28); 2 ) g lyphic motifs o n t he e xterior most o ften a ssociate w ith p lain i nteri or w all r egisters ( 18/28). However, a ll G lyphs A a nd B o n t he i nterior w all occur o n v essels w ith e xterior g lyphic motifs ( 8). I n t he t wo i nstances w here i nterior g lyphs a re u sed w ith s eated f igures, o ne h as g lyph C a nd t he other h as " nonstandard" g lyphs. I t w ill b e r ecalled f rom t he f requency d istributions t hat g lyphs w ere u sed m uch more f requently o n t he i nterior o f open bowls t han on r ecurved bowls. H owever, t here does a ppear t o b e a r ecurved s ubgroup o f glyphic i nterior a nd e xterior d ecoration a llied t o t he open b owl s ubset. I nterior w all v ersus i nterior b ottom. A n a ssoc iation w as f ound b etween t he b ird i nterior wall motif a nd t he c ross b ands w ith dots bottom motif ( 16/18). ( Since t he b ird w all motif a lso a ssoc iated w ith t he e xterior s eated f igure m otif, a multivariate a ssociation s eems l ikely.) 2 .

M otif-color

c ombinations

E xterior r egister 1 . T here i s a t endency, a s i n t he open bowl c ategory, f or b lack paint n ot t o b e u sed i n g lyphic motifs ( 16/28). None o f t he r epresentational motifs ( seated f igures, s erp ents, a nd b irds) l ack b lack p aint i n t heir e xecution. I nterentingly, h owever, orange paint i s p ractically n ever u sed w ith t he l atter group o f motifs. I nterior wall r egister. T he a ssociation o f g lyghs w ith o range a nd r ed a nd t he a ssociation of r epresentational motifs ( here t he b ird) w ith b lack a nd o ther c olors i s f ound h ere, t oo. I n t his i nstance, t he b ird motif i s most o ften e xe cuted i n b lack a nd s pecular h ematite r ed w itho ut orange p aint b eing u sed ( 22/30). 3 .0ther

c ompositional

N umber o f b ands o n f irst r egister a nd G lyphic motifs most painted b ands a bove

r elationships e xterior b etween r im a nd f irst r egister m otifs. o ften do n ot h ave a ny t heir r egister ( 26/28),

164

w hile r epresentational d esigns most o ften do. T he mode f or t he s eated f igure motif g roup i s o ne b and. Number o f b ands o n i nterior b etween r im a nd f irst r esister a nd i nterior w all motif. T he h ire r motif most f requentlY is a ccompanied b y t wo p ainted b ands ( 23/30), w hich w as a lso t he mode f or open b owls, r egardless o f motif. T he g lyph motif v essels a ll h ave p ainted b ands b ut t he t wo-band mode i s n ot a s d efinite ( 7/12). Number o f motifs o n

e xterior

r egister o ne v ersus

a .

M otifs i n r egister 1 : p revious d iscussion.

Not

meaningful,

s ee

b .

M otifs

D id

n ot

a ny

i n

r egister

2 :

p rovide

a dditional i nsights n ot a vailable f rom e xamining motifs i n t he s econd r egister. Vases

( N=28)

B ecause o f t he d ifferent s hape o f t he d esign f ield a nd t he h etereogeneity o f t he motif c onfigurat ions a c onsiderably d ifferent s et o f c ontingency t ables ( Table 5 0) w as r un. F ewer motif r elationships c ould b e e xamined, more c ompositional r elationships w ere examined. 1 .

Motifs

E xterior r egister 1 v ersus r egister 2 : t ern o f a ssociation c ould b e d etermined. 2 .

Compositional

No

p at-

r elationships

Number

o f b ands o n e xterior b etween r im a nd r egister a nd f irst r egister motifs. R elat ively l ittle p atterning w as n oted. T he e xcept ion w as i n t he c ases w here " standard" A , B , C glyphs h ad b een u sed i n r egister 1 . M ost o f t hese v essels ( 10/13) d id n ot u se p ainted b ands b eldw t he r im.

f irst

Number o f a .

r egisters on e xterior v ersus

M otif c ombinations i n r egister 1 . I ntere stingly, t he f ew c ases w ith f igures i n t he f irst r egister w ere a ll o ne r egister v essels ( 4). I t w ould s eem p ossible t hat t hese p ieces a re a berrant e xamples o f d ec oration a s w ere t he s everal open b owls w ith s wimming f igures i n t he s ingle r egist er. N o o ther p attern o f a ssociation w as observed.

16 5

TABLE

5 0

C opador Vases C ontingency T ables Motif ABC Motif R egister 2 , g lyphs E xterior only Human f igure only 4 Human f igures & g lyphs 2 G lyphs only 2 Other motifs 4 Solid paint 1

R egister 1 , NonH uman, s tandard f igure g lyphs

1 3

Total

ABC g lyphs only 1 0 3

0 0 0 2

3 2 0 1

4

2

9

R egister 1 , NonH uman s tandard f igure g lyphs

1 3

Total

3

1

4

2

Number of R egisters 1 2 3

R egister 1 , NonH uman s tandard l ure g lyphs

1 3

Total

0 0

1 0

4

2

M otif Number Human of F igure R egister Only 1 0 2 6 3 or more T otal

1 7

Human F igure + Gly2h 0 3 2 5

G lyphs O nly 0 2 2 4

1 66

R egister O ther M otif 0 2 2 4

Total 7— 5 • 4 4 8 2 8

E xterior A ll o ther motifs 5 4 9

Motif ABC g lyphs only 0 7 6

All o ther motifs 3

0 0 0 4

M otif 17 77 7 7 =7- -b etween r im a nd i st r egister 0 Any

E xterior

Total 1 7 1 1 2 8

E xterior All o ther motifs 0 6 3 9

Total 5 1 4 9 2 8

2 ,

E xterior One S olid Register P aint Only 0 5 1 0 2 3

0 5

T otal 5 1 4 9 2 8

Table

5 0

( Continued)

R im

N o . of bands, b etween r im and i st register = 0 Any T otal

Narrow ( 8-12 cm)

M edium ( 13-14 7 3

4

8

D iameter

c m)

Wide ( 15-22 6 4

1 0

cm)

1 0

Total 1 7 1 1 2 8

R im D iameter H eight S hort ( 12-16 cm) M edium ( 17-20 c m) T all ( 21-24.5 c m) T otal

M otif, R egister 1 E xterior A BC glyphs H uman F igures N onstandard G lyphs A ll other motifs T otal

Narrow ( 8-12 cm)

M edium ( 13-14

6 2 0

5 5 0

8

1 0

Narrow ( 8-12 cm) 3

c m)

Wide ( 15-22

cm)

1 2 7

1 2 9 7

1 0

R im D iameter M edium W ide ( 13-14 cm) ( 15-22 6 4

Total

2 8

cm)

Total 1 3

2

2

0

4

2 1 _

2 0

5 1

9 2

8

1 0

167

1 0

2 8

Table

neight S hort ( 12-16 cm) M edium ( 17-20 cm) Tall ( 21-24.5 cm) T otal

h im Diameter Narrow ( 8-12 cm) M edium ( 13-14 cm) Wide ( 15-22 cm) T otal

5 0

( Continued)

Width, E xterior R im Band Narrow ( 0-.8 c m) W ide(1.0-2.fCm) 7 5 3 6 1 6 1 1

1 7

W idth, E xterior R im Band Narrow ( 0-.8 cm) Wide(1.0-2.2cm) 2 6 7 3 2 8 1 1

1 7

W idth, E xterior R im Band Width, I nterior R im B and.... Narrow ( 0-.8 c m) Wide(1.0-2.2cm) Narrow ( 0-.5 cm) 3 1 M edium ( 1.0-1.5cm) 8 4 W ide ( 1.8-3.5 cm) 0 1 2 Total

1 1

16 8

1 7

T otal 1 2 9 7 2 8

T otal 8

1 0 1 0 2 8

T otal 4 1 2 1 2 2 8

b .

Motif c ombinations i n r egister t ern o f a ssociation w as noted.

2 .

No

pat-

R im d iameter v ersus a .

Motif combinations i n r e9ister 1 . A t end ency was noticed f or f igures t o b e r est ricted t o n arrow a nd medium w idth vess els. T his p robably i s l argely a f unction o f t he h eight-width r atio, however, ( figures are on s ingle r egister v essels), r ather t han r elating t o t he motif per s e.

b .

W idth o f e xterior r im a ssociation was noted.

C .

H eight o f vessel. T he e xpected a ssociat ion o f greater h eight w ith more w idth was f ound. T he s hort v essels w ere s kewed t o t he n arrow a nd medium h eight.

d .

Number of b ands b etween r im a nd f irst r egister ( exterior). T here was a s light t endency f or medium w idth v essels t o l ack painted b ands ( 7/10), b ut n o pattern was observed w ithin t he o ther two r im d iameter c ategories.

Width of

e xterior

b and.

Very

l ittle

r im band v ersus

a .

Width of i nterior r im b and. A w ide i nteri or r im b and a s sociates w ith a w ide e xteri or r im b and ( 12/17). A n arrow or medium i nterior r im b and i s more l ikely t o b e a ssociated w ith a n arrow e xterior r im band t han w ith a w ide one.

b .

H eight o f v essel. not d iscernible.

A

d efinite

pattern

i s

Gualpopa Vessels Nonspiral

Open Bowls

( N=27)

Contingency t ables f or bowls a re g iven i n T able 5 1. 1 .

Gualpopa

n onspiral

open

Motifs

Exterior r egister 1 versus i nterior wall r egist er d ecoration. V essels w ith painted motifs o n the i nterior wall h ave e ither G lyph C or a complex U motif on t he e xterior. I t i s i nteresting t o n ote t hat t he one nonspiral b owl w ith a monkey ( the f requently u sed motif on s piral bowls) c arries U sulutan on t he i nterior a s do s everal o f t he s piral pots. 16 9

TABLE

5 1

Gualpopa Nonspiral Open Bowls Contingency Tables

Motif, C olor R egister 1 E xterior B lack & r ed B lack Other Total

R egister

Complex U s hape 4 3 2

G lyph C 0 6 0

9

6

Motif, I nterior Wall T reatment P lain P ainted w ith motif U sulutan M issing/ obliterated Total

Complex U s hape

Total

1

2

1 ,

O ther, O ther, > 1 1 motif motif T otal 2 2 1 0 3 1 1 4 1 0 3 6

3

2 7

E xterior

G lyph C Monkey B ird

O ther, Other, . > . 1 1 motif motif T otal

6

2

0

1

6

2

2 O.

4 0

0 1

0 1

0 0

0 1

6 3

1

0

0

0

0

1

9

6

1

2

6

0 3

Complex U s hape 7 1 1 9

Register

Complex U s hape

1 ,

Register

1 ,

1 9

2 7

E xterior

G lyph C Monkey B ird 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 2

Motif, Number ot R egisters, E xterior

E xterior

Monkey B ird 0 2 1 0 0 0

Register

Motif, Number of Bands, E xterior 1 2 None

1 ,

O ther, O ther, = ' • 1 1 motif motif T otal 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 6 6

3

2 7

E xterior

G lyph C Monkey B ird

O ther, O ther, . = 1 1 motif motif T otal

1 2

1 8

4 2

1 0

1 1

1 5

1 2

9 1 8

Total

9

6

1

2

6

3

2 7

1 70

Table

5 1

Motif,

B ase S hape C onvex F lat

C omplex U s hape 4 5

Total

9

( Continued )

Register

1 ,

E xterior Other, O ther, « = 1 1 motif motif Total 4 3 1 7 2 01 0 .

G lyph C M onkey B ird 3 1 2 3 0 0 6

1

2

6

3

2 7

B ase S hape I nterior Wall T reatment P lain P ainted w ith motif U sulutan M issing/obliterated T otal

2 .

Motif-color

C onvex 1 3 2 2 0

F lat 4 4 1 1

1 7

1 0

T otal 1 7 6 3 1 2 7

c ombinations

E xterior r egister 1 . T he f requency distribution data s howed t hat t he paint c hoice i n t his r egist er varied b etween b lack only or b lack a nd r ed. The preference f or b lack only i s a ttributable i n large part t o a dominant G ualpopa s tyle o f r endering many motifs i n s ilhouette or outline. Thus, a ll t he vessels w ith Glyph C a nd t he one w ith a monkey i n t he f irst r egister u se b lack only. O ther motifs - c omplex U a nd o ther m iscellaneous motif c ombinations - a re l ikely t o u se e ither b lack o nly or b lack a nd r ed. However, f requently w hen t he two c olors a re u sed they a re o n different e lements o f t he d esign r ather t han t ogether a s o utline a nd f ill a s done i n 3 .

C opador. Other c ompositional M otif versus

a .

r elationships

c ombinations

e xterior

r egister

1

Number of r egisters on e xterior. T he mode i s f or Gualpopa open bowls, l ike C opador, t o h ave two e xterior r egisters. T he s ubs et t hat u ses only one r egister does not

1 71

s how a ny p atterning i n t erms o f motifs for t hat s ingle r egister. ( A majority o f the b owls w ith G lyph C h ave only o ne r egister ( 4/6), b ut t he n umber o f c ases i s s o s mall t hat t he a ssociation c ould b e s purious.) b .

B ase s hape. I t w as h ypothesized t hat the d ifferent b ase s hapes c ould r elate t o a f unctional d istinction w hich w ould a lso b e r eflected i n motif u se. S uch a r elations hip d id n ot m anifest i tself, however.

c .

N umber o f b ands o n i ng w as observed.

d .

I nterior wall decoration v ersus s hape .. No p atterning w as o bserved.

e xterior.

No

p attern-

base

A rambala V essels R ecurved

a re

b owls

C ontingency f ound i n T able 1 .

( N=26)

t ables 5 2.

f or

Arambala

r ecurved

bowls

M otifs

E xterior r egister 1 v ersus r egister 2 . The c ases a re v ery l imited ( N=4) b ut t he a typical l eft-facing s eated f igure i s a lways a ssociated w ith a n e laborated . s econd r egister b earing e ither p ainted designs o r g rooving a long with s olid p aint. T he " standard" r ight-facing s eated f igure i s a lways a ssociated w ith a s olid p ainted s econd r egister, c omparable t o t he C opador subs ample w ith t he s ame f irst r egister motif. R egister 1 e xterior v ersus i nterior wall r egist er. S everal i nteresting c ombinations a re sugg ested b y t his t abulation b ut c an only b e s tated t entatively b ecause o f t he s mall s ample s ize. A gain, t he l eft-facing v ersus r ight-facing f igures s eem t o r epresent d ifferent decorative s chemes - n one o f t he l eft-facing motifs comb ined w ith a p lain i nterior a nd only one ( of 4 ) c ombined w ith a n i nterior b ird. T he r ightf acing f igures most o ften ( 11/15) a ssociate with t he i nterior b ird. M ention s hould b e m ade i n p assing of t he i nterior w all motif o f c rossh atching w ith dots. T his d esign e lement has b een r ecorded ( Beaudry 1 980) on a number o f p ieces f rom t he M iddle M otagua r egion o f G uatemala, p ieces t hat s hare s ome of t he s hape a nd d ecorative a spects o f Arambala b ut w hich e mploy s pecular h ematite p aint. I t i s p ossible t hat f uture c ontrolled e xcavations i n t his a rea o f G uatemala w ill provide s tratigraphic e vidence 17 2

TABLE

5 2

Arambala R ecurved Bowls Contingency Tables

Number of bands, e xterior ‚ between r im & r egister 1 none 1 Total

B ase S hape Convex F lat Total

Motif, R egister 2 , E xterior S olid painted P ainted w ith design S olid painted w ith grooving Total

Color, R egister 1 , E xtevior s lack a nd r ed B lack,red,orange A ll other c ombina tions Total

B ird 3 0

3

B ird 1 2 3

B ird 1

M otif R egister 1 , E xterior S eated f ig- S eated f igu re f acing u re f acing O ther r ight l eft motif Total 8 1 1 13 7 3 3 1 3 1 5

4

4

2 6

Motif R egister 1 , E xterior S eated f ig- S eated f igu re f acing u re f acing Other r ight l eft motif Total 4 2 7 0 1 1 2 4 1 9 1 5

4

4

Motif R egister 1 , E xterior S eated f ig- S eated f igu re f acing u re f acing Other r ight l eft motif 1 3 0 2

2 6

Total 1 6

1

0

3

2

6

1 _

2

1

0

4

4

4

3

B ird 2 0 1 3

1 5

2 6

Motif R egister 1 , E xterior S eated f ig- S eated f igOther u re f acing u re f acing motif Total r ight l eft 2 1 7 1 1 2 3 0 1 4 1 1 5

173

2

1

4

4

5 2 6

T able

I nterior wall M otif B ird C rosshatch w ith dots A ll o ther motifs S lipped only Total

B ird 0 1 1 1 3

5 2

( Continued)

M otif R egister 1 , E xterior S eated r ig- S eated f ig. u re f acing u re f acing O ther r ight l eft motif Total 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2

1 2 0 4

1 5

I nterior Wall Number of bands, i nterior,between r im & r egister 1 0 1 2 3 4 T otal

I nterior b ottom motif C ircle a nd dot Crossbands,dot A ll o ther motifs P lain M issing/obliter. Total

B ase S hape C onvex F lat T otal

B ird 0 0 9 3 — 1 2

B ird 4 5 1 0 2 1 2

S olid P ainted 5 1 1 -1 6

C rosshatch w ith dots 1 0 0 1 1 3

0 1 3 4

M otif

A ll other motifs 0 1 4 5

S lipped only Total 7 0 . 1 0 1 3 0 4 1 _ 6 2 6

I nterior Wall Motif C rosshatch A ll o ther S lipped w ith dots motifs only 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 1 0 1 3 5 6

Motif, R egister 2 E xterior P ainted S olid with w ith motif grooving T otal 2 0 7 4 4 1 9 — 6 4 2 6

1 74

1 5 6 -2 6

Total 5 7 3 7 4 — 2 6

f or b roadening t he Arambala group b eyond t he motifbased v arieties e stablished by S harer ( 1978 Vol 3 :56-57). ( The t hree p ieces i n t his s ample w ith t he c rosshatching a nd dots motif a re a ll f rom u nknown p roveniences i n G uatemala.) I nterior w all v ersus i nterior b ottom. T he a ssociation o f t he i nterior wall b ird motif a nd t he c rossbands w ith dots b ottom motif f ound i n Copador r ecurved b owls w as much l ess e vident h ere ( 5/12). T he c ircle a nd dot b ottom motif was a s l ikely t o b e u sed w ith t he b ird motif ( 4/12) a s w as t he c rossbands w ith dots. T he dutiful r eplication o f t he C opador d ecorative s cheme d id n ot s eem t o a pply a s f orcefully t o t he b ottom o f t he i nside of t he v essel, possibly b ecause t his i s a l ess v isible a nd t herefore l ess i mportant p art o f t he p ot. 2 .

M otif-color c ombinations

E xterior r egister 1 . T he u se o f orange p aint i s quite l imited i n t his s et o f pots ( 4/26). T he f ew t imes i t does occur.are most f requently a ssociated w ith r ight-facing s eated f igures i n r egister 1 ( 3/14). ( A c orresponding l ack o f orange p aint w as n oted i n t he e quivalent C opador s hape which employed t he s eated f igure motif.) 3 .

O ther

c ompositional

r elationships

Number o f b ands o n e xterior b etween r im a nd f irst r egister a nd f irst r egister motif. No patterning w as e vident i n c ontrast w ith C opador. w here r epresentational motifs ( birds, s eated f igures) most o ften u sed o ne painted b and. Number o f b ands o n i nterior f irst r egister a nd i nterior patterning w as e vident. B ase

b etween r im wall motif.

a nd No

s hape v ersus

• a . M otif c ombination, e xterior r egister 1 . T here i s a s uggestion o nce a gain o f deviation or more v ariability i n t he v ess els u sing t he l eft-facing s eated f igure a s t heir r egister 1 motif. H alf ( 2/4) o f t hese h ad t he l ess f requently u sed c onvex b ase. b . 2 .

M otif c ombination, e xterior r egister T he o nly n oteworthy a spect i s t hat a ll t he vessels with grooving had f lat b ases ( 4)

17 5

M ULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS B ackground O n t he b asis o f t he b ivariate a nalysis, i t w as d ecided t o p ursue multivariate a nalysis on f our data s ets: Open b owls

R ecurVed

B owls

C opador

C opador

Gualpopa

A rambala

T hese s amples w ould e nable e xamination o f decorative v ariability w ithin type a cross s hape c ategory ( Copador) a nd b etween types w ithin s hape c ategory ( open bowls: C opador v ersus Gualpopa; r ecurved b owls: C opador v ersus A rambala) E ven t hough t he G ualpopa s eemed questionable i n t erms o f l evel o f s tandardization f rom t he b ivariate a nalysis, i t w as r etained f or c omparison purposes. T he s ame variables w ere u sed a s i n t he b ivariate a nalysis w ith t he e xception of t he number of s eparate motifs i n r egister 1 . T his variable h ad s hown s uch h igh c orrelation w ith t he motif c ombination variable t hat i t d id not appear u seful. Up t o t his p oint i n t he r esearch, t he f ocus had b een on t he decorative variables: t heir distribution a cross t he c ases a nd t heir c o-variation among t he c ases. Two types o f c luster a nalysis c an b e p erformed, however: 1 .

R -mode

a nalysis,

c lustering variables

2 .

Q-mode

a nalysis,

c lustering

c ases

These d ifferent a pproaches t o i solating s tructure i n data s ets h ave t ended t o b e p referred by various d iscip lines f or different types of c lassification purposes. Dumond ( 1974:254) h as d iscussed t he two t ypes o f a nal yses a s f ulfilling varying f unctions i n a rchaeology: 1 .

R-mode a nalysis u sed f or e xtracting " co-varying c haracteristics f rom s ets of i tems ( for e xample, a ttributes f rom a rtif acts, types f rom c ollection .)"; l eads t o f ormal definitional c ategories.

2 .

Q -mode a nalysis u sed f or " sorting of i tems ( artifacts, c ollections) o n t he basis o f t heir c haracteristics"; l eads t o grouping o f i tems.

C larke ( 1968:534) t echniques, s ince t hey

h as p ointed out t hat t hese two a re i nverted f orms o f each 17 6

o ther, " should i solate t he s ame c lusters a nd f actors . .. w ithin b road l imits, a lbeit a pproached f rom d iffere nt v iewpoints." S neath a nd S okal ( 1973:258) a lso ment ion t hat r elationships c learly e xist b etween c lusters o f c ases a nd c lusters o f variables. I t w as t hought t hat u tilized f or i nvestigating p roduction s ubsystem:

b oth v iewpoints c ould be d ifferent a spects o f t he

R -mode a nalysis c an i nvestigate s tandardizat ion f rom t he v iewpoint o f f ormularization o f decoration-related d ecisions - t he c onsistency of u se o f t he d ifferent variable s tates on v ess els o f t he s ame s hape. T he f indings c an b e i nterpreted i n t erms o f s ystem-wide s tandards f or d ecoration. Q -mode a nalysis c an i nvestigate s tandardizat ion f rom t he v iewpoint o f g roups o f v essels t hat s hare d ecoration-related variable s tates. T he f indings c an b e i nterpreted a s e vidence f or production c entralization, r elated t o t he n umber of p roduction u nits. The v ariables b eing u sed f or t he multivariate a nalysis w ere a ll m ulti-state a nd q ualitative ( nominal) r ather t han c ontinuous. T hus, i t w as n ecessary t o f ind a c omputer p rogram t hat c ould h andle t his t ype of data i n p reparing t he s imilarity matrix. ( Most a vailable s tatistical p ackages [ BMD, SAS, e tc.] a re l imited t o c ontinuous v ariables.) T he NTSYS s eries f rom NYSU a t S tony B rook, a vailable i n U CLA's OAC l ibrary, w as u sed i n t his s tage o f t he a nalysis. As a r eview o f s tatistical l iterature r eveals, c luster a nalysis i s n ot a u nitary a pproach b ut r ather i s a s eries o f n umerical p rocedures t hat e ventually w ill r esult i n v arious c lassifications a ccording t o t he options c hosen. T he t wo e ssential c omponents a re 1 ) method of e stimating s imilarity o r d istance ( coeffici ents of a ssociation) a nd 2 ) r ules a pplied f or c luster f ormation.. Similarity matrices Numerous c oefficients o f a ssociation a re a escribed i n numerical t axonomy volumes ( e.g., Sokal a nd S neath 1 963:128-141), a nd NTSYS offers 1 6 o ptions f rom w hich t o c hoose. T he s imple matching c oefficient ( Ssm) w as u sed b ecause o f i ts applica bility t o q ualitative data a nd i ts a bility t o h andle m issing values ( Doran a nd Hodson 1 975:140). C luster f ormation A number o f " options" a re available f or t his p art of t he w ork, a lso ( Sneath a nd S okal 1 973:202-214). NTSYS p erforms s equential a gglome rative h ierarchical c luster a nalysis, g iving t he u ser s even a lternatives i n t erms o f t he s pecific t ype o f 177

a verage l inkages t hat c an b e u sed. T he u nweighted p air-group method u sing a rithmetic a verages ( UPGMA) w as e mployed s ince i t i s t he most w idely u sed m ethod ( Sneath a nd Sokal 1 973:230-233) a nd t he o ne t hat i s l ess l ikely t o l ead t o possible d istortion o f t he r esults ( Aldenderfer 1 977:10). V ariable

c lustering

S ummary T he a pproach t o d ecorating t hese p ainted w ares does not s eem t o r epresent a s trong " formularization" o f t he e ntire d esign s cheme. R ather, i t a ppears t hat a s eries o f i ndependent d ecisions w as m ade r egarding d iff erent p arts o f t he v essel. A lthough t he s pecifics v ary, f or e ach g roup i nterior v ariables a re t he f irst t o c luster. T he motif c ombinations t he e xterior w hich m ight i mportant o r dominant p art o f q uite i ndependent, j oining i n a ssociation o n b oth C opador a nd

i n t he f irst r egister on b e c onsidered t he most t he d esign f ield - a re a t a v ery l ow l evel o f G ualpopa b owls.

T he A rambala data a re i nteresting b ecause, w hile t hey s upport t he i dea o f a s eries o f d ecisions a bout d ifferent a spects o f t he d ecoration, t he a ssociation l evels a re much h igher. M otifs i n r egister 1 j oin o ther v ariables m uch s ooner t han i n t he o ther g roups. T he G ualpopa v ariable c lusters h ad a s omewhat different s et o f v ariables, s o d irect c omparison c annot b e m ade t oo e asily. I t h as b een noted, h owever, t hat r egister . 1 motifs w ere q uite i ndependent h ere a s w ith C opador. Motif c ombinations f rom r egister 2 h ad b een r emoved f rom t he a nalysis e arly i n t he p roject b ecause t hey w ere s o s cattered a nd i nconclusive - a nother i ndicat ion o f no s tandardization. T he observation t hat t he motifs i n various p arts of t he d esign f ield s eemed more r elated t o o ther v aria bles r ather t han t o e ach o ther l ed m e t o e xperiment w ith r unning c luster a nalyses o f o nly t he motif c ombina tions. T his w as d one f or t he t wo C opador groups a nd f or t he A rambala r ecurved bowls. F igure 1 9 presents t he d endrograms. I t i s i nteresting t o n ote t hat e ach group s hows a d ifferent p attern o f a ssociations, a gain r einforcing t he i dea o f v arying approaches t o t he c eramic d ecoration r ather t han a w idespread a pplication o f a s et p attern. D etailed

F indings.

F igures 2 0 t hrough 2 3 p resent t he d endrograms r esulting f rom t he NTSYS v ariable c luster a nalysis. F or d iscussion p urposes, o nly a ssociations o f 0 .400 or h igher a re r eviewed b elow. T his i s a n a rbitrary l evel 178

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. 183

s elected on t he b asis o f w hat i s c onsidered a moderate y et r easonable l evel o f a ssociation, a s w ell a s o ne w hich r epresents approximately t he m id-point o f t he a ssociation l evels o bserved i n t his s et o f data. C opador Open B owls. T he c lustering o f a ttrib utes f or t his v essel s hape d id n ot s how m any h igh l evel a ssociations. O ne c luster a t t he 0 .4457 l evel o f a ssociation grouped t hree variables o f t he i nterior d ecoration - c olors, w all motif, a nd n umber o f b ands b elow i nterior r im. T he o ther i nterior motif v ariable, t he b ottom motif c ombination, d id n ot a ssociate at a ll w ith t his group a nd only j oined o ne o ther v ariable ( motif c ombinations, r egister 1 e xterior) a t a v ery l ow l evel ( 0.2683). C opador r ecurved b owls. T wo p airs o f a ssociat ions a bove t he 0 .400 l evel w ere r ecorded: 1 ) number o f b ands on i nterior a nd i nterior b ottom motif, a nd 2 ) i nterior wall motif a nd i nterior c olors. T he motifs i n b oth e xterior r egisters a ssociate w ith o ther v ariables only a t low l evels. G ualpopa open b owls. Two p airs o f a ssociations emerged a bove t he 0 .400 a ssociation l evel: 1 ) number o f b ands e xterior a nd n umber o f r egisters e xterior, a nd 2 ). i nterior wall decoration a nd b ase s hape. M otifs r egist er 1 a ssociated only a t 0 .289. Arambala r ecurved b owls. A t t he 0 .400 l evel o f a ssociation, t he e ight variables w ere c lustered i nto t hree a ssociational groups: 1 ) i nterior b ottom motif a nd i nterior wall motif, • 2 ) n umber o f e xterior b ands, c olors on e xterior r egister 1 , a nd motifs on e xterior r egister 2 , a nd 3 ) number o f i nterior b ands, b ase s hape, a nd motifs o n e xterior r egister 1 . C ase C lustering S ummary T he c ase c lustering r esults r einforced t he c onc lusions f rom t he v ariable c lustering t hat n ot o ne overriding s et o f d ecorative s tandards a pplied t o v ess els o f t he s ame s hape w ithin a t ype. T he c ase c lust ers s howed varying a mounts o f i nternal d iversity a nd varying s ize o f m embership. T he C opador r ecurved b owls w ith t he l argest n umb er o f c ases d ivided i nto t he f ewest c lusters, w ith o ne o f t he t hree s eeming t o group p rimarily b ecause o f t he bowls' p lain i nterior. N evertheless, i t i s r easonable t o c onclude t hat s tricter c ontrol was e xerted o r f ew p roduction u nits w ere i nvolved i n m aking t his p articul ar C opador s hape.

18 4

Copador open b owls s uggesting more p roduction a l arge w orkshop s etting.

d ivided i nto more c lusters, u nits or more f reedom w ithin

One o f t he Arambala c lusters c oincided w ith one o f t he C opador r ecurved c lusters i n i ts s alient d imens ions. T he o ther two r eflect c ompositional o r s haping c ongruences r ather t han motif-related s imilarities. F or G ualpopa c lusters o ther t han s piral bowls, motif communality d id n ot s eem t o b e t he d etermining f actor. S tandardization i n o ther f eatures - s patial o rganization, b ase s hape - w ere t he c riteria f or C lust ering. D etailed

F indings

F igures 2 4 t hrough 2 7 s how t he d endrograms r es ulting f rom t he c ase c luster a nalysis. O nce t he c lust ers had b een d erived, descriptive s tatistics by c lust er w ere r un t o e xamine t he a reas o f c ommunality i n t he g roupings. T his a nalysis i s d iscussed b y v essel s hape w ithin t ype. C opador Open B owls C luster 1 ( N=24). T his group i s d istinguished b y t he i nclusion o f a ll vessels w ith s wimming f igures l ocated i n t he s econd e xterior r egister ( N=13). O ther c ommunalities a re a p reponderance o f glyph only motifs o n t he i nterior ( N=23) a nd a majority of g lyphs a lone o n t he f irst e xterior r egister ( N=14). B lack i s i nfreq uently u sed o n t he f irst e xterior r egister ( N=7) or t he i nterior w all ( N=1).. T he i nterior b ottom motif most often i s t he c ircle a nd dot c ombination ( N=14). I n o rder t o e xamine i n more d etail b oth t he c ommunalit ies a nd t he v ariability w ithin t he c luster, c ontingency t ables w ere obtained. ( See Table 5 3.) One question c oncerned t he s ubgroup w ith t he s wimming f igures i n r egister 2 . W ere t hese, p erhaps, r epresentative o f o ne " design s chool" which f ollowed a s tandard approach t o p ainting t he r est o f t he v essel? When motifs i n r egister 2 w ere c ross-tabbed w ith motifs i n r egister 1 i n t he c oded f orm u sed f or t he c luster a nalysis ' no p attern c ould b e d iscerned. T he c ross-tab w as t hen r erun u sing t he more d etailed c ategory c odes. T he lack of s tandardization i n c hoice o f s pecific motif f or r egister 1 i s s till apparent. T he a bsence o f G lyph C , a s well a s g lyphs o ther t han " standard" A a nd B , i s n otable, however. T he i nterior wall motif o n t he s wimm ing.figure v essels s howed a t endency t o u se o nl y G lyph A ( 8/13), b ut o ther motif c ombinations w ere al so a llowe d. Another q uestion r elated a ssociations b etween t he u se of 18 5

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Motif, Register 1 , E xterior ( Broad grouping) Motif, Register E xterior ( Broad g rouping)

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S wimming f igure G eometric design A ll other motifs O ne r egister o nly T otal

1 4

Motif, Register 1 , E xterior ( Detailed g rouping) Motif, Register 2 , E xterior ( Detailed Glyph g rouping) A only S wimming f igure c ombination G eometric f igure G eometric d esign R ectangles o ff b and, e xterior bottom L inear design A ll other motifs . One r egister o nly Total

MB G lyph

Geometric S hell d esign a nd g lyph g lyph

A ll other motifs

Total

3 0 2

3 0 1

2 0 0

4 1 0

1 1 0

1 3 2 3

1 0 1

1 1 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

1 0 0

3 1 1

1

0

0

0

0

1

8

6

2

5

3

2 4

Motif, R egister 1 , E xterior ( Detailed g rouping) I nterior W all Motif ( Detailed g rouping) Glyph A G lyph A & B G lyph C B ird G lyph A & B + other G lyph B T otal

g rouping )

G lyph A G lyph A &B G lyph C B ird A ,B,other B T otal

A ll other motifs

T otal

3 0 1 1

1 0 1 0

1 6 2 2 1

1 0

0 0

0 1

2 1

2

5

3

A &B G lyph

6 1 0 0

5 1 0 0

1 0 0 0

1 0

0 0

8

6

2 4

Motif, Register 2 , E xterior ( Detailed g rouping)

I nterior W all Motif ( Detailed

G eometric S hell d esign a nd g lyph g lyph

Glyph A only

S wim. f ig. 8 1 1 1 2 0 1 3

Combo Geo. Geo. F ig. Motif

A ll One R ecti- L inear other r eg l inear d esign motif only

1 0 1 0 0 0

3 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0 1

1 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0

2

3

3

1

1

. 1

T otal 1 6 2 2 1 2 1 .__ 2 4

glyphs on t he i nterior a nd e xterior. R egardless o f whether A i s u sed a lone o n t he e xterior or i n c ombinat ion w ith B , t he c hoice f or t he i nterior i s l ikely t o be G lyph A a lone, i n f act, G lyph A a lone i s a s trong mode ( 16/24) f or t he i nterior w all motif i n t he e ntire c luster. ( Only o ne e xample of i t on t he i nterior w alls of o pen bowls i s n ot i n t his c luster.) C luster 2 ( N=6). T his grouping r epresents a small s ubset o f v essels a ll o f .w hich h ave o nly o ne r egister, a typical f or t his v essel s hape. I nteresti ngly, t he h eight r ange i s equivalent t o t hat o f t he other c lusters, s o t he c hoice o f u sing o ne r egister d id not n ecessarily r elate t o s pace l imitations. T he e xt erior designs t end t o b e a berrant, a lso. S everal v ess els u se s eated f igures a lternating w ith g lyphs, a nd one h as e laborate b anners p ainted n ot only i n t he s tandard c olors b ut w ith a dded t ones o f p ink a nd b rown. Two h ave s wimming f igures, b ut o ne o f t hese r epeats t hree t imes, a nother d eviation f rom t he n orm. This c luster, t hen, r eally d emonstrates underlying variability w ithin t he s hape r ather s ignificant s tandardization.

t he t han

C luster 3 ( N=8). T his c luster i s c haracterized by t he u se o f a b ird a s t he i nterior wall motif ( N=8). A ll b ut o ne v essel h ave n onrepresentational motifs i n r egister 2 a nd a ll -h ave G lyph C i n t he f irst r egister, u sually i n c ombination w ith a nother e lement. Cluster 4 ( N=6). L ack o f i nterior d ecoration s ets t his c luster a part. E xterior motifs vary c onsiderably. I t w as n oted, however, t hat t hree o f t he f our monkey motifs w ere i n t his c luster, i ndicating c orrelat ion b etween t his motif a nd t he u ndecorated i nterior. ( Monkeys a re a more f requent motif o n G ualpopa open bowls w hich u sually h ave a n u ndecorated i nterior, a lso.) C luster 5 ( N=2). T hese t wo bowls h ave a " melon s tripe" t reatment o f t he s econd e xterior r egister, a b ird o n t he i nterior wall, a nd a r osette on t he i nteri or b ottom. One c arries a G -fret motif i n t he f irst e xterior r egister w hile t he o ther u ses n onstandard glyphs. Copador

R ecurved

B owls

C luster 1 ( N=8). T hese b owls a ll c arry g lyphic motifs ( A o r A a nd B ) i n t he u pper e xterior r egister a nd o n t he i nterior wall. T hey a lso s hare c omposit ional f eatures o f s eparating t he two e xterior r egister w ith t wo painted b ands b ut n ot u sing a ny b ands b etween t he r im a nd t he f irst e xterior r egister. T he e xterior r im b and i s a lso v ery c onsistent i n depth, r anging only f rom 8 to 1 0 mm. On t he i nterior two b ands a re u sed b etween t he r im a nd t he w all r egister. T he mode ( N=5) 1 91

a lso u ses two b ands b etween t he w all r egister a nd t he i nterior bottom. M otifs on t he b ottom a re varied a s a re motifs i n t he s econd e xterior r egister. C luster 2 ( N=31). A s trong a ssociation o ccurs i n t his group w ith s eated f igures i n t he u pper r egist er, a s olid p ainted l ower e xterior r egister, a nd b irds a s t he i nterior wall . motif ( N=22). Only t hree o f t he s eated f igure v essels s how t he f igure f acing l eft w hile o ne h as a lternating l eft a nd r ight-facing f igures. On a ll t he r est t he f igure f aces r ight. F igures o f s erp ents o r b irds occasionally r eplace t he s eated f igure i n t he t op r egister; a n i nfrequent u se o f continuc ius l inear p atterns i n t he u pper r egister a lso was f ound. T his c luster c ontains a h igh r epresentation of s pecial s haping - b asal a ngles, d iagonal o r v ertical grooving, a nd f aceted f langes. Orange p aint was i nfrequently u sed e ither o n t he i nterior or t he e xterior with b lack a nd s pecular h ematite r ed b eing t he n orm. A lthough most o f t he b owls h ave t he s tandard t reatment o f r ed i nterior a nd e xterior r im b ands, a f ew ( N=4) have v aria tions o f z ones o f d ifferent c olors, e tc., i n t he r im a rea. C luster 3 ( N=25). T here i s q uite a b it o f varia bility w ithin t his group w hich i s a ssociated p rimarily b ecause o f i ts p lain i nterior. G lyphic motifs p redomi nate i n t he f irst e xterior r egister b ut v ary a mong t he s pecific g lyphs. A ll t he v essels w ith f rog effigies i n t he s econd r egister a re i n t his c luster a s are s ix o f t he n ine v essels t hat h ave swimming f igures i n t he s econd r egister. T his c luster i s more v ariable t han t he o ther two f or t his s hape c ategory. C ases

n ot

c lustered:

3

G ualpopa Open B owls C luster 1 ( N=15). T his c luster a ppears t o b e f airly l oosely defined on t he b asis o f h aving m ostly m ultiple e xterior r egisters, p lain i nteriors, a nd c onvex b ases. T he motif c ombinations i n r egister 1 o n h alf o f t he v essels a re f rom t he c omplex-U s hape c ategory; t he r est o f t he motifs a re q uite h etereogeneous. C lugter 2 ( N=7). T his grouping i s made u p o f v essels w hich have e ither a c omplex U s hape ( N=5) or a s ingle g eometric motif i n r egister 1 . A ll t he v essels h ave two r egisters a nd a f lat b ase. A ll b ut o ne have o ne r ed-painted band b etween t he r im a nd t he f irst r eg ister. C luster 3 ( N=5). F irst r egister motifs d ivide b etween G lyph C a nd t he monkey. T he c luster s hares t he c haracteristics o f h aving o nly o ne r egister, u sing

19 2

b lack only i n t hat r egister, a nd p lacing o ne painted band b etween t he r im a nd t he r egister. T he i nterior wall a nd t he b ase a re v ariable. I n a ddition t o t hese t hree c lusters o f n onspiral bowls, . Gualpopa c ontains a w ell-defined c luster o f s piral bowls. A s d iscussed i n a n e arlier s ection, t his s ubgroup i s q uite h omogeneous i n t erms o f i ts motifs, base s hape, a nd i nterior w all t reatment. Arambala

r ecurved

b owls

C luster 1 ( N=10). A ll t hese bowls h ave t he s eated f igure motif i n e xterior r egister 1 ( all f acing r ight) a nd a s olid painted s econd r egister. E xcept f or one c ase t he i nterior motif i s t he b ird. B lack a nd r ed w ithout o range i s t he p aint c ombination f or t he e xteri or. The b ase s hape v aries b etween c onvex ( N=4) a nd f lat ( N=6). T he most f requently u sed i nterior bottom motif i s c rossbands w ith dots ( N=5), b ut t his v ariable i s n ot a s modal a s s ome o f t he o thers. C luster 2 ( N=6). This c luster i s n ot q uite a s homogeneous a s c luster 1 . I ts s trongest c ommunalities a re a f lat b ase ( none a re convex a s i n c luster 1 ) a nd t he u se o f grooving on t he s olid p ainted e xterior r eg ister b elow t he a ngle. Motifs i n t he f irst e xterior r egister v ary b etween s eated f igures a nd b irds; i nteri or w all motifs a re most o ften, b ut n ot e xclusively, b irds. C luster 3 ( N=7). T his s et of v essels s hows more s tandardization i n t erms o f c ompositional c onsiderat ions t han motif c ombinations. F or e xample, a ll t he bowls u se o nly b lack a nd r ed p aint i n t he f irst r egist er, do n ot h ave a ny p ainted b ands u nder t he e xterior r im, a nd r est o n f lat b ases. M otifs i n r egister I d ivide b etween s eated f igures ( N=5; 2 =left-facing, 3 = r ight f acing) a nd G lyph C . T he s econd r egister d ecorat ion v aries. F our v essels h ave u ndecorated i nteriors; t he o ther t hree v ary i n t erms o f t he p ainted motifs u sed. Cases A dditional

not

c lustered:

3

A nalyses

C omparison o f C opador c ase c lustering r esults motif-based varieties e stablished by S harer

w ith

t he

As a p art o f t he C halchuapa c eramic a nalysis, S harer ( 1978a Vol 3 :53-55) h ad d ivided C opador v essels i nto motif-based v arieties. D uring t he r ecording o f t he v essels b eing u sed i n t his w ork, each p ot w as a ssigned t o o ne o f t he S harer varieties. U sing h is s tated c riteria f or e stablishing t he v arieties, a n umb er o f t he v essels had t o b e c onsidered variations o r 19 3

v D L C ) H

IH N c r )

C O I --

i z r r I

C ) i n

IH i c " ,• )

• ; : r, L > oH

7 1 W

U ) •H U l W

• 3 O 0 W

I

N

Ir u " . )

• H

4 1

H

H

( 1 ) ( T S > >

c o ( Y )

I I I

I

H I C )

Id i

IN

Iu )

• r rJ

• c n ( T i C I C c ) O I 4 1

0 . 4 J

H .4J

i n t e r i o r

C U

g i • • t Y ) W H g in i

t 4 1

4 • ( I w 0 > 1 E l

C U

g i 0 u

, I

W Q . ,

H . U ) H •

H I ) W H

I )

r C i N I

g l H O

W 0 , . • • C 4 4 • H • H

W W g 1

t : 3 1 W -H - 4 1 0 U ) C A r C 1 4 1 . . W

H

H

C J H . Q , > 1 r I c . 5

U H . Q , > s r 4 u

w WC

U O U H H H . - . - . Q4

r d H • H

24

5

H W

i t

W O 4 1-H W g l . , i 0c CI1 -) W ( 1 ) X g i W t I ) 0 " H • H H 4 1 g l > 1 1) r C , W W W X I -) o c r i O W W

4(1 1 U 2 r z l g i P 0 ) 0 ) . iH n i g l . 0 r d U ) >

0 4 1

. 4

• a ) • H • H W W

H

0

r c s

w t . 3 )4

I C T )• H • L k H

H

4 1

I < G Q W W g i g i

Q1

> 1 > 1 > i t Y ) C ) H H H , 1 H L 5 0 ( . 5 r t , r l ,

1 94

> 1 g i W > W i t

< M O W 0 0 0 0 • H • H • H H

< M a ) W

, 1 r 1 r — i r 1 i 1 f — I • H 0 L D 0 0 U 4 1 4 U ) O

0

0

0

0

O

W

U )

W

U l

C l )

U )

( I 0 : 3 ( " c l • , 1 • H • H g i g l r ö r 5 « 1 > > >

c i z H g l ( I >

U ) C U H U

4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • H , 1 • , 1 H • H H r c l H g i c i >

( I ▪r c i , 1 H g i r c l 0 > 0

d e s c r i p t i o n s

H

C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s

T A B L E 5 4

H O

H I) 0 E I

c ould not b e c lassified. ( See Table 5 4.) Once t he c ase c lustering h ad b een c ompleted, t he r esulting groupings w ere a nalyzed t o s ee h ow t hey d istributed a mong t he S harer v arieties. I f t he two a pproaches w ere measuring t he s ame u nderlying s tructure i n t he materi al, t hen a h igh l evel o f c orrespondence w ould b e e xpected i n t erms o f c ases b eing a ssigned t o a S harer variety a nd t o a cluster grouping. T ables 5 5 a nd 5 6 s how t he r esults f or t his c omparison a nd T able 5 7 s ummarizes t hese f indings. G eneral c orrespondence c an b e f ound b etween the two a pproaches t o c lassifying t he v essels. S harer's s cheme s eems t o g ive most w eight t o o ne, o r occasiona lly two, distinguishing motifs, w ith t he o ther d esigns t reated i n a modal manner. T he c lustering p rocedures, on t he o ther h and, c onsider a ll t he v ariables equally i n a ssigning c ases t o c lusters. T hese d ifferences i n procedures c an l ead t o d ifferent c ase a ssignments. A lso, Sharer does not mention p lain i nteriors or s ingle r egister variants o f t he open bowls. T hese f eatures account f or s everal c lusters t hat d id n ot f it w ell i nto h is s cheme. ( See T able 5 7.) Case

c lusters

bowls)

Two h ad

e xamined

b y v essel

p rovenience.

o f t he s hapes ( Copador s ufficient c ases t o do

open a nd r ecurved a n a nalysis o f t he

distribution o f t he c lusters b y a rchaeological provenience of t he v essels. I t was n ecessary t o c ollapse provenience data i nto a two-way s plit - C opan Valley v ers us a ll o thers - s ince t he n on-Copan s pecimens c ame f rom s o many d ifferent s ites. A lso, a number of p ieces f rom t he P opol V uh m useum w hose p rovenience w as u nknown c ould not b e u sed i n t his a nalysis. T he data a vailable, t hen, a llow a n e xamination o f t he c eramic materi al a ccording t o t he c riteria o f w hether t he manufact ured p iece l eft t he Copan Valley o r was " consumed" t here. T he w orking a ssumption i s t hat t he majority o f Copador c eramics a nd a l ot o f G ualpopa c eramics w ere produced i n t he C opan Valley. C ould t here h ave b een different d ecoration s tandards f or " export" p ieces a s opposed t o v essels r etained f or l ocal ( i.e., valleywide) consumption? I f s o, t his would a ppear i n a d iff erential distribution o f c lusters b y p rovenience. Table 5 8 p resents t he r esults o f t hese t abulat ions ( unknown p rovenience . and u nclustered c ases a re s hown f or c ompleteness). The c hi-square s tatistic w as c omputed f or e ach s et o f data a nd i s s hown i n t he s ame t able, The c hi-square value f or open b owl c ategory was not s ignificant. T hat f or t he C opador r ecurved bowls, however, w as s ignificant a t t he . 05 l evel b ut n ot a t the . 01 l evel. An e xamination o f t he X2 c omputations s howed t hat t he c ells r epresenting c luster 3 c ontrib uted t he most t o t he a chieved X2 . T hat c luster c ont ained much v ariabiality w hich i s i nteresting i n l ight 19 5

TABLE

5 5

Frequency Distribution Copador Open Bowls B y C luster Classified By S harer's Motif-Based Varieties Cluster S harer Classification

Glyphic A Glyphic B Glyphic C Glyphic E Figure A Figure B Variations on Variations on Variations on Variations on Variations on Variations on

1 N=24

2 N=6

3 N=8

8

_

_

. .

-

_

_

_

*

-

-

_

_

1

1

1 _ -

2 -

2 4

1 3 _

1

3

1

2

1 3

Glyphic A Glyphic B Glyphic C Glyphic E Figure A Figure B

Not classified

TABLE

4 N=6

5 N=2

-

T otal N=46 8 1 3

4

1 _ _

4 1 2 3 4

7

5 6

Frequency Distribution Copador Recurved Bowls B y Cluster Classified By S harer's Motif-Based Varieties Cluster Sharer Classification

1 N=8

3 N=25

Not Grouped N=3

1

3 3

Glyphic A Glyphic B Glyphic C Glyphic E Figure A Figure 5 Variations on Variations on Variations on Variations on Variations on

2 N=31

1

4 3 5 1 3 2 3

4 6 1 3 1

4 6 1 4 1

5 1 -

3 2 1

Glyphic A Glyphic B Glyphic C Glyphic E Figure B

Not classified

2

1 96

2

Total N=67

MO .

8

1

1 2

TABLE

5 7

Correspondence B etween S harer Motif-Based Varieties and Case C luster S harer Variety G lyphic A

Results

Case Cluster Open bowls, C luster 1 R ecurved Bowls, C luster

1

Open bowls, C luster 1 R ecurved bowls, C luster

1

G lyphic C

R ecurved

2

G lyphic

variations present but n ot s trong correlation: ( Open bowls, C luster 4 ) ( Recurved bowls, C luster 3 )

G lyphic

B

E

bowls,

C luster

F igure

A

variations p resent, but correlation ( Open bowls, C luster 5 ) ( Open bowls, C luster 4 )

n ot

F igure

B

Recurved

2

Not

bowls,

directly

C luster

s trong

a ssignable:

Open bowls, C luster 2 -- one-register variants Open bowls, C luster 4 - p lain i nterior R ecurved bowls, C luster 3 -- p lain i nterior

1 97

TABLE

5 8

Case C lusters B y Vessel P rovenience Provenience

Copador

B owls

Copan Valley

All Other P rovenience

( Unknown P rovenience)

1 4

4

( 6)

T otal

Open Cluster

1

Cluster

2

4

1

( 1)

6

Cluster 3

4

3

( 1)

8

Cluster

4

3

2

( 1)

6

C luster

5

1

1

-

2

2 6a

l la

( 9)

2

4

( 2)

Total

2 4

4 6

Recurved Cluster

1

C luster

2

1 4

Cluster

3

1 8

Unclustered Total

a X2 b X2

= 2 .61 = 6 .21

1 4

3 3 7

b

( 4 degrees o f ( 2 degrees o f

( 3)

3 1

5

( 2)

2 5

-

-

2 3b

( 7)

f reedom ; f reedom ;

19 8

8

3 6 7

. 01 = 1 3.28, . 05 = 9 .49) . 01 = 9 .21, . 05 = 5 .99)

of t he f act t hat more of t hese vessels t han e xpected s tayed i n t he C opan Valley. I f t his f inding w ere s ubs tantiated b y f urther w ork, i t would i ndicate t hat t he " export" p roduct was more s tandardized t han t hat m ade f or l ocal consumption. Univariate tabulations w ere t hen made o f t he motif combinations f ound on e ach e xterior r egister of t he Copador r ecurved bowls a nd , on t he i nterior wall r egister f or t he two provenience s ubsamples. T able 5 9 s hows t hese data a long w ith t he obtained X2 value. B oth i nterior motifs a nd motifs i n r egister 2 w ere s ign ificantly a ssociated w ith provenience. An e xamination of t he motif d istributions s howed that t here was a t endency f or more of t he vessels w ith p lain i nteriors t o h ave a C opan provenience t han w ould have b een e xpected. I n t erms o f motif c ombinations u sed on t he s econd r egister o f t he e xterior, n either swimming f igures nor e ffigies w ere f ound on v essels with other t han C opan p rovenience. E ven t hough t he pattern of motif c ombinations f or r egister I did not s how a s ignificant c onnection with provenience, t here s eemed t o b e a t endency f or Copan provenience v essels more o ften t o u se glyphs, while " export" bowls h ad s eated f igures. This t ies together w ith two c onsiderations: 1 )

Swimming f igures a nd g lyphs h ave a s trong a ssociation on C opador open bowls.

2 )

S eated f igures ( and s olid p ainted s econd r egisters) w ere a s trong modal pattern on Arambala r ecurved bowls, a ll f ound outside t he C opan Valley a nd hypothesized t o b e derivative of C opador. I t i s t hought t hat p erhaps t he s eated f igure r epresents a symbolic s haring i n M aya t radition ( priest/ruler/general a uthority f igure) which would have b een i mportant t o h ouseh olds i n t he i mporting a rea.

The w eighting of p lain i nterior v essels t oward a C opan provenience could b e i nterpreted i n t erms o f a greater i nvestment i n decoration f or e xport vessels. However, a t abulation of r im d iameter versus i nterior decoration s howed t hat, t o a l arge e xtent, p lain i nteri ors a re c oncentrated on s maller orifice v essels - a r eflection of mechanical r ather t han s tylistic c onsiderations. ( See T able 6 0.) ( Medium w idth r im d iameter bowls do s how a greater f requency of d ecoration on n onCopan vessels b ut t he X2 value i s not s ignificant a t t he . 05 l evel.) T he t abluation d id s how, however, t hat small and medium r im diameter r ecurved v essels w ere more l ikely t o h ave a C opan p rovenience t han w ere l arge r immed vessels, s uggesting a s election by s ize f or e xport. 1 99

TABLE

5 9

Motif Combinations, Copador Recurved B owls By P rovenience Provenience Copan Valley

Motif

All Other P roveniences

I nterior wall Plain

s lipped

1 9

Any glyphs

4

B ird

1 4

Register B ,

1 ,

2 3a

exterior

C Glyphs

1 6

f igures

1 3

S eated

6 1 3

a

3 7

Total

A ,

4

8 1 2

Serpent/bird

3

3

All

5

0

3 7b

2 3b

1 7

1 4

other motifs

Total

Register

2 ,

exterior

Solid painted Monkey

2

1

7

0

5

0

design

5

3

other motifs

1

5

Swimming

f igure

E ffigy Geometric All

.

Total

3 7

c

2 3c

aX 2 = 7 .40 ( 2 degrees o f f reedom; . 01 = 9 .21, . 05 = 5 .99) bx 2 = 4 .58 ( 3 degrees o f f reedom; . 01 = 1 1.34, . 05 = 7 .82) cx 2 = 1 3.25 ( 5 degrees o f f reedom; . 01 = 1 5.09 05 = 1 1.07)

20 0

TABLE

6 0

I nterior D ecoration o f C opador R ecurved B owls B y R im D iameter - C opan P rovenience v ersus A ll O ther P roveniences

R im D iameter Small ( 8-11 cm)

M ediuma ( 12-16 cm)

L arge ( 17-24 cm)

T otal

9 7 1 6

1 1 Ti

1 9 1 8 3 7

2 6

2 1 3 1 5

4 1 9 2 3

Copan Valley P lain i nterior D ecorated i nterior T otal

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2 01

1 d f,

C HAPTER 6

D ISTRIBUTION AND C ONSUMPTION OF T HE C ERAMICS

I NTRODUCTION Trade a nd e xchange a re w idely u sed t erms . in archaeological l iterature s ince t he e arly days o f t he d iscipline. I n r ecent t imes i nterest i n t his t opic h as e scalated p robably f or a variety o f r easons. A s R enfrew ( 1975) h as pointed o ut, t rade i s a n a ctivity t hat r elates t he material a nd t he s ocial o r " spiritual" s ystems. " It r equires organization a s w ell a s c ommodity, a nd i t i mplies c riteria o f v alue a nd measure. T he c rucial i mportance o f t he s tudy o f t rade t oday i s t hat i t o ffers a practical w ay o f i nvestigati ng t he organization of s ociety i n s ocial t erms a s w ell a s p urely i n e conomic o nes" ( ibid:4). A dded t o t his t heoretical appeal a re methodological c oncerns. C ert ainly, one o f t he c ontributing f actors h as b een t he development o f n ew t echnical a nalyses t o p rovide i nformation on t he d istribution of materials f rom d etermined s ources. A s imilar s timulus h as b een t he g eography based quantitative methods u sed t o g eneralize a bout distribution p atterns. As e xchange 14 s tudies h ave p roliferated, a general approach h as emerged. B asic t o t he s tudy o f e xchange i s determining t hat a n i tem w as e xchanged a nd describing i ts p attern of d istribution i n s pace a nd t ime. The n ext s tep h as b een t o i dentify h ow t hat distribution occurred: w hat mode o f e xchange or mechanism p roduced t he observed pattern. A f inal o bj ective

has b een

t o

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t he mode o f

e xchange

t o t he

1 4 T hroughout t his c hapter I u se t he t erm e xchange to s ignify t he p eaceful t ransfer o f g oods or c ommodities. Archaeologists o ften t end t o u se t rade and e xchange a lmost i nterchangeably. However, t rade i s u sed b y many e conomic a nthropologists t o m ean market t rade " the p lay o f s upply a nd demand o utside t he s ocial and p olitical s phere" ( Hodder 1 980: 1 51). S ince I a m

not i nvestigating versus disembedded i nclusive s ense.

t he q uestion o f e mbedded e xchange t rade I u se " exchange" i n t he b road,

2 03

organization o f t he s ociety. H owever, r ecently res earchers a re r ealizing t hat d ifferent modes o f exc hange c an p roduce t he s ame s patial pattern. w ithout r estating t he m athematical b ases, l et me summarize the r ecent p ositions t aken b y t wo a rchaeologists whose work h as emphasized t he s tudy o f s patial p atterning a nd exc hange p rocesses, C olin R enfrew a nd I an Hodder. The w ork w hich h as l ed t o t hese positions i s summarized o rreferenced i n t heir c ited p ublications. R enfrew ( 1977a:88) i n c ontrast w ith a n earlier s tatement ( 1975) c oncludes t hat: 1 .

C entral p lace r edistribution a nd c entral p lace m arket e xchange a re s patially i dent ical.

2 .

T he t wo c entral p lace modes s hould b e d ist inguishable f rom s ymmetrical, homogeneous r eciprocal e xchange n etworks.

H e b elieves t hat a u seful f ield f or f urther s tudy i s t he r ange o f o rganizational d evices t hrough w hich t he l aw o f monotonic d ecrement 15 i s c ircumvented by h uman e xchange s ystems, p articularly t hose t hat are h ierarchically s tructured. H odder

( 1980)

s tates:

1 .

V ery different e xchange p rocesses c an prod uce t he s ame f all-off c urve ( the s ame a s R enfrew's f irst c onclusion).

2 .

E ven m ajor d ifferences b etween r eciprocal a nd r edistributive e xchange may n ot b e r eflected i n d istinctive f all-off c urves ( contrary t o R enfrew's s econd c onclusion).

H e b elieves, moreover, t hat t here a re s ome b asic d ist inguishable t ypes o f f all-off c urves t hat s eem r elated t o t he v alue o f e xchange i tems a nd s ocial or p olitical b oundaries ( a c urve w ith d istinct " plateaus and k inks.") H e c oncludes t hat t he s ummary o f a t otal exc hange d istribution i nto one f all-off l ine s eems i nadeq uate. H e b elieves t here i s a n eed f or a c ombination o f d etailed a nd i ntensive s urvey ( to o btain t he f ullest

1 5 D efined b y R enfrew ( 1977a:72) a s " In c ircums tances o f u niform l oss or d eposition, a nd i n t he abs ence. of h ighly o rganized d irectional ( i.e., p referent ial, n onhomogeneous) e xchange, t he c urve of f requency o r a bundance o f o ccurrence o f a n e xchanged c ommodity a gainst e ffective d istance f rom a l ocalised s ource w ill

b e a monotonic d ecreasing

one."

2 04

distributional d ata), t ypological s tudies ( to understand v ariation w ithin t he d istribution), a nd s tudy of t he c ontext o f w here t he e xchanged i tems a re found ( to e valuate s ocial a spects o f t he d istribution). Thus, b oth o f t hese a rchaeologists a re a dvocating e xamining i n m uch more d etail data r elated t o the o bserved s patial d istribution b efore c lassifying that distribution i n t erms o f a mode o f e xchange a nd r elating t hat mode t o t he s ocietal o rganization. Acknowledging t he c omplexity i nvolved i n s tudyi ng e xchange s ystems, t he q uestion a rose a s t o w hat would be f easible t o e valuate f rom t he s tandpoint o f the data base f or t he s outheastern M aya p eriphery painted c eramics. F irst o f a ll, i t w as f elt t hat C hilanga, Gualpopa, a nd Arambala s hould b e e liminated f rom this p art o f t he s tudy: C hilanga b ecause i t r epresents a m uch l onger t ime p eriod; G ualpopa a nd A rambala b ecause t heir p oor d escription i n t he l iterature p rec ludes p lotting d istribution w ith a ny d egree o f c ertainty. T hus, t he a nalysis w ould b e r estricted t o Copador. E fforts w ere c oncentrated o n t he s patial d istribution of t he c eramics i n o rder t o d etermine t he s ize of t he e xchange s ystem w ithin w hich t hey f unctioned. The b asic a nalysis w as done u sing a p resence/absence c lassification. A dditionally, a q ualitative a ssessment of f requency o f o ccurrence a t v arious p roveniences was made t o e valuate t he magnitude o f t he e xchange s ystem, one o f t he c haracteristics t hat P log ( 1977) s tates i s i mportant i n order t o u nderstand t he o rganization o f a n exchange n etwork. F ollowing o n H odder's observation a bout t he i mportance o f c ontext f or u nderstanding t he r ole o f t he e xchange i tem, s everal o ther a nalyses w ere u ndertaken f or C opador: 1 .

E valuation o f t he p attern o f d istribution w ithin t he C opan Valley s ettlement b ased o n s urvey data t o d etermine i f t here was a v ariation i n a ccess t o t he p olychrome w ithin i ts z one o f p roduction a nd, i f s o, i f t he v ariation s eems r elated t o s tatus ( inferred b y c lassification o f s ettlement t ype a nd c loseness t o t he c enter). T his w ork w as a ugmented b y a q uantitative a nal ysis o f v arious t ypes o f L ate C lassic p olychrome s herds r ecovered f rom e xcavat ions o f t hree d ifferent s ized r esidential groups l ocated i n t he c entral a rea o f t he C opan V alley n ear t he p ublic c enter.

2 .

E valuation f rom . s ite d istribution b y t ype 2 05

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Z apotitan Valley, E l S alvador, t o determ ine i f, i n a n i mporting a rea, t here is a variation i n a ccess a ccording to s ite s ize h ierarchy. .3 .

E valuation o f C opador's r ole a s a v aluable i tem i n b urials a nd t ombs i n C opan.

SPATIAL D ISTRIBUTION,

COPADOR

M ethodology Area s tudied T he g eneral d istribution a rea f or Copador h as u sually b een d escribed a s t he C opan a rea a nd w estern E l S alvador w ith i solated occurrences i n G uatemala. T o a ssess t he a ccuracy of t hese i mpressions i t was d ecided t o s ystematically r eview i nformation a bout t he a rchaeo logy of a ll o f H onduras a nd E l S alvador as w ell as o f c ertain d epartments i n G uatemala. T he s ection o f Guat emala t hat s eems p ertinent t o t he d istribution i ssue i s t he c ulture a rea d escribed by B orhegyi ( 1965) as t he S emiarid E astern L owlands ( the d epartments of E l Progresso, J alapa, J utiapa, C hiquimula, a nd part of Z ac apa). T o t his w as a dded S anta R osa a nd the p arts o f I zabal w hich i nclude t he L ower M otagua Valley. ( Figure 2 8 s hows t hat p art of t he s outhern M aya a rea s tudied i n t his portion o f t he r esearch.) T he main ( central) p art o f t he s outhern l owlands was n ot i ncluded i n t he d istribution a nalysis. There i s a p hysical b reak b etween t he M otagua Valley a nd t he P eten a rea c aused b y t he S ierra d e l as M inas, t he Lake I zabal d epression, a nd t he N egro a nd P olochic R ivers ( Leventhal 1 981). C eramically, t he s outhern l owlands a re quite d istinct f rom t he s outheast a rea; C opador has n ever b een r eported a t s ites i n the l owland r egion. 16 While s ome s tylistic a ntecedents f or c ertain C opador motifs may b e f ound on earlier Peten p olychromes, i t s eems w ell e stablished t hat actual C opador p ieces d id n ot r each t he s outhern lowlands area. M ethods

a nd P rocedures • A ll s ites w ith L ate C lassic o ccupation were i dentified t hrough a c ombination o f l iterature s earch,

m useum s tudy, a nd c onsultation w ith c olleagues e ngaged i n r ecent or on-going p rojects i n t he a rea of i nterest.

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f rom P iedras N egras a re painted with a nd u se s pecular h ematite p aint. A n

e xamination o f t he paste i ndicated t hat i t w as n ot c ream p aste a nd t hat t he bowls w ere c alcite t empered. T hus t hey p robably w ere l ocally m ade c opies of C opador. 2 06

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2 07

F rom t he l iterature, a ll s ources t hat c ould b e f ound f or each s ite w ere s tudied; i llustrations a s well a s t ext w ere c arefully r eviewed. With earlier work more r eliance was p laced on d escription a nd i llustrat ion t han on a ny c lassification t hat h ad b een made. I f t he d escription a nd i llustration f it t he t ype a s i t now i s d efined, a presence was r ecorded r egardless o f what t he o riginal i nvestigator h ad c alled t he p iece. At t he n ational museums w hole p ieces w ere exam ined, a s d escribed i n C hapter 3 . T he National M useum i n G uatemala a lso h ouses s herd c ollections f rom both s urface c ollections a nd e xcavation projects. T hese w ere e xamined f or t he p art o f t he c ountry j ust desc ribed. T he National M useum i n E l S alvador maintains a s ite r egister which c an c arry n otes a bout c ultural materials observed w hen r ecording t he l ocation. Archaeologists w orking i n t he C opan Valley, t he m iddle a nd lower M otagua Valley, t he Sula P lain ( Honduras) a nd t he C erron Grande a rea ( El S alvador) made a vailable t heir r ecords o f L ate C lassic o ccupied s ites a nd t heir c eramic i nventory. T he procedure w as t o develop a r ecord c ard f or each s ite w ith L ate C lassic occupation. Note w as made o f 1 ) t he l ocation o f t he s ite a s described i n t he s ource, 2 ) map c oordinates, 3 ) s ummary d escription o f t he s ite - s ize, public c onstruction, e tc., 4 ) s ummary d escription of c eramics, i ncluding polychrome t ypes, a nd 5 ) b ibliographic r eferences. F rom t his i ndex f ile, a ll L ate C lassic s ites w ere p lotted a nd i dentified a ccording t o the p resence or a bsence o f C opador. ( See F igure 2 9.) The a rea was t hen gridded, u sing C opan a s t he c enter point, and a p oint pattern a nalysis was done ( Hodder a nd Orton 1 976:30-43). A q uadrat o f 5 0 s q. km. w as s elected a s t he u nit f or a nalysis. ( See F igure 3 0a a nd b .) This s ize w as a rrived a t empirically. A s maller q uadrat o f 2 5 s q. k m. r esulted i n t oo many e mpty u nits; a l arger u nit d id not s eem j ustified g iven t he t otal s ize of t he d istribution a rea. ( Hodder a nd O rton 1 976:37 d iscuss t his p roblem o f t he s ize a nd t he s hape of a s elected quadrat a nd t he e ffect o n t he r esulting a nalysis.) L imitations B efore p roceeding t o r eview t he r esults of t he p oint pattern a nalysis s ome c ircumstances which limit t he f indings s hould b e m entioned: 1 .

E xtreme v ariability i n t he type o f r eport a vailable. T he r eviewed l iterature spans 7 5 y ears o f a rchaeology. S ome i nformation c ame f rom s ynthesizing a rticles i n which only g eneral s tatements w ere made a bout a 2 08

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S ite Number i n F igure

C lassic

S ites

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2 9

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S ite Name

D epartment

C ountry

J utiapa

G uatemala

4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8

E l Valle S an A gustin Acasaguastlan Guaytan ( El T eron M agdalena, Tulumaje L os C imientos L as P ilas ( Comapa) La Campana L a Vega de C oban A suncion M ita P apalguapa E l B arrital R io Hondo E l J icaro Quirigua P layitas C opan R io Amarillo S anta R ita de C opan S ensenti P araiso L a F lorida E l P uente Quesailica Naco E l R egadillo L a S ierra D escalzada M onte Grande Tres P iedras

2 9 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 3

C alpules L a L ima T ehuma L as F lores P laya de l os

1 2 3

3 4 3 5, 3 6 3 7 3 8

Muertos Travesia R ancheria Santa R ita L os Naranjos ( Jaral, E l E den, L a C ieba) Taulabe

2 12

E l

P rogresso G uatemala

E l P rogresso E l P rogresso J utiapa J alapa E l P rogresso J utiapa J utiapa J utiapa Z acapa Z acapa I zabal I zabal C opan C opan C opan O cotopeque C opan C opan C opan C opan C ortes C ortes

G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras

C ortes C ortes C ortes C ortes C ortes C ortes C ortes

H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras

C ortes

H onduras

C ortes C ortes C ortes C ortes

H onduras H onduras H onduras H onduras

S anta B arbara H onduras C omayagua H onduras

TABLE

6 1

( continued)

S ite Number i n

F igure 3 9 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 9 5 0 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 5 9 6 0 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 6 9 7 0 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 7 6 7 7-80 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 4

S ite Name

D epartment

Country

S iguat peque Y arumela T enampua L as Vegas L os H igos C ara S ucia E l C ajete Nahulingo C halchuapa Z one I zalco E scalante T ula E scula C olon P unian C osta del B alsamo Nejapa C lub I nternacional H acienda de l a P atrocinia C ampana S an Andres C ujagualo S an Jorge L os Arcos E l T amarindo L a C ienega L a C riba E l Tanque H acienda S an D iego B elen Guyat I I E l R emolino T ehuacan L os L lanitos C hinameca E stanzuelas Quelepa R io O jos de Agua C onchagua V ieja G ualjoquito U named minor c enters a round L ake I zabal L as Quebradas Quebrande Grande T iquisate a rea P usilha

Comayagua Comayagua Comayagua C omayagua C opan A huachapan Ahuachapan Ahuachapan Santa Ana Sonsonate Ahuachapan L a L ibertad L a L ibertad L a L ibertad La L ibertad L a L ibertad San S alvador San S alvador

Honduras Honduras H onduras Honduras Honduras E l Salvador E l S alvador E l S alvador E l S alvador E l S alvador E l S alvador E l S alvador E l S alvador E l S alvador E l S alvador E l S alvador E l S alvador E l Salvador

2 13

S uchitoto E l S alvadör L a L ibertad E l S alvador L a L ibertad E l S alvador Coatepeque E l S alvador C halatenango E l S alvador C halatenango E l S alvador C halatenango E l S alvador C halatenango E l S alvador C halatenango E l S alvador S anta A na E l S alvador S anta Ana E l S alvador Cuscatlan E l S alvador S an Vicente E l Salvador S an M iguel E l S alvador S an M iguel E l S alvador U sulutan E l S alvador San M iguel E l Salvador San M iguel E l S alvador L a Union E l S alvador S anta B arbara Honduras I zabal I zabal I zabal E scuintla

G uatemala G uatemala G uatemala Guatemala B elize

t ime p eriod a nd c eramic i nventory. O ther data w ere r etrieved f rom d etailed s ite r eports. B ecause o f t his i nconsistency o f d etail, i t w as n ecessary t o u se o nly t he broadest, or l owest, l evel of i nput, namel y presence or a bsence. I nitially, i t h ad b een hoped t hat s ome type of a nalysis c ould b e done i n t erms of provenience w ithin a s ite or q uantity a t a s ite b oth of t hese a nalys es h ad t o be a bandoned b ecause o f l ack of data. 2 .

Variability i n c ollection m ethod o r mode o f observation. S ome e arly r eports a re b ased u pon p ieces i n p rivate collections ( often o f t he l andowners on w hose p roperty t he s ite w as l ocated). F ortunately, C opador, a s a p olychrome, p robably had a good c hance o f b eing s aved a much b etter c hance t han i f t he c eramic of i nterest w ere c oarse w are. Nevertheless, a ttributi ng p resence or a bsence on t he b asis o f s cant data l ike t his c an b e h ighly c onject ural. S imilarly, s urface c ollections may not d isclose t he f ull r ange of a s ite's c eramic i nventory. T hus, t here i s a great deal o f u ncertainty a ssociated w ith conc luding t hat l ack of a p resence e quals a n a bsence. C onsequently, a n a ttempt h as b een made t o not " over a nalyze" t he data. T he o bserved s patial d istribution w ill b e c onsidered a s a t rend or p robable patt ern. No a ttempts w ere made t o apply quantitative methods t o t he data.

3 .

Variability i n c overage o f t he g eogra?hiä a rea. C ertain p arts o f t he g eographic r egion c onsidered i n t he distribution a nalysis h ave n ot b een i nvestigated b y a ny t ype o f a rchaeological s tudy a s c an b e s een b y t he l ack o f r ecorded Late C lassic s ites i n c ertain quadrats of t he m ap. T he possibility c annot b e overlooked t hat s ettlements i n t hese a reas, when a nd i f t hey a re d iscovered, w ill c ontain C opador c eramics. F ortunately, a s w ill b e disc ussed s hortly, t he d irection of t he dist ribution s eems quite c lear, e ven w ith t hese l acunae.

At t he o ther e xtreme, a f ew s ections of t he a rea i ncluded i n t he d istribution a nalysis h ave been e xtens ively c overed b y r ecent s urvey projects - t he Z apotit an V alley i n E l S alvador, t he lower M otagua V alley i n G uatemala, a nd t he C opan Valley i n Honduras. M any o f t he s ites i dentified i n t hese r ecent projects a re v ery s mall h ouse mound groups t hat h ad n ot b een r ecorded i n 2 14

e arlier work w ithin t he r egion. I n order t o not " swamp" t he data s et with observations f rom t hese parts o f t he r egion, a ll t he i ndividual s ites have not been e ntered on t he distribution map. The pattern of C opad or distribution within two of t hese t horoughly s tudied z ones -- the Copan Valley a nd t he Z apotitan Valley -w ill be dealt w ith i n detail i n a later s ection of t his c hapter. F indings M agnitude of

D istribution

Although t he data were r ecorded only f or t he p resence or a bsence of Copador, an i ndication of the q uantity b eing d istributed c an be determined f rom t he p roportion of t he L ate C lassic s ites having t he polyc hrome. Copador was present a t a total of 4 1.0 percent o f t he Late C lassic s ites k nown i n a ll c ases, but

( Table t here

62). are

S ite ample

s ize i s not i ndications

t hat Copador was not r estricted to l arge s ites with a c onsiderable amount of public architecture nor t o e lite r esidential l oci. T hese a spects of distribution will b e c overed s hortly. Suffice f or now to s ay t hat dist ribution to a s many l ocations a s are i ndicated by t his a nalysis would n ecessitate a n e fficient system f or moving t he pottery a nd would i nfer a s izable production c apacity. D istance

of

D istribution

D isregarding t he direction of t he distribution f or a moment, t he f all-off i n t he presence of C opador i s quite s harp b eyond a 1 00 s q. k m. r adius o f Copan. ( See F igure 3 1.) I t i s i nteresting to note t hat t he p ercentage of s ites w ith Copador i s approximately equiv alent w ithin a 5 0 s q. km. r adius a nd b etween 5 0 to 1 00 s q. km. D irection of

D istribution

When t he distribution of C opador was e xamined on t he basis of general direction f rom C opan ( NE, S E, NW, SW), a pattern o f d irectionality emerged ( Table 6 2). T here i s . a decided w estern skew t o t he d istribution, w ith the s outhwest b eing t he definite preferred direct ion of movement. T he northwest quadrat does not c over a s much s pace a s t he other quadrats b ecause of t he way i n which t he s tudy a rea was d efined. T he northeast q uadrat i s a lso s omewhat t runcated i n s ize because of g eography; t he C aribbean c oast l imits t he a rea. I n s pite' of t hese i nequalities i n t he s ize o f t he quadr ats, the directional t endency i s quite d istinct and observable on a qualitative basis.

parent

The s trength of t he when d istance f rom

directionality i s more apCopan i s c onsidered a long 2 15

6 0

5 0

S i t e s W i t h

4 0

3 0

P e r c e n t a g e

2 0

1 0 5 0

Between 5 0 t o 1 00

Radius, F igure

3 1:

s q.

Beyond 1 00

km.

Falloff i n Presence of C opador by 5 0 s q. km. Radius Units

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TABLE Location O f

Location

Late

C lassic

S ites With C opador

M

b

S ites Vis-A-Vis Copan a S ites Without Copador

% S outhwest

6 2

N

%

7 6.0

7

2 4.0

5

6 2.5

Total S ites N 2 5

N orthwest

3

3 7.5

S outheast

8c

3 6.4

1 2

6 0.0

2 0

Northeast

4

1 4.3

2 6

8 6.7

3 0

4 1.0

4 9

5 9.0

T otal

3 4

d

8

8 3

a Copan i s excluded f rom a ll c ounts. bOne i solated sherd o f Copador was f ound i n t he Tiquisate a rea of Guatemala. This a rea was not i ncluded i n the c ount f or s ites with Copador, rather i t i s i ncluded i n the w ithout Copador cell. c Three a dditional s ites in e ach o f t hese s ectors had e ither i solated Copador f inds or were where e arly i nvestigators h ad referred t o " Copador-like" ceramics. These s ites were n ot included i n the count f or s ites with Copador, they are i ncluded i n the ' frequency and percentage f or s ites w ithout Copador. d Four additional s ites had i solated Copador f inds; t hey are i ncluded i n t he without Copador cell.

w ith compass d irections ( Table 6 3). Within a 5 0 km r adius f rom C opan, very l ittle, i f any, d irectional p reference i s noted. I n t he 5 0 t o 1 00 k m r adius band, t he southern orientation i s b eginning t o emerge, with t he majority o f t he d istribution i n t hat direction b oth s outhwest a nd s outheast. B eyond t he 1 00 k m r adi us, a ll of t he known occurrences are c oncentrated w ithin t he s outhwest quadrat. T he s outheast area i s n ot within t he distribution z one a t t his distance. ' Thus, t he l ong distance distribution of C opador w as f irmly t ied t o s ettlements i n western a nd c entral E l Salvador, a s w ell a s t o s ome i n t he mountainous r egion n ear t he Guatemala - E l S alvador border. I t i s i nteresting t o note t hat s everal Guatemalan s ites w ith C opador are n ear t he l arge I xtepeque obsidian s ource u sed i n pre-Columbian t imes. The f ocus of t he discussion up t o t his point has b een on t he l ocation of s ites c lassified a s having a C opador presence b eyond j ust a n i solated e xample or

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TABLE

Of

D irectional Location Late Classic S ites And D istance From C opana S ites With C opador

S ites Without Copador

T otal S ites

Southwest

1

-

1

Northwest

1

1

2

S outheast

2

0

2

Northeast

3

Radius, Within

5 0

6 3

t o

km

5 0

b

7

2

9

1 00

Southwest

7

Northwest

2

S outheast

6

Northeast

Beyond

4

l

b

4 6 9

1 0

5

1 5

1 00

S outhwest

1 0

Northwest

0

0

0

S outheast

Oc

1 2

1 2

Northeast

0d

1 3

1 3

a Copan i s e xcluded f rom a ll c ounts. bOne s ite with i solated Copador f inds i ncluded i n the " without Copador" cell. cT wo s ites w ith i solated Copador f inds i ncluded in the " without Copador" cell. dThree s ites w ith i solated Copador f inds included in t he " without Copador" cell.

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two. Some comments on ported i solated Copador

t he location of s ites f inds are i n order:

w ith

r e-

Northeast s ites ( Quirigua, Las P layitas, a nd L a S ierra). At both Quirigua, a M iddle M otagua s ite, a nd Las P layitas, i n t he L ower Motagua area, only a f ew i solated C opador s herds w ere r ecovered. ( At Q uirigua, only 3 9 Copador s herds were u ncovered i n f ive s easons of e xcavations i n both t he s ite c ore a nd t he s ite p eriphery [ W. Ashmore, p ersonal c ommunication, 1 980].) As covered i n C hapter 2 , t he c hemical composition of c ream wares from t hese s ites did not match t hat of t he main body of materials t hought t o b e t he r esult of production i n t he Copan Valley. Consequently, t he presence of C opador-style c eramics i n t his area probably does not r epresent distribution f rom C opan. As a s idelight i t i s i nteresting to note t hat polychrome c eramics a re largely lacking b oth a t Quirigua, which has most of t he hallmarks of a L ate C lassic M aya c enter, a nd a t major c enters on t he L ower Motagua which lack many Maya f eatures

( Ashmore

a nd

S harer

1 978;

Schortman

1 980).

La S ierra, l ocated on t he b anks of a l arge branch c hannel o f t he R io C hamelecon i n t he U lua Valley, i s t he only s ite on t he more northerly c ourses of t he Chamelecon or U lua R ivers where any C opador h as been f ound. ( Gualpopa a nd C hilanga a lso a re mentioned i n t he r eported c eramic i nventory a s are " polychromes i n t he U lua Valley t radition" [ Henderson e t a l. 1 979].) I t i s possible t hat t his l arge, r egional center did occasionally r eceive i mported c eramics f rom Copan even t hough i t i s away f rom t he mainstream of distribution. Southeast s ites ( Los Naranjos, Taulabe, S iuuatepeque). Only one of t hese s ites, L os Naranjos, h as been thoroughly i nvestigated ( Baudez and B ecquelin 1 973). This a rchaeological z one a t t he northern e nd of Lake Yojoa produced only a handful of Copador s herds. The dominant L ate C lassic polychrome group f rom L os Naranjos, Babilonia P olychrome ( see Appendix B f or a description), on t he o ther h and, has b een r elatively f requently f ound i n t he Copan area. The other two s ites -- S iguatepeque a nd T aulabe -- w ere visited i n t he 1 930's a s part of a n a rchaeological reconnaisance ( Yde 1 938) a nd r eported on a gain b y Stone ( 1957). Y de describes polychromes i n t he U luaYojoa tradition a t S iguatepeque a nd f or T aulabe o nly states that " lots of pottery was f ound a nd s old." S tone emphasizes t he U lua-Yojoa t ypes a t both s ites b ut a dds " Copador" or " Copador s tyle" t o t he l ist of c eramics observed. A t t he t ime h er work was done, C opador had n ot been f ully described by L ongyear f rom t he C opan materials. I t i s possible t hat a r eexamination o f t he pieces ( they a re not i llustrated i n h er work) w ould

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l ead t o t heir r eclassification or t o t heir b eing r eprov enienced a s h appened w ith s ome o f t he L os N aranjos m aterial ( Baudez a nd B ecquelin 1 973:274,279). O ther. T iquisate a rea ( coastal G uatemala) - A n i solated f ind w as r eported b y S hook ( 1965) a s c oming f rom t his a rea. O ne s herd w as l ocated i n t he Museo N acional i n G uatemala C ity a nd s ampled f or c hemical c omposition. I ts p aste f it i nto t he C opan-focus r efere nce group, a s d escribed i n C hapter 2 . T hus, w hile i t s eems t o h ave b een made i n t he C opan Valley, l ittle c an b e s aid a bout s uch a n i solated f ind i n t his r emote- an a rea. P usilha ( Belize) - E arly v isits t o t his S outhe rn B elize s ite u ncovered s telae t hat a llied t he s ettlement t o L ate C lassic M aya c enters and p ottery t hat s howed s tylistic s imilarities w ith t he s outheast ern p eriphery. T he l ocation i s s o g eographically r emoved f rom C opan, however, t hat i t i s difficult t o hypothesize t he n ature o f t he i nteraction. I t w ill b e r ecalled t hat 1 0 o f t he 1 9 P usilha C opador s amples a nalyzed f or c hemical c omposition f it w ell i nto t he C opan-focus r eference group w hile t he o thers d iverged i n v arying ways. S ince t he s herds w ere n ot e xamined i n p erson n or s ampled b y B rookhaven r esearchers, t he r easons f or t he d eviations c annot b e a ppraised. I t i s h oped t hat p lanned e xcavation a t t he s ite ( Leventhal, p ersonal c ommunication, 1 982) w ill p rovide a d ata base f or a nswering s ome o f t hese q uestions. F inally, s ome c omments c an b e made a bout t he p arts o f t he s tudy a rea t o w hich C opador was n ot dist ributed. Western H onduras i s t he o nly part o f t hat c ountry w here t he t ype i s r eported w ith a ny d egree o f r egularity. None o f t he s ites a long t he l ower c ourses o f t he U lua or C hamelecon r ivers y ielded C opador materi als. T he C omayagua Valley i s e ast o f t he distribution z one a s i s e astern E l S alvador. C onclusions T he d istance o ver w hich Copador moved f rom t he p rimary d istribution c enter o f C opan i s s ubstantial. S imilarly, * t he q uantity t hat was d istributed, a s r ef lected b y t he p roportion o f s ites w ith o ther t han i sol ated e vidence, was s izable. B oth o f t hese c haracteri stics o f t he e xchange s ystem r equire a n e fficient dist ribution s ystem w hich p rovides a r egular s upply o f t he p roduct t o c onsumers l ocated a s f ar a s 1 00 km f rom t he d istribution c enter. T he s patial d istribution of C opador s erving vess els s hows a d ecided d irectionality. T his i s not a c ase o f a s ymmetrical, h omogeneous, r eciprocal e xchange i n w hich R enfrew's l aw o f monotonic d ecrement w ould b e

220

expected to operate. t he l ack of spatial symmetry e stablishes Copador's distribution a s one described by Ericson ( 1977:110) a s b eing i nappropriate f or " two dimensional" analysis of distance-dependent t rends. I f quantitative analysis were to be tor w ould have t o be considered.

u ndertaken,

t his

f ac-

The d irectionality i s c learest beyond a 5 0 km radius f rom t he main distribution c enter of t he C opan Valley. L ong-distance distribution was concentrated to the s outhwest of the Copan Valley, i n t he w estern and c entral parts of E l Salvador. copador was not distributed i nto t he populous areas of Honduras to t he east of t he Copan Valley - neither to Quirigua and i ts a ff iliated Lower M otagua s ettlements nor t o any part of the U lua Valley system. The absence of Copador i n these two geographic areas probably r eflects different sets of economic and social c ircumstances. The U lua Valley, i ncluding t he L ake Yojoa area, seems to r epresent s uccessful competition f rom active local c eramic producers which k ept out t he Copan i mports. The U lua-Yojoa c eramic producers a lso were able to d istribute t heir polychromes t o t he north t hrough the U lua and C hamelecon valleys to t he Caribbean, a r egion where Copador did not penetrate. T he c entral Honduras c eramics a lso were distributed t o t he southeast as f ar a s t he Gulf of Fonseca i n E l S alvador ( Beaudry 1 982). I n f act, a s will be discussed i n more detail s hortly, U luaYojoa polychromes are not u ncommon i n t he Copan Valley. I nterestingly, U lua-Yojoa polychromes are e xtremely r are i n western and w est-central E l S alvador where Copador i s s o h eavily concentrated. The absence of Copador a t Quirigua and the Lower Motagua s ites does not appear to be t he r esult of competition f rom another material distribution s ystem s ince no polychrome s erving vessels are prominent i n these s ites' L ate C lassic c eramic i nventories. I t seems t hat i nhabitants i n t he area n either i mported nor produced locally t his type of c eramic vessel. F or s ome r eason, not y et u nderstood, t hese s ettlements did not favor, or nave a ccess to, polychrome c eramics which are s o t ypical of t his t ime period t hroughout Mesoamerica and

lower . C entral

CONTEXT

ANALYSIS,

D istribution

America

( Healy

1 980).

COPADOR AND OTHER PAINTED

P attern

Within

t he

Copan

CERAMICS

Valley

Methodology Data f or t his analysis came f rom two sources: 1 ) Harvard U niversity's s ettlement pattern s tudy of parts of t he Copan pocket and 2 ) T I) , e Copan Valley s ampling program of t he P royecto Arqueologico C opan.

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H arvard U niversity s pent two s easons working i n t he C opan Valley j ust prior t o t he i nauguration of t he P royecto Arqueolögico C opan. The Harvard e xpedition c onducted a preliminary s urvey of t he Valley f ollowed b y detailed mapping o f i ndividual s ites or s tructure u nits. D etailed mapping was done i n s everal s ectors o f t he Valley b ut t he p rimary emphasis was i n a n area w here medium a nd s mall s ize r uin d ensity i s very great w ith a more or l ess c ontinuous distribution of a t l east 5 00 mounds w ithin a n a rea o f a pproximately 1 .25 s q. km. ( Willey a nd L eventhal 1 979:79). T hen, e xcavations were c arried out a t t hree s ites r epresenting d ifferent l evels i n a proposed s ite typology or h ierarchy. Ceramic a nalysis h as proceeded t o t he point where a ll the material h as b een s orted by c lassified type a nd det ailed p rovenience ( including l evel w ithin a n e xcavat ion; n ature of e xcavation or t renching operation, e tc.). T he data h ave b een e ntered i nto a computerized data bank f rom w hich various s ubsets of i nformation can b e r etrieved. T hrough t he k ind a uspices o f t he H arvard project s taff, l istings w ere procured which p rovided a t abulation f or e ach p ainted type a long w ith s pecified provenience i nformation. U sing t hese l istings i t was possible t o determ ine t he number of s ites ( and t heir t ypological c lassif ication) w ith e ach painted type o f c eramic, t he quant ity of each type r ecovered, a nd t he s pecific s tructure or p laza w ithin t he s ite f rom which t he material c ame. T he P royecto A rqueologico C opan has c ompleted part o f t heir r esearch w herein t he s ettlement p attern f or t he e ntire C opan Valley w as i nvestigated t hrough a s tratified s ampling p rogram. L ot c ards f rom t he c eramic a nalysis o f t he materials r ecovered during t he program ( 179 s ub-operations) w ere made available . for s tudy a t t he P roject's h eadquarters i n 1 981. There w ere 1 10 s ub-operations f or w hich materials h ad been c ollected, s herds c lassified, a nd a C oner phase temporal a ssignment made. The i ndividual l ot c ards f or each s ub-operation w ere t hen r eviewed a nd t abulations made o f t he p resence a nd quantities ( if r ecorded) o f a ny of f ive painted t ypes of c eramics a s well as t he t otal number o f c eramics i n t he l ot. T he painted t ypes t abulated w ere C opador, popa, B abilonia, C aterpillar 1 7 a nd Chilanga. many o f t he l ot c ards d id not s pecify q uantity b y

GualSince

1 7 T his l ocal Copan Valley t ype was i ncluded i n t his p art of t he r esearch s ince i t i s t he only other Coner phase p ainted ware present w ith a ny f requency i n t he Valley. A t ype d escription i s g iven i n Appendix B .

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t ype, i t was n ecessary t o a nalyze b asis of o nly p resence/absence.

t hese

data

o n

t he

F indings Table 6 4 s ummarizes t he f indings f rom t he P roy ecto Arqueologico C opan data i n t erms o f t he o verall d istribution o f t he p ainted types i n t he Valley; T able 6 5 p resents t he d istribution b y s pecific t ypes. S everal p ossible s ources of e rror i n t he d ata s hould b e m entioned. D ata w ere e ntered on t he l ot c ards a s p art o f t he i nitial l aboratory p rocessing o f t he material. T horough s herd-by-sherd a nalysis w as n ot a n objective a t t his s tage o f t he w ork, t hus omission o r m isclassif ications m ight b e made. T he t ypes may vary w ith r egard t o t heir l ikelihood o f b eing o verlooked. C opador i s probably t he l east l ikely t o b e o verlooked s ince m uch o f i ts t otal s urface i s d ecorated a nd t herefore e asily r ecognizable. B abilonia's p aste a nd p aint c olors a lso r ender i t quite d istinguishable. G ualp opa's a nd C hilanga's l arger s caled d esigns a nd f reqüently u npainted i nteriors c ould l ead t o s ome u nderr epresentation. A lso, G ualpopa m ight b e m isclassified a s C hilanga i f a s herd w ith o nly t he r ed p ainted p art o f a design w ere e ncountered. C aterpillar p robably w ould not b e o verlooked v ery often b ecause o f i ts h eavy w all, d istinctive p aste c olor a nd u se o f t he e asily i dentifiable s pecular h ematite r ed p aint. Another s ource o f e rror c ould b e v ariation i n preservation a mong t he s ub-operations s ince t hey w ere l ocated i n v arious t ypes o f t errain t hroughout t he Valley. H owever, t he s usCeptibility o f t he v arious painted t ypes t o w eathering s eems f airly c onsistent. C onsequently, i f t here i s a ny u nderstatement o f t he materials' p resence i t probably w ould b e r eflected a cross t he t ypes. T he r elative f requency o f occurrence s hould r emain t he s ame.

t he

With t hese c aveats i n m ind, s ome c eramics' d istribution c an b e m ade: 1 .

observations

of

P ainted c eramics w ere w idely d istributed d uring t he C aner p hase o ccupation. F urt hermore, t his d istribution w as f ound t hroughout t he C opan V alley s ettlement; p ainted c eramics w ere p resent i n a ll p arts o f t he valley, c utting a cross t he r ange o f s ocial s tatus, s ize o f r esidential u nit, a nd o ther c ultural f actors. A f urther t abulation was made o f s ub-operations w here a ll f ive p ainted t ypes w ere p resent; t hese p roveniences w ere n ot c oncentrated i n a ny c ertain p art o f t he v alley e ither. F inally, p roveniences w ithout a ny p ainted c eramics w ere c hecked f or l ocation. T hey t ended t o b e away f rom t he a rchaeological 2 23

TABLE

O f ( Sampling P resence o f

6 4

Overall Distribution Coner Phase Painted Ceramics I n The Copan Valley

Program,

Proyecto Arqueologico

painted ceramics

1 10

Copan

Sub-Operations

S ub-operations, at least one type reported

7 9.1%

S ub-operations, all types reported

2 2.7

f ive

TABLE

( Sampling

Data)

6 5

Distribution By Type Of Coner Phase Painted Ceramics I n The Copan Valley P rogram, Proyecto Arqueologico Copan Data) 1 10 W ith Type

Type reported

S ub-Operations With Only This P ainted Type

Copador

6 5.5%

15.5%

Gualpopa

3 5.5

1 .8

Caterpillar

4 3.6

. 9

Babilonia

3 2.7

0

Chilanga

5 3.6

6 .4

park ( which contains t he l argest public s tructures i n t he valley) a nd i n t he mount ain or f oothill s trata r ather than on the bottomlands. The absence of painted wares could r elate to f unctional considerations or merely to sampling f actors. F rom the r ather l imited perspective of t his anal ysis i t does not appear to r eflect a s tatus-related differential access to painted wares s ince other sub-operations i n equivalent locations did produce painte d c eramic materials. A more thorough examination of e xcavation and surface coll ection r ecords would b e n ecessary before a ny definite conclusions could b e r eached about s ence. 2 .

t he

s ignificance

of

t he

noted

ab-

C opador was t he most f requently r epres ented of t he types r ecorded ( 65.5 p ercent 2 24

o f t he s ub-operations a lso c ould b e j udged most e asily a ccessible o ne painted c eramic most o ften i t w ould b e

h ad Copador). I t a s h aving b een t he - t hat i s, i f o nly w are w ere p resent, C opador.

3 .

C hilanga's presence a lso w as w idespread, b ut, a s j ust m entioned, may b e o vers tated. C onversely, G ualpopa's p res & ice m ay b e u nderstated. T here w ere 2 4 s ub-operations w here C hilanga w as f ound b ut G ualpopa was n ot. I f o ne a ssumes t hat h alf o f t hose h ad G ualpopa e ither a long w ith c hilanga or i nstead of C hilanga, t hen 5 1 s ub-operations ( 46.4 p ercent) h ad G ualp opa r epresentation. T his i s s till c ons iderably l ess t han C opador ( 65.5 p ercent r epresentation) a nd n ot w hat would h ave b een e xpected. C opador h as b een a ssumed t o h ave b een a h igher s tatus good t han G ualpopa b ecause o f i ts more e laborate d ecorative s cheme, u se o f t he d istinctive s pecular h ematite p aint, a ssumed a ssocat ion o f i ts g lyphic e lements w ith t he e lite, e tc. Y et, i ts w ider d istribution w ithin t he C opan Valley would s uggest greater a vailability, l ess r estriction i n i ts a ccessibility: t he r everse o f t he e xp ected p attern f or a h igher s tatus a rticle.

4 .

B abilonia i s a ssumed t o h ave b een i mported i nto t he C opan Valley f rom s omewhere i n t he U lua-Yojoa a rea. I t i s i nteresting t o f ind i t p resent i n a lmost o ne-third o f t he p roveniences s tudied. I t was n oticed t hat B abilonia a lways c o-occurred w ith C opador. I t i s p robable, of c ourse, t hat a l esser q uantity o f t he i mported p olychrome i s p resent i n t he C opan Valley. I n f act, i n s ome v ery l arge l ots f or w hich c ounts b y t ype w ere a vailable, t he a mount o f C opador w as s ignificantly greater t han t hat o f B abilonia.

T he H arvard U niversity data w ere u sed t o a mplify and f ill i n t he observations j ust made f rom t he s tratif ied random s ampling p rogram. S ome l imitations i n t he H arvard data b ase s hould b e mentioned. T horough t est e xcavations w ere done a t t hree s ites: CV-16 ( smallest, T ype 1 s ite), C V-20 ( medium, T ype 2 s ite), a nd C V-43 t hrough 4 7 ( larger, T ype 3 s ite). T he o ther s ites w ere m apped a nd t hen t est p itted w ith a 2 b y 3 m eter p it i n t he c enter o f a p laza. T hus, t he data f rom t he t est p itted s ites c an only b e c onsidered t entative a nd must b e d iscussed i n t erms o f t rends. A lso, p laza t est p it s amples c ould b e e xpected t o l ess a ccurately r eflect a s ite's i nventory a s s ite s ize a nd c omplexity i ncreased. 225

T he l isting s howed t hat 2 5 s ites i nvestigated d uring t he H arvard p roject p roduced C opador c eramics w hile o nly e ight h ad G ualpopa a nd s even had B abilonia ( Table 6 6). TABLE

6 6

D istribution o f C oner P hase P ainted C eramics . ( Sites M apped a nd E xcavated i n C opan Valley H arvard U niversity P roject)

N umber of r eporting t ype

T ype C opador

s ites t his

2 5

G ualpopa

8

B abilonia

7

When t he s ites a re d ivided a ccording t o t he s ite c lassification h ierarchy ( Table 6 7) i t c an b e s een t hat C opador prevails a t a ll f our t ypes o f s ites while Gualpopa a nd B abilonia s eem t o h ave b een r estricted to l arger s ites ( that i s, e xcluded f rom T ype 1 s ites, N =7). I t s eems p robable t hat more e xtensive e xcavations w ould t urn u p more s ites w ith G ualpopa a nd B abilonia ( the 2 5:8:7 r atio w ould b e c loser). H owever, i t s eems l ikely t hat t hese w ould b e o ther ' than T ype 1 s ites. T he l ogic b ehind t his r easoning l ies i n t he observation that a t CV-16, t he t horoughly i nvestigated T ype I s ite, only- one s herd o f e ach o f t he G ualpopa a nd B abilonia t ypes emerge d. T hus, t he l ack o f a ny G ualpopa a nd B abilonia a t t he o ther s ix Type 1 t est p itted s ites c ould be a ssumed t o r eflect " reality" a t t hose s mall s ites. When t he t hree e xcavated t rends a re s een:

q uantities s ites a re

o f s herd material f rom t he e xamined ( Table 6 8) s everal

1 . •

M uch more C opador w as r ecovered t han Gualp opa a nd e ven l ess B abilonia w as f ound.

2 .

L ess C opador w as c oncentrated at t he l arg est s ite t han w as t he c ase w ith G ualpopa a nd B abilonia. A l arger .p ercentage o f C opador c ame f rom t he T ype 2 s ite t han w as t rue o f t he o ther painted types.

T hese data, t hen, s upport a nd amplify t hose f rom t he b roader v alley s ampling p rogram. C opador w as more w idely d istributed a nd a ppeared i n l arger q uantities t han G ualpopa a nd B abilonia. F urthermore, Copador was 2 26

TABLE

6 7

Distribution o f Coner Phase P ainted Ceramics B y S ite Classification ( Harvard University Project Data) Q uantity o f Ceramics Recovered Sites grouped by c lassification

Copador,

Gualpopa

B abilonia

Type 1 1 6 4 0 9 1 9 4 8 8 1 25 1 90

2 65 1 4 1 0 2 8 1 9 1 1 0

S ubtotal by

T ype

s ite t ype

3 46 ( 6.8%)

1

1

1 ( 0.1%)

1 ( 0.2%)

1 699 3 1 4 1 4 2 3 6 9 3

1 00 1 0 5 1 -

1 25 1 1 -

1 807 ( 35.7%)

1 16 ( 12.6%)

1 27 ( 22.9%)

4 1 2 741 5 1 4

7 93 2

3 95

2 756 ( 54.5%)

7 95 ( 86.6%)

3 95 ( 71.3%)

2

2 0 4 8 8 4 1 06 1 15 1 35 1 60 2 04 2 05 S ubtotal b y s ite t ype

Type 3 1 3 2 2 4 3-47 5 6 1 24 1 86 S ubtotal b y

s ite t ype

Type 4 1 7 6 8 1.2 2 1 77 S ubtotal by

T otal

1 16 1 8 1 3 4 s ite t ype

1 51 ( 3.0%) 5 060 ( 100%)

2 27

6 -

1 3 0 —

6 ( 0.7%)

3 1 ( 5.6%)

9 18 . ( 100%)

5 54 ( 100%)

TABLE Q uantity o f

E xcavated

S ites

S herd

6 8

M aterial,

E xcavated

C opador

G ualpopa

N=4705 C V

1 6

( Type

1 )

C V

2 0

( Type

2 )

C V 4 3-47

( Type

5 .6%

3 )

N =894 0 .1%

S ites

B abilonia N =521 . 2%

3 6.1

1 1.2

2 4,0

5 8.3

8 8.7

7 5.8

1 00.0

1 00.0

1 00.0

a vailable t o o ccupants o f s maller r esidential u nits w hile G ualpopa a nd B abilonia s howed s ome r estriction t o l arger, more c omplex u nits ( at l east i n t he p arts of t he C opan Valley c overed by t he H arvard project). A n e xamination t hen w as made o f t he i ntra-site proveniences f or t he p ainted t ypes a t e ach of t he t hree e xcavated s ites. T he n ature o f t he f ield operations f rom which t hese data w ere g athered s hould b e s pecified. C learing a nd t renching was done i n both p lazas a nd s tructures a t t he t hree e xcavated s ites. S herd c ounts w ere a vailable f rom b oth o f t hese t ypes of operations. T he t renching operations, h owever, r epresented mainly c onstruction f ill w hich would be of l imited u sefulness f or t rying t o d etermine i ntra-site u se o f t he various c eramics. T hus, only t he m aterial f rom t he c learing operations w as u sed. T he e xcavator h as s aid t hat n o m iddens, p er s e, w ere e ncountered a t t he s ites a nd h is opinion i s t hat d ebris was d isposed o f b y t hrowing i t o ff t he p latform s ubstructure ( R. L eventhal, p ersonal c ommunication, 1 982). Thus, the s herds f rom s tructure c learing w ould b e a t l east s omewhat i ndicative o f b uilding u se a nd w ill b e s o employed i n t he f ollowing a nalysis. CV-20. T his T ype 2 s ite c onsists o f two p lazas, t he main one e nclosed on a ll f our s ides b y b uildings of v arious h eights a nd s izes. ( See F igure 3 2.) T able 6 9 s hows t he p ercentage o f s herds b y t ype b y s tructure. S everal

observations

a re

noteworthy:

1 .

T he q uantity o f C opador i s f ar g reater t han t hat o f t he o ther two t ypes a nd i ts d istribution i s u biquitous - no s tructure l acked C opador m aterial.

2 .

T he d istribution o f B abilonia i s quite r estricted w ith o nly a f ew p ieces occurring a t o ther t han S tructures A a nd B . 228

_--------

F igure

3 2: Map o f S ite C V 2 0

2 29

TABLE

6 9

Q uantities o f P olychrome S herds R ecovered D uring C learing Operations o f S tructures, C V

S tructure I dentification

C opador

Gualpopa

N=1180

a The

A B

3 3.6% 2 8.1

C D E F G H I

1 5.7 4 .0 1 .3 2 .5 . 4 1 .6 1 3.0

s mall

s ample ( The l end

of

s ize

N=35a

s hould

s mall i tself

b e

2 0

Babilonia N=89

2 5.7% 1 1.4

5 1.7% 3 2.6

2 .9 8 .6

9 .0

8 .6 4 2.9

3 .4 3 .4

noted.

q uantity o f Gualpopa t o much a nalysis.)

does

not

3 .

A lthough C opador's d istribution i s wides pread t here i s a c oncentration, a s with B abilonia, i n S tructures A a nd B . S truct ure A has b een i dentified a s containing a r ange o f dwelling u nits w hile S tructure B , w ith t he h ighest e levation a t the s ite, i s t hought t o h ave f unctioned a s a t emple or s hrine.

4 .

E ven t hough t he Gualpopa s ample i s very s mall, t here s eems t o have b een a h eavier r epresentation of t his type i n S tructure I , t entatively i dentified a s a k itchen a rea.

CV-43. This Type p laza u nits w hich a re

3 s ite i s made up of a n umber t hought t o have f unctioned a s

an e xtended f amily r esidential u nit ( Leventhal 1 981:203).. F igure 3 3 i s a map of t he s ite; T able 70 s hows t he p ercentage of s herds b y t ype and s tructure ( clearing operations). A number o f observations c an be made: 1 .

C opador s till dominates i n t erms o f quant ity b ut t he other two t ypes a re more w idely d istributed t han a t the s maller s ite.

2 .

A t t his s ite f ew polychromes were f ound i n S tructure A w hich h ad a r eligious/administ rative f unction. ( This c ontrasts with 2 30

c , be

L .

-

- al « Me

C r l

2 31

TABLE

7 0

Quantities Of Polychrome S herds R ecovered During C learing Operations of Structures, CV-43 S trücture Identificationa

through 4 7

Copador N=1343

a

Gualpopa N=146

Babilonia N=285

A

3 .0%

5 .5%

1 .8%

B

0 .4

3 .4

9 .8

C

1 .6

2 .7

1 .4

D

3 .8

2 .1

1 .8

E

3 5.7

2 1.9

4 0.7

F

1 1.6

1 9.9

9 .1

G

1 .7

0 .7

-

H

0 .2

6 .2

2 .1

I

2 .4

3 .4

2 .1

J

1 4.4

1 1.6

7 .4

K

1 .6

1 .4

-

L

0 .4

_

0 .7

M

1 6.1

1 6.4

1 5.1

N

1 .8

1 .4

1 .1

O

1 .0

_

0 .7

P

0 .8

1 .4

1 .1

Q

0 .1

0 .7

-

R

0 .8

0 .7

2 .8

T

1 .0

-

1 .4

✓

1 .6

0 .7

1 .1

S ee Figure

3 7

f or

structure

2 32

l ocations

CV-20 w here s ignificant amounts of Copador a nd B abilonia w ere f ound i n S tructure B , a t emple or s hrine.) I nterestingly, a l arger a mount of a ll t hree polychromes t han e xpected on t he basis of b uilding s ize was r ecovered f rom S tructure M , a djac ent t o S tructure A . The f unction of t his s tructure has not b een i dentified b ut i ts c loseness t o t he dominant public b uilding could i mply a n a dministrative u se. 3 .

A ll t hree types a re w ell r epresented. i n S tructure E , s aid t o be t he r esidence of a h ead of f amily. I nterestingly, a s ignific ant a mount of Gualpopa ( and l esser proportions of C opador a nd Babilonia) was r ecovered f rom S tructure F , a ttached to S tructure E a nd possibly r epresenting a distinct domestic f unction.

This brief r eview o f i ntra-site distributions of t he t hree polychromes i s n ot conclusive b ut i t s uggests a reas f or f urther i nvestigation. There appears t o b e a difference b etween t he two s izes of s ites i n a vailabili ty o f Gualpopa a nd B abilonia while Copador i s preval ent at b oth s ites. T he by-structure c oncentration of types s hows s ome s imilarities ( Copador a nd B abilonia s eem to co-vary i n many i nstances) a s w ell a s s ome diff erences ( Gualpopa s eems d ifferent f rom t he o ther two types but t he f requencies a re very s mall f or CV-20.) When the c eramic data a re a nalyzed i n conjunction w ith other materials f rom t he s tructures a s i s p lanned ( Leventhal, p ersonal c ommunication, 1 983) a n i nteresting p icture o f s tructure f unction a nd s ite organization s hould emerge. D istribution

P attern Within

t he

Z apotitan Valley

M ethodology F ield r ecords f rom t he s tratified r andom s ample s urvey of t he Z apotitan Valley w ere s tudied a nd a t abulation made o f t he r ecorded presence of C opador, Gualpopa, a nd Arambala, a s w ell a s a l ocal b ichrome a nd polychrome of t he L ate C lassic period. ( See Appendix B f or C hilama a nd S acayil d escriptions.) C hilanga was n ot a n

f ound E arly

I lopango

located

i n t he Z apotitan r egion, probably r eflecting C lassic occupational h iatus f ollowing t he

volcanic eruption.

The data u sed w ere f rom s urface s urveys t hrough a r andom s ampling s trategy.

of s ites Once a

s ite was l ocated i n a s elected quadrat, i t was mapped a nd collected i n a s ystematic, predetermined method. t hen surface c ollection was continued method t o e nsure t hat a ll " diagnostic"

2 33

i n a nonrandom materials w ere

s aved. S ince data f rom b oth types o f s urface c ollect ion w ere u sed i n t his a nalysis, i t s eems prudent t o d iscuss t he f indings only i n presence/absence t erms. S ites l ocated b y t he s urvey w ere c lassified i nto a s even-part t ypology a nd w ere l ocated a ccording t o s everal t opographical s trata ( Black 1 978). B oth o f t hese c onsiderations w ill b e u sed i n a nalyzing t he data. F indings S lightly more t han one-third o f t he Late C lassic s ites s urveyed i n t he Z apotitan V alley h ad one o r more o f t he r egionally d istributed p ainted types. a n a ddit ional 3 0 p ercent h ad p ainted t ypes a ssumed t o b e o f l ocal ( within t he g eneral Valley a rea) manufacture. I n c ombination, t hen, 6 7 p ercent o f t hese s ites w ere u sing s ome type o f painted c eramics ( Table 7 1).

TABLE 7 1 T ypes o f C eramics a t L ate C lassic Z apotitan Valley S urvey S ites C eramic Type

S ites

C opador, G ualpopa or A rambala, a lso p ossibly l ocal p ainted L ocal

painted

No p ainted T otal

t ypes only

f ine-ware

s ites

type

t ypes

s urveyed

Surveyed

1 6

3 7.2

1 3

2 0.2

1 4

3 2.6

3 4

1 00.0

I n t he C opan Valley, 7 9 p ercent o f t he s ub-operat ions produced p ainted w ares. C onsidering sampling e rror a nd o ther s ources o f v ariability, t hese proportions s eem q uite s imilar, i ndicating t he g eneral a vailability o f p ainted a nd d ecorated p ottery t o L ate C lassic populat ions.(This f actor h as b een c ommented o n before b y r es earchers . working i n o ther parts o f t he Maya l owlands: B elize [ Willey e t a l. 1 965:350-1,571] a nd T ikal [ Culbert 1 974:65].) F urther, t he a vailability o f e ither l ocal or i mp orted p ainted c eramics d id not a ppear , to depend on t he p hysical l ocation or s ize o f t he c ommunity i n which a h ousehold r esided. T able 7 2 s hows c eramic distribution b y t opographic a rea w ithin t he Valley. B asin s ites w ould h ave h ad s omewhat greater a ccessibility t o S an Andres, a p rimary r egional c enter l ocated i n t he B asin z one, y et t he p roportion o f s ites 2 34

w ith i mported expected.

polychromes

i s

no

Table

more

t han

would

have

b een

72

D istribution of L ate C lassic C eramics i n T he Z apotitan Valley By Geographic L ocation

G eographic L ocation B asin

L ocal No Painted P ainted C eramics C eramics

Imported P olychromes 6

W estern mountains

1 0

S outhern mountains

6

5

1 7

6

9

2 5

1

_

_1

1 3

1 6

T otal

Total

1 4

4 3

The c eramic distribution was e xamined u sing B lack's s ite c lassification s cheme. B ecause o f t he s mall number of s ites i n t he sample, i t was decided to collapse t he s even-part typology i nto t hree c lassificat ions: i solated r itual precinct, hamlet/village, and l arge village w ith r itual construction/secondary a nd primary r egional c enter. A s s hown i n T able 7 3 t here i s l ittle variation f rom t hat expected on t he basis o f t he number of s ites in each c lassification. T here appears t o b e a t endency f or painted c eramics t o b e more f requently a ssociated w ith t he l arger c enters, b ut a X2 t est of t he distribution s howed t he probability of r elationship to b e a round 0 .5. TABLE

7 3

D istribution of L ate C lassic C eramics i n T he Z apotitan Valley by S ite C lassification

S ite C lassification I solated precinct

r itual •

Hamlet/village L arge village w ith r itual construci on/secondary a nd primary centers T otal

I mported P olychrome

Local Painted C eramics

1

No P ainted C eramics

2

1 1

1 1

2

4 1 6

1 3

2 35

1 1

1 1 4

Total

3 3 3

7 4 3

F inally,

t he

distribution

o f

t he

t hree

imported painted c eramics was a ssessed S everal i nteresting r esults emerged: TABLE

types

( Table

of

74).

7 4

D istribution of Imported L ate C lassic Ceramics i n t he Z apotitan Valley By Type Imported

C eramics

S ites With

Imports

( N=16)

C opador

1 0

62.5

Gualpopa

5

3 1.1

Arambala

8

5 0.0

1 .

Copador was t he most f requently e ncount ered i mported painted t ype, r esembling t he s ituation prevailing i n t he Copan Valley. ( The s mall s ize of t he s ite s ample s hould b e considered, however.)

2 .

A lso 'similar t o t he f indings f rom t he Copan Valley, t he r egionally distributed polychromes w ere not r estricted t o l arger, more c omplex s ites. ( See Table 75.) TABLE

7 5

D istribution of Imported L ate C lassic Ceramics i n The Z apotitan Valley By T ype and S ite

S ite

C lassification

I solated precinct

C lassification

I mported C eramics Copador G ualpopa Arambala

r itual

1

1

Hamlet/village

6

3

4

L arge v illage with r itual construction/ primary and s econdary center

3

2

4

5

8

T otal

Total

1 0

2 36

1 1

4 1 6

U se

i n

F unerary C ontext

a t C opan

1 8

M ethodology L ongyear's v olume, C opan C eramics: A S tudy o f S outheastern P ottery, ( 1952) c ontains a s ection w ith d etailed d escriptions of graves and tombs. U sing h is data, t abulations w ere made o f t he c ontents, l ocation o f t he b urial, p osition a nd c haracteristics o f t he b uried p erson, a nd n ature o f t he grave or t omb. T he objective o f t his a nalysis was t o determine i f t here w as a r elationship b etween t he p resence o f C opador a nd o ther f eatures t hat c ould b e s tatus r anked. D ata w ere a vailable f or 1 9 L ate C lassic graves ( no t omb c onstruct ion) a nd 1 3 L ate C lassic t ombs w ith c onstruction. The t wo t ypes o f b urials a re t reated s eparatly i n t he f ollowing s ection. B efore p resenting t he f inds, however, i t s hould b e m entioned t hat t here p robably h ad b een s ome d egree o f s election i n t erms of t he s ubjects f or t hese b urials s ince most o f t he l ocations w ere w ithin t he c enter of t he s ite or r elatively n earby. I t i s t o b e e xpected t hat burial i n t he h eart o f t he a rea w ith t he most i mp ressive a rchitecture would b e r estricted t o h igher s tatus i ndividuals. Thus, t his i s n ot a " random" s ample o f b urials f rom t hroughout t he V alley. While t he data h ave b een o rgani zed and w ill b e r eviewed f rom t he p erspective o f s ocial r anking d ifferences, i t i s posible t hat variat ion i n a mount a nd c ontent of b urial goods r eflects different c onsiderations. F indings Graves. B urials w ere c ategorized a ccording t o whether o r n ot t he grave h ad r eceived s ome preparation b efore i nterment preparation b eing equated w ith e nergy e xpenditure w hich w ould r eflect e steem or power. T hen i t w as f ound t hat f our graves w ithout e vidence of p reparation c ontained i ndividuals w hose t eeth h ad b een f iled a nd/or i nlaid: a mark o f r ank i n L ate C lassic M aya s ociety. T hus, t hree groups of g raves w ere derived: 1 ) w ith p reparation; 2 ) w ithout p reparat ion b ut o ccupant h ad i nlaid/ f iled t eeth; 3 ) w ithout

1 8 T he s ame t ype of a nalysis h ad b een p lanned f or T azumal, t he L ate C lassic s ector o f t he C halchuapa z one. However, s ince c omplete d escriptions o f t hose graves a nd t ombs h ave n ever b een p ublished i t w as not possible t o do s o. I t would have b een i nteresting t o c ontrast t he f indings f rom t he e xporting a rea, C opan, a nd t he i mporting a rea, C halchuapa, t o d etermine i f a different s ocial v alue h ad b een a scribed t o t he c eram ics.

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p reparation. Table 7 6 l ists t he g raves grouped a ccordi ng t o t he preparation c riterion. ( Longyear's n umber i s u sed f or i dentification p urposes.) I t c an b e s een t hat, w hile C opador i s present i n t he p repared graves ( assumed t o r epresent a h igher s ocial r ank t han t he graves w ithout p reparation), i t a lso i s i ncluded i n h alf t he u nprepared g raves. T hus, a t l east w ithin t hese b urial l ocations, C opador i s not r estricted t o h igher s tatus graves. T ombs. B urials w ere c ategorized a ccording t o a n i ndex o f c onstruction c omplexity w hich w as derived i n t he f ollowing way. F rom L ongyear's d escription i t was possible t o determine t he n umber o f c hambers, t he s quare f ootage e nclosed, t he u se o f a c orbel vault, t he u se o f c ut masonry, t he p resence a nd number o f n iches, a nd t he u se o f a c ut s lab f loor o r r oof. T hese c haract eristics w ere c onsidered e vidence o f t he i nvestment o f s kill a nd e ffort i n preparing t he b urial p lace. T he greater t he a bility t o c hannel r esources f or b urial i nvestments, t he h igher t he o verall s tatus s hould be. ( Chapman a nd R andsborg [ 1981:9] r eview a pproaches t hat h ave b een u sed t o a nalyze r anking i n mortuary r emains. O ne o f t hese i s t he " effort-expenditure p rinciple" w hich i ncludes a ssessment of t he l ocation a nd c onstruct ion of t he b urial c ontainer. S ee a lso T ainter 1 978.) A ppendix G g ives t he d etails u sed i n c omputing t he c ons truction c omplexity i ndex. The validity o f s uch a n i ndex h as not b een d et ermined s ince i t h as only b een a pplied t o t his s et o f data. 19 I t s hould b e a pplied t o t ombs f or w hich t he s tatus o f b uried i ndividuals h as b een i ndependently d etermined. T hen t he e xtent t o w hich t he derived i ndex p redicts t he r elative s tatus c an b e u sed t o a ssess t he c oncept's u sefulness. I n t he a bsence o f s uch v alidat ion, o ther a spects o f t he b urial c ircumstances w ere e xamined t o determine i f t hey s upported t he i ndex r anki ng. T he measure s eemed t o b e a g eneral i ndicator o f t he quantity o f g rave goods, o ne f requently u sed i ndic ator o f s tatus. With one e xception, t ombs i ndexed 5 a nd a bove c ontained more objects t han d id lower i ndexed t ombs. A lso, t ombs w ith h igher i ndices w ere more l ikel y t o h ave a variety o f materials r ather t han j ust pott ery. T hus, t he " richness" o f f urnishings s eems genera lly r elated t o c onstruction c omplexity, w hich w ould

1 9 B rown ( 1981:29) c ites a m ethodological w eakness i n e ffort-expenditure m easures s ince i t i s difficult t o a ssess d ifferences i n p rocurement c osts of d ifferent materials, e tc. G iving equal w eight t o t he p resence o f a n iche o r a c orbel v ault may i nadequately r epresent a ctual e ffort-expenditure i n my s cheme.

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TABLE

7 6

D etails of 1 9 C opan Graves B y P reparation C lassification

Preparation S ome 1 9 ( 2 s keletons; one child) 1 -42 2 4 ( child)

Total pottery pieces

O ther b urial goodsa

L ocat ionb Comments

5

1 ,5

1

3 1

1 ,8 0

1 1

N one but f illing/inlay 3 -42 4 -39 3 -39 2 5 a nd 2 6

2 2 0 1

0 0 0 1 0

1 1 1 1

N one 2 6-42 1 -38 1 -39 4 -46 7 -42

2 3 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0

2 1 2 1 1

( child) ( child) ( child) ( tight f lex) ( flex r ight)

2 8 ( flex r ight) . 3 4 and 3 5 ( 34-adult f lex l eft; 3 5-child)

5 1

0

1

3 1 ( flex on b ack) 1 -43 ( Don't k now) 1 -40 ( Don't k now) 3 -38 ( Don't k now)

2 1 1 1

1 0 0 0

1 1 1 6

2 0

2

5

1

( Don't know)

1 ,6

1

Copador melon G ualpopa 2 Copador U lua-Yojoa

Gualpopa

U lua-Yojoa

C opador U lua-Yojoa G ualpopa

2 C hilanga, 2 G ualpopa C opador C hilanga(?), G ualpopa(?) Copador C opador Copador C opador a nd C hilanga(?)

a ) Types o f b urial goods other t han c eramic v essels: 1 ) j ade b ead(s)/ p endant/worked j ade; 2 ) m irror f ragment; 3 ) u nworked j ade/shell/obsidian/bone; 4 ) i ncised p eccary s kulls; 5 )deer bone, t urtle s hell; 6 ) p ottery whistles/ c ylinder s tamp/spindle whorl; 7 ) pearls and f ish b ones; 8 ) earplugs; 9 ) s pondylus s hell and other miscellaneous; 1 0) s ilicified c harcoal. b ) Location: 1 ) " Cemetery a rea"/Acropolis/main p laza; 2 ) L anding f ield ( slightly west o f t he main center); 3 ) f oothills ( Group 5 ); 4 ) west o f main g roup, between main g roup a nd t own ( Group 8 ); 5 ) e ast o f main g roup; 6 ) s outhwest o f main g roup.

l end s upport t o c onstruction c omplexity b eing a s tatus r elated v ariable. W ithin t his c ontext o f hypothesized s tatus-relationship, t he t ombs a re l isted i n T able 7 7 i n a scending i ndex order.

TABLE 7 7 Details o f 1 3 C opan T ombs B y I ndex O f Construction Complexity

I ndex Value

T otal p ottery p ieces

Other burial g oodsa

L ocat ion b

3 2 7-42 1 7-42 1 -38

2 0 1

0 1 1 ,2

2 5 1

j ade

3 .5 1 -46

4

0

1

3 Copador

4 1 8-42

2

1

1

2 Copador

5 1 2 -38 2 -46

1 1 1 0

3 -6 8

1 1 1

Gualpopa, p robable Chilanga; j ade i nlays a nd filing

6 1 1 1 -42 3

1 1 2 3

3 ,7 3 3 ,9

3 1 1

Ulua-Yojoa Copador j ar Gualpopa

a ) b )

7 4

4

8 2

4

S ee l egend on Table S ee l egend on Table

1 ,3,8

3

7 6. 7 6.

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i nlays

4

1

Quetzal v ase, p ossible P eten p olychrome, t entative Copador

T he c hoice of C opador a s a grave good does n ot s eem t o vary d irectly w ith c onstruction c omplexity. T he ceramic i s p resent i n t he h ighest i ndexed t omb a s w ell a s i n one a t t he n ext t o lowest r ank. D ividing t he tombs i nto two groups - t hose w ith a n i ndex l ess t han . 5 a nd t hose i ndexed a s 5 a nd o ver - r esults i n t wo t ombs w ith C opador i n e ach s ubdivision. I t i s i nteresting t o n ote t hat t he t wo t ombs w ith more t han o ne piece o f C opador a re i n t he l ower i ndexed group. I t would a lmost s eem a s i f " conspicuous c onsumption" w ere occurring i n t hese i nstances. G iven t he l imitations o f t he data a nd t he m ethod, t he main s tatement t hat c an b e made i s t hat C opador i s not c learly a ssociated w ith t he more c omp lexly c onstructed t ombs. J ust a s i t was f ound i n t he u nprepared graves a s w ell a s t he p repared o nes, i t o ccurs s poradically i n various t ypes of t ombs. I ts r ole a s a s tatus r elated f unerary good, t herefore, i s e quivocal. C onclusions I n b oth t he Z apotitan Valley a nd t he C opan V alley p ainted c eramics w ere w idely a vailable d uring t he L ate C lassic p eriod. T he p attern o f d istribution i n both a reas i ndicates t hat t he t ypes o f s erving v ess els u nder i nvestigation w ere n ot r estricted t o h igh r anked h ouseholds. F urthermore, C opador w as t he most w idely a vailable painted s erving v essel i n b oth v alleys. While data a re i ncomplete, i t s eems t hat n ot o nly d id C opador h ave t he most w idespread d istribution i n C opan Valley b ut c irculated i n t he l argest q uantit ies. B oth f indings p oint t o 1 ) t he s ize o f production c apacity a nd 2 ) a p roduct t hat i s n ot s tatus r estricted. S omewhat i n c ontrast i s t he s ituation w ith G ualp opa. I t was l ess w idely d istributed a nd s howed s ome r estrictions i n t he C opan Valley t o l arger r esidential u nits - more o f a c orrelation w ith s tatus. T hese p atterns s uggest a possible f unctional d ifference b etween t he t wo p olychromes. W ithin t his r esearch t he d ifferences c annot b e t ested b ut s peculat ion suggests t hat t he w idespread occurrence o f C opador r elates t o a r ole i t p layed i n h ousehold-level r itual. P erhaps t he c eramic was t he a ppropriate one t o u se f or o fferings a t a h ousehold s hrine or i n s ome o ther w ay f unctioned i n a r eligious c ontext t hat c ross-cut s tatus l ines. Gualpopa, o n t he o ther h and , may r epresent p urely domestic u se - h ence i ts t endency t o b e more a vailable t o h igher s tatus households. T he prevalence o f B abilonia i n t he C opan Valley w as an u nexpected f inding. I t a ppears t hat t hese c eram ics f rom c entral H onduras w ere q uite s uccessful i n

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c ompeting w ith t he l ocally made G ualpopa. T his cont rasts w ith t he s ituation a t L os N aranjos i n t he B abiI onia p roducing a rea w here G ualpopa was n ot encountered a t a ll a nd o nly a h andful o f C opador w as r ecovered. , Copador's t enuous p lace a s a h igh s tatus p roduct i s b rought i nto greater q uestion f rom a r eview o f i ts f unerary c ontext u se a t C opan. A dmittedly, t he s cope o f t his a nalysis i s q uite l imited b ut t he i ndications a re t hat C opador w as n ot r estricted t o h igher r anked b urials; i ts u se c ross-cut t he c lassification o f g raves a nd t ombs d eveloped.

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C HAPTER 7

CONCLUSIONS

P RODUCTION I n Chapter 1 a number of hypotheses were s et f orth r elating t o t he production of C opador s erving v essels. The r esearch f indings w ill now b e d iscussed f rom the v iewpoint of t hese hypotheses a nd t he s pecif ied tests. H ypothesis I : P roduction occurred i n a r estricted geog raphic a rea w ith c lay f rom a s imilarly r estricted proc urement z one. This hypothesis was t ested by s tudying t he trace e lemental composition of s amples of C opador f rom various proveniences; o ther c ream paste c eramics f rom the s ame p roveniences w ere t ested f or comparison p urposes. Arambala r ed-paste c eramics were e valuated f rom the s ame hypothetical viewpoint. C hemical characterization a nalysis s upported h ypothesis. T he conclusion was t hat a majority of

t he t he

C opador vessels Were manufactured i n one z one but f rom t wo s eparate c lay r esources. T he f act t hat a ll t he C opador s erving vessels were not made of r aw materials f rom a r estricted procurement z one means t hat t he prod uction system was not a ' tightly controlled one. The v ariability i n t he paste composition of t he v essels not m ade i n t he c entralized z one i ndicates production by- a n umber of potters r elying on different c lay deposits, f urther emphasizing a l ack of r estriction on who could m anufacture vessels of t his t ype. Comparison types. Gualpopa: A s imilar pattern w as f ound a s w ith Copador . . T he bulk of t he production w as centralized i n one z one but was not t ightly r est ricted t o t hat a rea. Vessels f rom other r aw material s ources w ere f ound at t he various distribution points. C hilangav T his cream ware b egan earlier t han C opador o r Gualpopa. ( It persists i n western Honduras t hrough the Late C lassic b ut s eemingly t erminates i n t he E arly C l s ic i n 'western a nd west-central E l S alvador.) C hemical compositional data i ndicate t hat much l ess o f t his ceramic was produced i n one c entral z one; more of i t— a . p-Peärg -Ü6 b e t he product of s tylistic e xchange. •C hi1ar iga has b een associated on t he basis of motifs •w ith Guälpopa a nd Copador ( Longyear 1 952:30). F rom a p roduction s tandpoint i t could have been an a ntecedent w hose modest l evel of c entralized production a nd t rade e xpanded i nto a growing market f or t he more h ighly

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d ecorated p olychromes, G ualpopa a nd C opador. Aramb ala: C hemical c haracterization o f t his r ed p aste type was l ess t horoughly i nvestigated t han t hat of t he c ream p aste t ypes. N evertheless, l imited a nalysis s uggests t he u se o f r esources f rom a r estricted z one o f w estern E l S alvador. C halchuapa i s a p ossible p roduction l ocus b ut a dditional s tudy would b e n ecessary to v erify o r n egate t his hypoth sis. Hypothesis I A: C opador was . produced i n t he Copan Valley. T his hypothesis w as t ested b y comparing t he t race e lemental c omposition o f t he C opador c lays j . udged t o h ave b een p rocured f rom a r estricted r esource z one a gainst t he c omposition o f c lays u sed i n l ocally made C opan Valley c eramics. T his h ypothesis was n ot s upported f rom t he t race e lemental c ompositional data. S tatistically s ignificant c hemical d ifferences w ere f ound b etween t he c ream p aste c eramics a nd l ocal pott ery f rom t he v arious s ites i n t he s tudy - C opan, C halchuapa, Quirigua, a nd t he Z apotitan Valley. X-ray d iffraction o f l ocal domestic pottery f rom t he C opan Valley r evealed t he p resence o f montmorilloni te a nd m ixed l ayer montmorillonite-illite m inerals. S cans o f C opador a nd G ualpopa p ottery did n ot s how equivalent m ineral p eaks. T his f inding, i n c ombination w ith l ow i ron c oncentrations i n t he c ream-paste types, s uggests t hat a d ifferent type o f c lay, probably k aol inite, was t he b asic r aw material f or C opador a nd a ssociated c eramics. E ven t hough t he hypothesis o f a C opan Valley p roduction l ocus w as not s upported by t he c hemical c omp ositional w ork, i t w as n ot d iscarded f or two r easons: 1 ) T he p ercentage of C opan p rovenience pottery i n t he C opanfocus c ompositional r eference group a rgues f or C opan V alley p roduction on t he b asis o f a " Criterion o f Abundance" ( Bishop, R ands, a nd H olley 1 982). 2 ) C lay d eposits i n t he C opan Valley a s p reliminarily d escribed ( Turner e t a l., n .d.) a ppear t o b e d iverse, r esulting f rom d ifferent g eological h istories. C onsequently, t he g eological p ossibility o f C opador c lay s ources i n t he Valley i s r ealistic. T he a ccuracy o f t his h ypothesis n eeds t o b e v erified t hrough a nalysis of w hite-firing c lays f rom t he C opan Valley; u ntil s uch a p roject c an b e c arried out, no f irm c onclusion c an b e s tated. H ypothesis I I: T he c onversion o f t he c lay t o f inished vessels w as done b y c raft s pecialists w orking w ithin a p roduction s ystem g eared t o s tandardization a nd s implif ication. T his hypothesis was t ested t hrough q uantitat ive a nalyses o f v arious a spects o f t he vessels' s hapes a nd d ecoration. T he o ther painted t ypes were e valuated t hrough t he s ame a nalyses t o p rovide a c omparative f rame of r eference.

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Copador b owls - b oth open a nd r ecurved s hapes - w ere quite s tandardized a nd s implified i n t erms o f t heir dimensions, o rganization of t he d esign f ields, a nd s election o f m aterials f or d ecoration. T hese c hara cteristics s ubstantiated t he i nitial a ssumption t hat t he c eramics w ere p roduced by occupational s pecialists. The d egree o f v ariability i n t he p ainted d ecorat ion - t he c ombination o f motifs, t he u se o f s et p aint c olors i n v arious a reas o f t he v essel, e tc. - . was greater t han w ould h ave b een e xpected i f t he c eramics h ad b een m ade i n l arge w orkshops. Within l arge w orks hops, t he d ecoration s tep i n c eramic p roduction w ould l ikely b e v ery f ormularized w ith v essels p ainted t o d uplicate a model or s tandard. C opador bowls s how s ome c lustering o f d ecorative variables b ut n ot a t a s trong enough l evel o f a ssociation t o i ndicate l arge w orkshop organization. I t a ppears more l ikely t hat t hese s ervi ng v essels w ere p roduced i n s maller p roduction u nits, probably f amily l evel w orkshops, c onforming t o e stabl ished modes o f d ecoration b ut e xercising i ndividual preferences f or s pecific e xecutional a nd motif f eat ures. I n o ther w ords, t here w as n o s trong c entral c ontrol over t he d ecorative a spect o f t heir manufacturi ng. One i nteresting pattern c arries i mplications f or t he organization o f t he d ecorative p rocess, f unctional r equirements f or t he b owls, or b oth. Q uantitative a nalyses d etermined t hat t he i nterior d ecoration w as more s tandardized t han e ither t he e xterior d ecoration or t he i nterior a nd e xterior c ombined. F urthermore, t he i nteriors u sed l ess c omplicated motifs. T hese observations c an b e i nterpreted a s h aving r esulted f rom d ifferent c raftsmen p ainting t he t wo v essel s urfaces t he l ess experienced b eing a ssigned t he i nterior a nd w orking t o a p attern, t he more e xperienced doing t he e xterior a nd b eing a llowed more f reedom o f e xpression. T he same p ainter c ould h ave done b oth s urfaces, o f c ourse, j ust a llocating more t ime a nd e ffort t o t he more i mportant e xterior s urface. Another i nterpretat ion i s t hat t he v essels' f unction r equired c ertain i nterior d esigns w hile d ecorative f lexibility o f t he e xterior w as a llowed. T here i s n o w ay t o k now i f a ny o f t hese i nterpretations a re valid b ut t hey a re i ntrig uing possibilities t o c onsider. The v arious c haracteristics o f C opador vases dimensions, o rganization o f t he d esign f ield, v ariabili ty i n decoration - d id n ot f it t he hypothesis o f p rod uction g eared t o s tandardization a nd ‘ simplification. R ather, t hese p ieces s howed e vidence o f e laboration t hat would b e more c haracteristic o f s pecialized p rod uction f or e lite e xchange. I n l ine w ith t his w as t he c raftsmanship e valuation made b y t he i nvestigator. M ore of t he v ases w ere j udged t o b e o f b etter c raftsm anship t han w ere t he bowls. I t c annot b e s tated 2 45

w hether t he C opador vases w ere p ainted by t he same c raftsmen w ho d ecorated t he bowls. Whether t hey were o r n ot, t he e nd p roducts r eflect a more i ndividualized a pproach t o t he d esigns a nd greater c are i n e xecution b oth i ndicating a l arger i nvestment i n t ime a nd e nergy. I t i s i nteresting t o n ote t hat Copador vases s eem more p revalent. w ithin t he C opan Valley t han a t o ther p roveniences. T he s hape i s r elatively i nfrequent a t C hapchuapa ( 45 c ases out o f a t otal count o f 8 05 C opador p ieces), a nd no w hole v essels f rom E l S alvador w ere l ocated. T his d istributional s ituation may f urther a ttest t o t he d ifferent r ole o f v ases a nd bowls. G ualpopa open b owls, l ike C opador bowls, were d etermined t o b e t he r esult o f o ccupational specializat ion o n t he b asis o f t heir s implification a nd s tandardi zation ( dimensions, o rganization o f d esign f ield, s election o f materials f or d ecoration). E ven l ess s tandardization o f d ecoration was observed t han among t he C opador bowls, however. T hus, i t w ould appear t hat t hese c eramics w ere made b y a number of i ndependent p roduction u nits applying v ery g eneral s tylistic c ano ns. O ne s ubgroup o f G ualpopa open bowls, decorated i n a s piral f ashion w herein t he e ntire e xterior, i ncluding t he c onvex b ase, was t reated a s a c ontinuous design f ield, may b e a n e xception t o t his c onclusion, b ut t he s mall s ize o f t he s ample p recludes a ny d efinitive s tatement. G ualpopa v ases d id n ot e xhibit c haracteristics o f s tandardization or s implification. I n contrast w ith C opador v ases, h owever, t he G ualpopa s pecimens d id n ot s how a ny e laboration o f d esign o r p aint colors. T he c hoice o f d esigns a nd t heir e xecution were m uch t he s ame a s f or open bowls. C onsequently, i t s eems l ikely t hat t he Gualpopa bowls a nd v ases w ere made by t he same c raftsmen i n s mall s cale d ecentralized p roduction units. Whether C hilanga open bowls w ere made b y f ull t ime s pecialists i s q uestionable. D imensions a nd o rganization o f t he d esign• f ield a re l ess s tandardized t han f or C opador o r G ualpopa b owls. T he b owls c ert ainly a re s implified i n t hese r espects a s well a s w ith r egard t o p aints a nd s lips. However, t his s implificat ion a lone i s n ot c onsidered s ufficient t o c lassify t he p roduct a s r esulting f rom s pecialization. I n t erms o f d ecoration, d esign motifs n ot only a re e xtremely varied b ut i n most i nstances s o s imple t hat i t i s difficult t o make a c ase f or e xpertise i n painting. T he u se of t he n egative U sulutan t echnique o n t he i nterior o f t he v ess els does a rgue f or s hared t echnological knowledge a nd s kill i n a chieving t he b atik-like e ffect. D ata f rom t he q uantitative a nalyses o f A rambala c an b e i nterpreted i n o ne o f two w ays: e ither a s e vid ence f or a p roduction s ystem b ased on s tandardization

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a nd s implification or a s e vidence o f s tylistic i ng w ithout p roduction s ystem i mplication.

b orrow-

D imensions, organization o f t he d esign f ield, a nd s election o f materials f or d ecoration a ll q ualify A rambala a s a p roduct o f s implification a nd s tandardiz ation. S imilarly, t he d ecoration r elated v ariables s how e qually s trong or s tronger a ssociations a s d oes t he s et f or C opador r ecurved b owls. A ll t hese f indings a re c ompatible w ith t he hypothesis r egarding t he n ature o f t he p roduction s ystem. H owever, o ther l ess t angible data must b e c ons idered. A rambala has l ong b een t hought o f a s a d erivative o f C opador; i n f act, i t was i nformally t ermed " imitation" o r " false" C opador b y e arlier r esearchers ( Longyear 1 952; s ee a lso t he d iscussion b y S harer 1 978a Vol 3 :57-58). C luster a nalysis d uring t his p roject v erified t hat o ne main group o f Arambala b owls d uplic ated t he motif c ombinations o f o ne o f t he C opador r ecurved b owl c lusters. T hus, t he p ossibility e xists t hat c haracteristics o f A rambala r esulted f rom c opying o ne d ecorative variety o f C opador k nown f rom e xchange goods. T his s tylistic b orrowing s till c ould h ave t aken p lace w ithin t he t ype o f p roduction s ystem posited f or C opador. U nfortunately, t he l imited c hemical c omposit ional a nalysis o f Arambala p aste does n ot p rovide c lear-cut e vidence f or r estricted r esource u tilizat ion. C onsequently, n o d irect c onclusion w ill b e d rawn r egarding t he t ype o f s ystem p roducing A rambala s erving v essels. Hypothesis I II. T he s ize o f t he p roduction s ystem t he number of production u nits a nd t he a mount o f c era mics m ade r elates t o a c omplex e xchange s ystem, e ither r edistribution o r marketing. T he e xpectations s et f orth i n C hapter 1 f or a c omplex e xchange s ystem i ncluded a moderate number o f p roduction u nits b ut o f a t ype t hat c ould manufacture a l arge quantity o f c era mics, probably c entralized w orkshops. O ther e xpectat ions f or e xchange s ystems o f t his c omplexity w ere t hat t here w ould b e a h igh d egree o f s tandardization a nd s implification. . From t he s tandardization data d iscussed p reviously, C opador bowls do not s eem t o f it t hese e xpectat ions. S implification i s e vident a nd s ome e xtent o f s tandardization i s p resent b ut n ot w hat w ould b e c ons idered a ttainable i n c entralized w orkshop f acilities. R ather, i t w as c oncluded t hat t hese c eramics r epresent t he o utput o f s mall workshops, p robably organized a t a household l evel.

amics s ive.

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4 0 p ercent o f t he L ate C lassic s ites r ecorded h ad C opa ldor c eramics. W ithin t he C opan V alley, a bout t wo-thirds o f t he s ampled L ate C lassic s ites s ampled i ncluded C opador i n t heir c eramic i nventory; w ithin t he Z apotit an Valley o f E l S alvador, 2 5 p ercent o f t he s ites s urv eyed h ad C opador. A t C halchuapa C opador r epresented 0 .9 ' p ercent o f t he t otal c eramic s ample f or t he entire o ccupational s equence ( Sharer 1 978a Vol 3 :111), not a n i nsignificant a mount. I ts r eplacement r ate m ust h ave b een c onsiderable s ince i t w as t aken out of c irculation t hrough u se i n c aches a nd b urials, a s w ell a s s ubjected t o b reakage f rom s tandard domestic u se. The c onclusion f rom t hese data i s t hat t he s cale o f production w as l arge. I f t his c onclusion i s a ccurate, t hen a l arge number o f h ousehold l evel w orkshops w ould h ave b een n eeded t o a mass t he quantity n ecessary f or e xchange. T his t ype o f p roduction organization s eems a t variance w ith t he e xpectations f or c omplex e xchange systems. However, two p ossible i ncentives f or d ecentralized p rod uction s hould b e c onsidered: 1 .

I f w hite-firing c lay i s a vailable i n i sol ated pockets w ithin t he valley, i t c ould h ave b een more c ost e ffective t o produce n ear t hese s maller s caled r esources r ather t han t o p ool r esources f or l arger s caled c entralized p roduction. ( It i s a lso p oss ible t hat t he w hitefiring c lay r esources w ere c onsidered h ousehold or l ineage p rop erty a nd t heir u se w as r estricted t o g roup m embers. T his w ould encourage d ec entralized production a s w ell.)

2 .

D avid F reidel ( 1981) h as postulated ' that d ecentralized p roduction a mong t he lowland M aya was p art o f a s ocio-political s truct ure o f d ispersed r esidence• w hich had a s i ts goal " the c ontrol o f movement between p laces w here a ctivities are p erformed" ( ibid:382). H e p ostulates t hat m anagement o f t he e conomy f ocused o n c ontrol of d ist ribution w hich w as a ccomplished t hrough a s ystem i nvolving e lements of f airs a nd p ilgrimages. H is model i s s et f orth i n v ery g eneral t erms b ut t he i dea i s i nt riguing a nd i f c orrect c ould h ave p rec luded t he d evelopment o f l arger, c entrali zed p roduction u nits.

S ummary T he t hree c ream p aste c eramic groups can b e v iewed a s o verlapping points i n a g radually changing p attern o f p ottery p roduction w ithin t he C opan Valley.

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T he f ollowing r econstruction i s b ased u pon a c ombinat ion of data f rom t he v arious a nalyses a lready r eporte d, a s w ell a s q ualitative i mpressions r eached d uring t he course o f t his r esearch. A s s uch, i t i s s omewhat c onjectural a nd i s presented a s a g eneralized o verview. T he b ichrome, C hilanga, w as p roduced b y p artt ime s pecialists w ith a ccess t o t wo main c lay r es ources. S erving v essels made b y t hese p otters w ere d istributed w ithin t he C opan Valley a nd e xported f rom t here. O ther p otters w ho w ere n ot t ied i n t o t he C opan e xport e xchange s ystem a lso c reated C hilanga v essels f or l ocal d istribution. A s t ime w ent on, e xport f rom C opan c eased b ut p roduction i n Western H onduras c ont inued a mong b oth s ets o f p otters. T he p olychrome, G ualpopa, i s a dded t o t he C hil anga " product l ine" a s a n e xtension: t he s ame s hape i s d ominant, t he s patial orientation i s maintained, b lack p aint i s a dded a nd designs b ecome more c omplex. T here i s more emphasis o n t he c ontrol of d istribution - l ess O f t he t otal p roduction i s a ccounted f or b y t he s mall s cale p roducer. T he p otters h ave b ecome f ull-time s pecialists b y now, t ending t o more s tandardization o f s hapes, b ut s till working i n s mall p roduction u nits, e xhibiting v ariability i n t heir d ecoration o f t he c era mics. S lightly l ater i n t ime, p roduction o f C opador i s b egun. I t i s b elieved t hat C opador w as c onsciously i ntroduced a s a t ype o f c eramic t o b e made f or w ides pread d istribution, i ncluding e xport. T his b elief i s b ased o n t he f act t hat C opador b reaks w ith t he C hil anga-Gualpopa t radition i n s everal w ays: 1 .

A d ominant bowls.

n ew

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o ld

T hese i nnovations a re i nterpreted a s b eing i nt entionally c reated t o e stablish t he u niqueness o f t he n ew type o f c eramics a nd t hereby c reate a m arket f or i t. ( As m entioned i n C hapter 6 , a r eligious f unction m ay a lso h ave b een d eveloped f or t he c eramics w hich h elped e nsure t heir w idespread c irculation a nd u se.) I t a ppears, h owever, t hat t he p roduction s ystem w as not r adically c hanged b ut r ather w as o verlaid o n t he e xisting o ne: t he p attern o f r esource u tilization w as comparable; p roduction u nits w ere s till d ecentrali zed; s ome s mall s cale producers n ot t ied i nto a c ent ralized d istribution s ystem s till p ersisted. 24 9

I t i s b elieved t hat c hanges may h ave t aken place w ithin t he d ispersed p roduction u nits which e nabled t hem t o a chieve a l arger output: d ifferent s pecialists r esponsible f or s haping a nd d ecorating; d ifferent p ainters r esponsible f or decorating t he i nterior a nd e xterior o f t he v essel. Nevertheless, t here d oes n ot a ppear t o have b een .a switch t o l arge c entralized works hops: p aste a nd d esign variability a re t oo evident. D istribution, t hen, would a ppear t o b e t he part o f t he process t hat was r eorganized t o a ccommodate t he movement o f greater quantities o f goods. G limpses o f e xport i nfluenced d ecisions c an b e s een i n t he decorat ion o f C opador r ecurved bowls w here t he e xport product w as more s tandardized a nd f avored d ifferent motifs t han d id t he l ocally d istributed a rticles a s well a s i n a s election b y s ize f or t he e xported v essels. D ISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION D istribution S ize a nd d irectionality w ere t he two a spects o f overall d istribution a nalyzed. A s mentioned i n t he preceding s ection, t he number o f s ites a t which Copador h as b een r ecorded a s o ther t han a n i solated f ind i s s ubstantial. T he quantity of C opador r ecovered during t he r ecent work i n t he C opan Valley a s w ell a s a t C halc huapa a nd Z apotttan Valley s ites r einforces t he c onc lusion t hat a s izable quantity o f s erving vessels moved i n t he d istribution system. I t i s i nteresting t o note t hat r ecurved bowls w hich w ould n ot " nest" a s w ell f or t ransport a s open b owls w ere n evertheless f requentl y f ound i n non-Copan p roveniences. ( See T able 2 1.) T hus, a n i mplication c ould b e t hat C opador d id not t ravel t ies.

t o i ts c onsumers i n l arge w holesale-like quantiU nfortunately w ith t he c urrent data b ase, i t i s

n ot p ossible t o i nvestigate t he m echanisms w hich might h ave b een u sed i n t he distribution o f C opador c eramics. T he d irectionality o f d istribution w as c learly t o t he s outh a nd s outhwest f rom C opan. Within a 5 0 k m r adius of C opan i t w ould appear t hat C opador w as widely a vailable. B eyond t hat distance, h owever, d istribution b ecame s harply c hanneled toward s ettlements i n western a nd c entral E l S alvador. S tanley Boggs h as s tated ( personal c ommunication, 1 981) t hat h e k nows o f no L ate C lassic s ite w est of S an S alvador w ithout Copador. T he d istributional p attern b ears out h is a ssessment. T wo o ther a reas s eem t o h ave participated in t he Copador d istribution s ystem: 1 )the M iddle M otagua n ear S an A gustin Acasguastlan a nd 2 ) t he mountainous G uatemalan Honduran b order a rea.

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p robably more t han o ne i tem was t raded obvious c andidates c an b e mentioned:

p er

a rea,

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E l S alvador: c acao, b alsam, i ndigo. B rowning ( 1971) d iscusses t he a gricultural p roducts c ultivated i n E l S alvador during t he early post-Conquest p eriod a nd t heir pre-Conquest a ntecedents. B alsam, w hich i s t he s ap of t he h ardwood t ree b alsamo, i s p rized f or i ts medicinal a nd a romatic p roperties. T he c oastal a rea s outhwest o f I zalco i n w estern E l S alvador i s t he only part o f America w here t he t ree grows. E arly documents s ay t hat t he I ndians i n t he a rea had collected b alsam b efore t he a rrival of t he Spaniards ( ibid:61). C acao, w hich was a n i mportant t rade i tem i n L ate P ostclassic t imes, grew w ell o n t he s outhern s lopes o f t he volcanic h ighl ands a long t he P acific C oast o f Guatemala a nd E l S alvador. I ndigo, w hich t he S pani sh prized a s a c olorant, was c ultivated i n p ost-Conquest t imes i n t he c oastal d ist ricts of E scuintla ( Guatemala) t hrough E l S alvador t o t he l owland a reas o f w estern N icaragua. Browning s tates t hat t he p reC onquest i nhabitants p robably a lso k new o f i ts p roperties a nd c ultivated t he p lant ( ibid:66).

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M iddle M otagua: j ade. A s mentioned prev iously, w ork i n t he S an Agustin Acasag uastlan z one h as u ncovered a n umber o f j ade outcroppings a s w ell a s a reas i nterpreted a s b eing j ade workshops.

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b order:

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f rom

The areas t hat d id not participate i n t he C opador distribution s ystem would s eem t o have o ffered a lt ernative s ources f or s ome of t hese c ommodities, s uch a s j ade f rom t he Quirigua a nd l ower M otagua a reas, b ut n ot u nique r esources u nattainable e lsewhere. A t horough i nvestigation o f t he e xchange n etwork i n t he s outheastern M aya p eriphery c annot b e a ttempted a t t his t ime. M any u nknowns r emain. F or e xample, w hile c ent ral Honduras d id n ot participate i n t he Copador dist ribution a rea, t here s eems t o have b een r egular e xc hange b etween t hat a rea a nd C opan t o judge f rom t he a mount of B abilonia p olychrome i n t he C opan Valley. C onsumption C opador w as a w idely a vailable c eramic p roduct u sed by p eople a t a ll l evels o f M aya s ociety, a s j udged b y t he c ontexts i n which i t has b een r ecovered. W ithin 251

t he C opan Valley i ts distribution was l ess r estricted t han t hat o f o ther c oeval p ainted t ypes. I t i s p oss ible t hat s ome o f t he C opador a vailable i n t he Copan Valley r epresents " seconds" t hat w ere not a cceptable f or e xchange p roducts a nd s o w ere c onsumed l ocally. S ince s herd l ots f rom a ll Valley p roveniences w ere n ot a ccessible, t his possibility c ould not b e evaluated b y a d irect e xamination of materials. Another possibility s et f orth i n the p receding c hapter i s t hat t here was a f unctional difference b etween C opador a nd Gualpopa or B abilonia. T hat . is, C opador c ould h ave f unctioned i n c onnection w ith househ old l evel r itual or r eligion w hich c ross-cut s tatus l ines, a u se t hat ensured i ts w idespread p resence i n households. Gualpopa a nd t he i mported Babilonia, o n t he o ther h and, c ould h ave f unctioned a s s traightforw ard domestic i tems, r esulting i n a more r estricted distribution t hat was more h ighly c orrelated w ith s tat us. I n k eeping w ith t he i ncreasing data w hich s eem t o p osition C opador a s a " middle c lass" i tem rather t han a " primitive valuable," a n a nalysis was made o f t he b urial c ontexts i n w hich i t was f ound a t Copan. B ased on a l oosely e stablished a ssessment o f r elative s tatus, t he c onclusion i s t hat C opador w as not r estrict ed t o h igher s tatus burials. S ummary T he amount o f C opador distributed speaks f or a w ell-organized d istribution s ystem. T he distance o ver w hich t he c eramic moved i s e vidence o f t he economic i nfluence o f t he distribution c enter. T he direction i n w hich t he d istribution was f ocused speaks of t he other l inks o r n odes i n t he t rading n etwork and provides c lues a s t o t he probable k inds o f o ther c ommodities moving i n t he e xchange s ystem. T he f act t hat Copador w as not r estricted to t he e lite i ndicates t hat t he economy was c omplex e nough t o s upport i ndependent s pecialists w ho w ere not a ttached t o a n e lite producing only l uxury i tems f or r estricted c onsumption. REVELANCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY

T HIS

R ESEARCH

TO

C URRENT

CONCERNS

I N

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C urrent M aya r esearch r eflects t he o verall i nt erest o f t he profession i n t he t heme of s ocial p roc ess, o f r econstructing t he p olitical, s ocial, a nd e conomic organization o f t he s ociety i n i ts various epochs a nd over i ts geographic r ange. H enderson ( 1981:234) s tated t hat " not o ne f acet o f Maya c ivilizat ion i s f ully u nderstood... e ven basic a spects of M aya c ivilization a re puzzling." C onsequently, i t i s n ot 252

s urprising

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f ind

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t he f orefront o f M aya a rchaeology: s ubsistence t rade n etworks, s ettlement p atterns, symbolic p olitical s tructure.

t opics

i n

s ystems, s ystems,

. F rom t hese v arious v iewpoints, h owever, r es earchers a re a ttempting t o f it t ogether p ieces t hat w ill r esult i n t he " fullest p ossible r econstruction o f M aya c ulture h istory, r egion b y r egion, [ as] t he e ssent ial f ramework f or a n u nderstanding o f t he d evelopment o f t he M aya c ultural t radition. E xplanation - i dent ifying a nd c haracterizing p rocesses o f c ulture c hange i s i nseparable f rom h istorical r econstruction. P rocess i s h istory" ( Henderson 1 981:236, e mphasis i n o riginal). T his s tudy f ocused o n p roduction, d istribution, a nd c onsumption o f p ainted c eramic s erving v essels i n t he s outheastern p eriphery o f t he M aya a rea during t he L ate C lassic p eriod. I ts i ntent w as t o e lucidate p art o f t he e conomic s trategy t hat h ad b een i n operation, t hereby c ontributing t o t he r econstruction o f t he b roader M aya c ulture h istory. T he i nvestigation d isclosed t hat production of p olychrome s erving b owls ( Copador a nd G ualpopa) h ad b een c arried o ut b y c raft s pecialists w orking i n d ec entralized c ircumstances, p robably h ousehold or s mall c ommunity w orkshops d ispersed a round t he m ain c enter. A c entral a uthority d id n ot h eavily c ontrol or i nflue nce c eramic p roduction i n t he s outheastern a rea. T his a grees w ith a s imilar c onclusion r eached b y F ry ( 1981:154) f or t he g eneral s outhern l owlands a nd b ased o n data f rom P alenque a nd T ikal. H e c ontrasts t his s ituation w ith t hat f ound b y F einman i n t he Valley. of O axaca w here t he M onte A lban s tate d id i ntervene i n t he p ottery p roduction s ystem. " High a dministrative i nv olvement i n e conomic t ransactions was c orrelated w ith a h ighly c entralized l arge s cale c eramic p roduction i ndustry" ( ibid). T he s ocial s tatus o f t he c raft s pecialists i nv olved i n t he s erving v essel p roduction w as n ot a f actor t hat c ould b e e valuated w ithin t his r esearch d esign. ' However, t here a re i ndications b oth f rom a rchaeology a nd e thnography t hat p otters o ccupy a reas o f marginal r esources a nd h old r elatively l ow s ocial p ositions a s a c lass ( Arnold 1 975, 1 978; R ands a nd B ish op 1 980:22; C oggins 1 975:429; F ry 1 981:151). D istribution o f t he p olychrome s erving b owls s howed s everal o utstanding c haracteristics: a really w idespread, d irectionally s kewed, n ot r estricted t o e lite c ontexts. T he w idespread n ature o f t he d istribut ion i ndicates t hat s ignificant m ercantile a ctivity t ook p lace i n t his p art o f M aya s ociety d uring L ate C lassic t imes. T he mechanism i s n ot k nown b ut, i f t he 253

p otters h ad g enerally l ow s ocial s tatus, i t i s l ikely t hat t heir w ares w ere h andled b y a n i ntermediary merc hant w ho h ad t he r esources t o o rganize t rading expedit ions. Whether t here w as a M aya m erchant " class" a s i n l ater T riple A lliance t imes h as b een d ebated r epeate dly. , Functionally, i t a ppears t here w ould h ave been a s imilar r ole e ven i f t he s ocial o rganization w ere l ess r igid. T he r ole o f t he e lite i n t he d istribution system i s n ot c lear. F irst of a ll i t m ust b e r ecognized t hat " elite" i s a v ery g eneral t erm c onnoting a n u nspecified t ype o f s tatus h igher t han " nonelite." T his t erm i s u sed b ecause o ne o f t he u nsettled major i ssues i n M aya a rchaeology i s t he n ature o f t he s ociety's s ocial s tructure. E ven t hough major c enters a re a ssociated w ith r uling d ynasties or l ineages, models f or t he o vera ll organization o f M aya s ettlements a re s till b eing d iscussed a nd d ebated. R ecent a ttention h as b een g iven to p ositioning M aya C lassic s ociety a s a f eudal-type s ocio-political s tructure ( Adams a nd Smith 1 981; S anders 1 981; Willey 1 981). C haracteristics o f t his t ype o f s tructure a re: d iffused political p ower; a uthority, s tatus, a nd wealth b ased u pon ownership o f a gricultural l ands; a nd a h ered itary p rinciple f or t he passing o n of p ower a nd l ands. T he d iffused a uthority a nd power i s r anked a nd b ehavior o f r anks i s d etermined b y c odes o f obligat ion. T here a re " horizontal" a s w ell a s " vertical" r elationships; e lites i ntermarry s o a s t o maintain s ocial s tratification ( Willey 1 981:409). A dams a nd Smith ( 1981:346) b elieve t hat a f eudal-type o rganizat ion w here t he e lite a re d ispersed t hroughout t he r egion i n c enters w ould h ave t he a dvantage o f enabling a s mall s ized e lite t o c ontrol a m uch l arger p opulation a s c ompared w ith more c entralized s ystems o f p olitical c ontrol. I n t his model t he f unction o f t he c enters w as p olitical; t he l owland M aya c enter i s not s een a s a n i mportant t rading o r manufacturing p lace. W illey, i n h is s ummary r eview of t he s ettlement p attern s ymposium ( 1981:385-415), acknowledges t hat m uch i n t he f eudal s ocio-political s ystem f its the l owl and M aya . e vidence. H e s ee t he l imited r ole of t rade i n t he model a s b eing i n s harp c ontrast w ith o ther v iews i n w hich " the i nstitution o f t rade was a dynamic f actor i n t he g rowth o f t he M aya s ystem" ( ibid:414). H e c ontinues b y s aying: I t hink c omplex s ociety i n t he l owlands w as a chieved w ithout m uch i h t he w ay o f t rade, a t l east o n t he e arly r ungs o f t he s ociopolitical a scent. S ome t rade u ndoubtedly t ook p lace f rom t he v ery b eginning, b ut I w ould 25 4

g uess t he i nfusion o f i deas was more i mportant t han t he goods t hat w ent a long w ith t hem a t t his t ime. L ater t rade a nd manufact uring w ere obviously i mportant," ( ibid). T he applicability of t he f eudal model t o l owland M aya society may w ell t urn out t o b e a b etter e xplanat ory tool f or e arlier p eriods o f t he c ulture t han f or t he L ate C lassic epoch. T he i mportance o f c eramic e xc hange i n t he s outheastern p eriphery during t he L ate C lassic s eems h ard t o deny f rom t he e xtensive p attern o f s erving v essel d istribution. I f i t w ere not t he c oncern of t he " royal" c entral e lite, provincial e lite most probably p articipated i n t he t rading a ctivity. T he directional s kew o f s erving v essel d istribut ion to t he a rea s outhwest of t he C opan Valley r econf irms qualitative observations made b y e arlier r es earchers. I t a lso h ighlights C opan's p eripheral l ocat ion vis a v is t he main part o f t he M aya lowlands a s w ell a s a— variation b etween i ts political a nd economic o rientations. F rom g lyphic e vidence i t a ppears t hat t here was a p eriod of p ronounced c ontact a mong major M aya c enters b etween 6 72 a nd 751 A .D. ( Marcus 1 976). B ased o n t he u sage o f emblem glyphs, M arcus proposed a f our-level h ierarchy of c enters, i ncluding r egional c apitals. C opan appears t o h ave participated i n t his political s ystem d uring t his p eriod. I ts emblem g lyph a ppears w ith t hose of T ikal, P alenque, a nd C alakmul on S tela A a t C opan, dated t o 7 31 A .D., i n a c ontext t hat s uggests r egional c apitals v iewed a s occupying t he f our q uad .r ants of t he M aya u niverse ( ibid:17). T he C opan emblem g lyph a lso s eems t o b e on c arved b ones f ound w ith B urial 1 16 b eneath T emple 1 a t T ikal ( 700 A .D.) ( ibid: 1 50). M arcus' t heory o f r egional c apitals h as b een q uestioned by o thers b ut t he pattern of occurrence of f oreign emblem g lyphs w ould i ndicate c ontact a nd p artic ipation i n s ome f orm of i nter-center a ssociation. O n t his basis, C opan a ppears t o have b een a n a ccepted member of t he t erritorial organization i nterp olated f rom t he epigraphy - t erritory t hat c enters t o t he north a nd w est o f C opan. C oncurrent w ith t his p olitical or t erritorial orientation was a n e conomic o rientation i n t he opposite d irection, away f rom t he main M aya c ulture a rea toward t he outlying a reas o f w estern E l Salvador. I nteraction b etween t hese t wo s ubregions h ad b een occurring s ince e arlier t imes b ut i t s eems p art icularly notable a nd s trong d uring t he L ate C lassic w hen, i n noneconomic w ays, C opan was oriented away f rom E l S alvador. T he e conomic i solation of C opan f rom much 255

o f t he M otagua V alley, a nd b y e xtension t he P eten, h as r ecently b een a ttributed t o a n e vent occurring i n 7 37 A .D. w hich s eems t o h ave b een a d efeat ( military?) o f C opan b y Quirigua. S ubsequent to t his t ime Q uirigua a ppears t o h ave a ssumed greater d ominance and p erhaps p recluded C opan f rom u sing w hatever t rade r outes h ad b een a vailable t o i t i n t hat d irection ( Jones a nd S harer 1 980). T he n ature o f C opan's p lace i n t he polit ical o rganization o f t he L ate C lassic M aya l owlands a nd t he i nterface o f p olitical , with e conomic s ystems n eeds t o b e b etter e stablished b efore t he observed patt ern c an b e s atisfactorily e xplained. T he c onsumption o f C opador c eramics i n a v ariety o f s ocial c ontexts r aises q uestions a bout t he c eramic's r ole i n t he s ymbolic s ystem o f t he M aya. The d ominant motif c ombinations, i ncluding t he g lyphic designs a nd t he s tandardly a ttired h uman f igures, p ossibly f unct ioned a s a m eans o f a chieving i nformation e xchange a mong d ispersed s ocial groups a s a p art o f a p rocess o f s ocial i ntegration ( Wobst 1 977:327). C eramics w ith t hese s tylistic f eatures c ould h ave b een marketed a s v isible s ymbols o f p articipation i n t he M aya t radition r eligion o r a b roader c ultural i dentity - w hich C opan w ould h ave e xemplified t o t he i mporting areas. I deological v alues l ikely operated a s a s ales t ool i n C opador's d istribution a nd c onsumption.

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APPENDIX A COMPLEX NAMES AND EQUIVALENCES COPAN, QUIRIGUA, CHALCHUAPA P eriod

Date

Chalchuapa

Copan

Quirigua

Matzin

E jar

Morley

Payu

Coner _

Hewett

1 200 E arly P ostclassic 1 000

8 00 • L ate C lassic 6 00 M iddle C lassic

Cueva Xocco

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Chabij

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APPENDIX B

DESCRIPTIONS Main C eramic Groups

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P AINTED C ERAMICS

I nvestigated

T he t erminology f or t he c eramic groups i n t his i nvestigation i s t hat u sed by S harer i n t he C halchuapa c eramic r eport ( Sharer 1 978a Vol. 3 ). T his r eport was t he f irst i nstance i n w hich t he t ype-variety system was applied i n a s tandardized manner t o t hese particular c eramic materials. An a bbreviated f ormat, patterned a fter t he C halchuapa presentation, w ill b e f ollowed h ere. Each d escription l ists f or t he major s ite i n each subregion t he c eramic c omplex i n w hich t he group occurs. ( See Appendix A f or c eramic group names a nd t heir equivalences f or t he s equences a t C opan, Q uirigua, and C halchuapd.) Next i n t he d escription a re given t he main i dentifying a ttributes which distinguish t he group; t he v essel f orms i n general order o f f requency t hen f ollow. T he f inal part of each description s pecifies t he k nown d istribution o f t he c eramic group a long with a s ummary s tatement of t he approximate magn itude of i ts occurrence, w here k nown. P rofiles o f vessel f orms u sed i n t he r esearch a re s hown i n F igure 3 8. A more c omplete description of s urface f inishes a long w ith decorative f ound i n S harer 1 978a Vol 3 ; Copador

t he pastes a nd d etails c an b e

P olychrome

C eramic C omplexes:

Copan - C oner Quirigua - H ewett C halchuapa - P ayu

I dentifying a ttributes: 1 ) Specular h ematite or deep purple-red, b lack a nd u sually orange paint on a c ream or orange t inted s lipped background; 2 ) g lyphic, human and b ird, or geometric motifs; 3 ) f ine c ream t o l ight buff . paste, s oft i n t exture. Forms:

a ) b )

C onvex-wall bowls w ith d irect r im C omposite-wall bowls w ith d irect

or c )

s lightly everted r ims F aceted-flanged . composite-wall

bowls w ith direct r ims d ) Vertical wall cylinders e ) Low ( less t han 1 0 cm) v ertical wall c ups f ) Small r estricted-neck j ars w ith d irect r ims.

25 9

OPEN

BOWL,

FLAT

BASE

OPEN

BOWL,

CONVEX BASE

VASE

1

_

: RECURVED

BOWL

VASE RECURVED BOWL WITH BASAL FLANGE

Figure

3 4:

Profiles,

Vessel

2 60

Shaped

Used

in

The

Research

D istribution: Copan - predominant Late C lassic polyc hrome C halchuapa - predominant Z apotitan - dominant Quirigua - practically absent O ther observations ( frequency not known): P layitas ( lower M otagua) Guaytan ( Middle M otagua) A suncion M ita ( Guatemala-El S alvador border) T iquisate r egion ( South C oast, G uatemala) C hilanga

R ed-painted

C eramic Complexes:

U sulutan Copan - C ueva a nd C oner Quirigua - M audsley ( early a nd l ate) C halchuapa - Vec

I dentifying a ttributes: 1 ) R ed paint a long w ith U sulutan t echnique d ecoration over a n orange s lip; 2 ) s imple a nimal a nd geometric motifs; 3 ) f ine c ream t o b uff paste; 4 ) c onvex wall ( hemispherical) bowl s hape dominant; 5 ) i nterior u sually p lain. .a )

C onvex wall ( hemispherical) bowls w ith direct r ims; s ometimes w ith r ing base b ) Composite wall bowls w ith direct r ims

F orms:

D istribution:

•

C opan - f requent C halchuapa - f requent Q uirigua - f requent O ther observations ( frequency not L ower M otagua Guaytan A suncion M ita Naco Valley Not present: Z apotitan

Gualpopa C eramic

k nown):

P olychrome c omplexes:

C opan - C ueva a nd Coner Quirigua - M audsley ( early l ate) C halchuapa - Xocco and P ayu

I dentifying a ttributes: 1 ) R ed a nd b lack paint o n an orange t o orange-cream s lipped background; 2 ) s imple a nimal a nd geometric motifs ( similar to C hilanga w ith a dditional b lack p aint u sed a s a n outline or 2 61

f ill); 3 ) f ine c ream t o l ight b uff paste; w all ( hemispheri- cal) bowl a s t he dominant i nterior often p lain. Forms:

4 ) c onvex s hape; 5 )

a ) Convex wall ( hemispherical) bowls with d irect r ims; may h ave s lightly r estricted orifice b ) C omposite wall bowls with d irect r im c ) V ertical wall bowls with d irect r im, may have s lightly r ecuryed walls a nd s lightly r estricted orif ices

D istribution: Copan - f requent C halchuapa - f requent Z apotitan - f requent Other observations ( frequency not k nown): L ower Motagua Guaytan A suncion M ita Arambala C eramic

P olychrome Complexes:

Copan - C oner C halchuapa - P ayu

I dentifying a ttributes: 1 ) D ull r ed, b lack a nd orange paint on orange s lipped background; 2 ) human, b ird and geometric motifs a llied w ith t hose of C opador; 3 ) r ed paste of varying f ineness. F orms

a ) c omposite wall bowls with d irect or s lightly e verted r ims b ) f aceted-flanged c omposite wall bowls w ith d irect or s lightly e vert ed r ims c ) c onvex-wall bowls with direct r im.

D istribution: C opan - practically a bsent C halchuapa - dominant Z apotitan - dominant Quirigua - a bsent O ther

C eramic

Types

C ited

T he f ollowing c eramic types a re r eferred t o i n t he t ext f or c omparative purposes. T hey w ere not d esc ribed by Sharer a t C halchuapa n or d id t hey occur i n a ll t he t hree s ub-regions s tudied. T he descriptions a re abstracted f rom t heir v eniences are mentioned.

s ources

2 62

a nd

i nter-site

pro-

C hilama

P olychrome

S ource:

B eaudry

1 983

I dentifying a ttributes: c olor with white s lip; 2 ) r ed m etric designs

1 ) P ink or orange

paste s urface a nd back geo-

F orms: a ) Convex wall bowl w ith direct c omposite s ilhouette bowl w ith direct r im

a ssumed

c hrome

I nter-site provenience: Z apotitan to b e a l ocal development.

-

b )

Valley

only,

a ttributes: Same a s C hilama t he b lack paint i s m issing

P oly-

S acazil

B ichrome

Source:

B eaudry

I dentifying e xcept t hat

r im;

1 983

Forms: a ) Convex wall bowl w ith direct r im; b ) c omposite s ilhouette bowl w ith direct r im; c ) f lared wall bowl w ith s lightly everted r im

assumed

I nter-site provenience: Z apotitan t o b e a l ocal development B abilonia S ource:

Valley

only;

Polychrome

B audez

a nd

B ecquelin

1 973

I dentifying a ttributes: 1 ) R ed, b lack, b rown, and cream paint on a n orange s lip; 2 ) variety of geometric a nd c onventional motifs; human h eads, f alse g lyphs, a nimals, a nd h uman f ull f igures; 3 ) variety of f orms with diverse s upports ( tripods) u sually r ather low Forms: a ) Open bowls w ith direct r ims, concave base; b ) t ripod bowls with outflared or outcurved walls, various l ip t reatments; c ) cylinder vases, s omet imes barrel s haped; d ) s hort n ecked j ars; e ) bowls with i ncurved r im a nd concave base; f ) h igh n ecked j ars I nter-site provenience: L ake Yojoa z one ( Los Naranjos a nd o ther s ites); C omayagua Valley; U lua a nd C hamelecon Valleys; s outhern Honduras; E l S alvador; P acific

Coast of Guatemala Caterpillar Source:

y ear

1 952:100,

s herds);

C opan

P olychrome

V iel, F ig.

( isolated

p ersonal

communication

1 983;

Long-

7 8.

I dentifying a ttributes: 1 ) S hallow, dishes on h igh t ripod s upports; 2 ) h eavy t ion usually i n s pecular h ematite r ed and 263

t hick walled l ine decorab lack paint;

3 )

g lyphs

a nd monkeys

F orms:

s umed

a )

L arge

are

f requent motifs.

t ripod dishes

I nter-site provenience: C opan to b e a local development. Note:

Only

one

f orm

was

Valley

r eported

by

only;

Longyear

a s-

and

c ommented on b y V iel. C eramic descriptions h ave not b een p repared i n a s tandard f orm a s p art of t he o n-goi ng C opan Project. T his type may b e more e xtensive t han i ndicatd by t he f oregoing description.

26 4

APPENDIX C

D ESCRIPTION OF BROOKHAVEN

P ROCEDURES

Sampling The o uter l ayer o f t he e dge o f a s herd or a n i nconspicuous s pot on t he s urface o f a w hole v essel i s ground away, u sing a t ungsten c arbide motor-driven b urr. T he s pecimen i s t hen drilled i n t he c leaned s pot u sing a s olid t ungsten c arbide drill b it. T he p owder i s c ollected on a c lean w eighing p aper. ( Usually t he specimen i s drilled a t s everal points t o p rovide a more r epresentative, c ombined s ample.) A pproximately 1 00 2 00 m g o f p owder a re obtained a nd s tored i n a s mall g lass vial w hich i s l abelled w ith t he s ample i dentific ation. P owdered s amples a re d ried f or 1 8 h ours a t 1 10° C a nd t hen p ackaged f or b ombardment. P ackaging f or

B ombardment

About 4 0 m g o f e ach dried s ample i s w eighed t o t he n earest 0 .01 mg i nto a quartz ampoule. ( The ampoules a re p repared f rom u ltra-high p urity S uprasil T -20 mm i .d. f used q uartz t ubing b y s ealing a t o ne e nd, b oiling i n a qua r egia, r insing w ith d istilled water a nd drying.) A fter w eighing i n t he s ample, t he quartz a mp oule i s s ealed o ff i n vacuo a nd l abeled w ith I ndia i nk. Empty l abeled ampoules a re a lso i ncluded w ith e ach r un a s a c heck o n t he p urity o f t he s ilica a nd i nk. S ealed ampoules a re t ouched only w ith tweezers or c otton g loves a fter c leaning a nd b efore b ombardment. T he g roup o f ampoules t o b e a ctivated i s s ealed i nto a n e nvelope o f ordinary quartz w hich t hen e nters t he r eact or i n an i rradiation c an. U se o f

S tandards

B rookhaven i ncludes s tandards i n e ach r un a long w ith t he u nknown s amples b eing b ombarded. I f t he c onc entration of e lements i n a s tandard a re a ccurately k nown, t hen t he c oncentration o f t he s ame e lements i n t he u nknown s amples c an b e e stablished t hrough s imple r atios of t he r ecorded s ignals o f t he r adiations r epr esenting t he d ifferent r adioisotopes i n t he s tandard a nd t he u nknown. S tandards a re 6 U .S:G.S. a nalyzed r ocks, d esignated a s AGV-1, B CR-1, DTS-1, P CC-1, G SP-1, a nd G -2. S amples o f t hese r ocks h ave b een a nalyzed b y m any laboratories a nd B rookhaven r esearchers h ave p rep ared a t able o f " best v alues" u sing C hauvenet's C rit erion t o r eject e xtreme values ( Abascal e t a l 1 974). Not e very s tandard r ock i s u sed t o c alibrate e very e lem ent ( see B ieber e t a l 1 976 f or c hoice a nd r ationale). 2 65

Rock s tandards a re w eighed o ut, dried, e ncapsulated, b ombarded a nd c ounted t ogether w ith e ach group o f c eram ics. B ombardment w ith N eutrons T he many r adioisotopes a ctivated b y n eutrons i n p ottery d ecay w ith a v ariety o f h alf-lives. F or t his p roject o nly t he l onger-lived i sotopes w ere m easured d uring a l ong-duration b ombardment. T his was c arried o ut a t t he B rookhaven H igh F lux B eam R eactor. T he long a ctivation was m ade f or 3 .5 h ours i n t he c ore p osit .ion a t f luxes u p t o 5 x 1 0 14 n eutrons/cm 2 s ec t o activ ate t he l onglived e lements. T he s amples w ere t hen c ooled 9 days, l oaded i nto a s ample c hanger c onnected t o t he g ermanium c ounter, a nd c ounted f or 4 000 s econds. C ounting T he d etector u sed i s a P rinceton Gammatech 7 % G e-Li c rystal o f 1 .82 K eV r esolution o n c obalt-60. S amples a re f ed t o t he d etector b y a 4 8-position s ample-changer. T he pulses f rom t he d etector a re amp lified a nd f ed t o a Nuclear D ata 2 400 4 096-channel pulse h eight a nalyzer modified t o r ecord not o nly t he gamma s pectrum b ut e lapsed t ime, s pectrum tagword a nd date on a magnetic t ape. D ead t ime was corrected b y m eans o f a s pecial, l ocally-designed, a ll-solid-state pulser. R eliable ' peak values a re o btained f or t he 1 6 e lements: R b, C s, B a, S c, L a, C e, E u, L u, H f, T h, C r, F e, Co, C a, Sm, Yb. P reliminary D ata

P rocessing

The r aw gamma s pectra a re a nalyzed by t he program BRUTAL w hich y ields i ntensities of t he gamma r ays c orrected f or b ackground a nd s ample w eight. T he o utput c ards f rom BRUTAL f orm t he i nput t o B rookhaven-devel oped p rograms E LCALC a nd SMPCALC w hich a pply d ecay a nd d ead-time c orrections, c alculate c alibration c oeffici ents, a verage t hem, a nd u ltimately c alculate a nd punch o ut t he a nalytical data f or e ach c eramic s pecimen. T hese c eramic s ample data c ards ( two p er s pecimen) cont ain s pace f or u p t o 3 6 e lements, r eported a s e lement o xides ( Abescal e t a l 1 974).

26 6

APPENDIX D

DEFINITION OF TERMS U SED I N D ESCRIBING DECORATION VARIABLES

The most d etailed a nd most quantitatively ori ented work on c eramic design a nalysis h as b een done on m aterials t hat u sed primarily a bstract d esigns ( Shepard 1948; Washburn 1 977 - p g 1 1 f or discussion of work u sing symmetry c lases f or t he a nalysis of design; P log 1 980) The designs on Copador a nd, t o a s omewhat l esser extent, on t he o ther painted c eramics b eing s tudied a re not primarily a bstract. They a re r epresentational ( both naturalistic a nd conventionalized, i .e., s implif ied, u sing part t o r epresent t he whole) or g lyphic. Thus, some o f t he c oncepts a nd t he t erms may be u sed s lightly differently t han i n other design s tudies. Design e lement - u sually r eferred t o a s a basic geometric s hape or " the s implest r egular part" of t he design ( Shepard 1 971b:266). T his t erm w ill not b e u sed i n t his w ork b ecause of i ts i nferred a ssociation w ith simple geometric patterns. Motif -a f igure c omposed o f a number o f c omponent parts which b y r epetition on t he s ame v essel or a cross vessels appears t o have been a ssociated a s a u nit by potters. I t i s r ecognized t hat a c ertain degree of subjectivity i s i nvolved i n t his definition. However, t he motif c atalog i ncluded i n Appendix F c an b e u sed, i f d esired, t o r einterpret motifs on a more e lemental basis. Motif combinations - D escription o f t he overall decor ation on a given part of t he vessel s urface c oded s o t hat each v essel c an f it i nto only one c ategory. A glance a t t he v ariable s tates f or t he various v essel shape groups ( Tables 3 9 t hrough 4 3) a nd a t t he motif catalog ( Appendix F ) w ill c larify t he distinction between motif a nd motif combination. A t otal of 1 64 motifs w ere r egistered during t he r ecording process. However, f or much of t he a nalysis f ewer t han 1 5 motif combinations w ere u sed f or a g iven s hape w ithin a type. D iscrete t hat may j oined

or b e

f inite motif " free s tanding" designs r epeated on a vessel b ut a re not f ormally

together.

Continuous motifs - P atterns may b e organized i n two ways: 2 6 7

t hat a re r epetitive a nd a ) i n a horizontal band

c ircling t he v essel; b ) c overing a reas ( could b e w ider t han a b and p attern).

o f

t he

vessel

D esign f ield - c onceptualization o f t he s hape i n t erms 7 5 1 7- how i t c an b e d ivided f or d ecoration. S hapes vary w ith r egard t o h ow many s patial " boundaries" t he d esign f ield i s p erceived .t o h ave. H ardin ( 1979) d iscussed h ow s pecialist p ottery p ainters i n M exico u se a n a nalyt ic s ystem t o d ivide t he s urface o f t he v essel i nto a s eries o f s patial d ivisions, s ome o f w hich m ight opt ionally b e f urther s ubdivided. S hepard ( 197lb:261-63) d iscusses t he e ffects o f c urvatures a nd a ngles o n l imiting t he d ecorative f ield. R egister - A h orizontal bounded d ivision of t he design f ield w ithin w hich motifs a re o rganized. T he " boundary" u sually i s f ormed b y o ne o r more painted b ands o r b y c hanging t he c olor o f t he ground ( e.g., f rom s lipped t o s olid p ainted w ith d esigns s et o ff i n medallions). B and - A s olid-painted h orizontal l ine u sed i n a boun53E7 a rea b etween r egisters, b etween t he r im a nd t he f irst r egister, b etween t he r egister a nd t he i nterior b otton. T here w ere a f ew i nstances w here t he w idth o f a s olidpainted h orizontally o riented a rea l ed t o t he q uestion o f w hether t o c lassify i t a s a b and o r a r eg ister. A s olidpainted horizontally oriented a rea was c lassified a s a b and i f i t w as 2 .9 c m o r n arrower, a s a r egister i f i t w aS 3 .0 c m or w ider. I n s pite o f t his operational d ecision b ased on w idth, a horizontally b ounded a rea w ith a p ainted motif ( usually continuous) w as c onsidered a r egister r egardless o f i ts width. P anel - A v ertically o riented d ivision o r organization o f motifs; i s c onsidered w ithin t he h orizontal r egister o rganization o f t he d esign f ield. R im b and - A s olid b and o f p aint c overing f rom t he margin o f t he v essel o rifice down wall or s ide s ome s pecified d istance.

t he area o nto t he

R im A rea - U sed t o d esignate t he p art o f t he v essel f rom t he l ip ( edge o r t ip o f r im) down t o t he f irst s patial d ivision o r b oundary w hen a r im band i s not u sed. T his was i nfrequently observed; i t occurred more o ften o n t he i nterior o f a v essel w hen s ome s imple motif w as u sed r ather t han t he s tandardized r im band w as u sed.

268

APPENDIX E Forms Used in Recording Vessels For Production-Step Decision Analysis

PAINTED CERAMICS R ECORDING FORM

(e )

COL. _ CARD 1

COL. CARD 2

1 -6

1

I D

# :

COL.-CARD

3

# bnds blw 3 rd r eg..

1

i nt.rim i nter.rim colr

7 -8

F ield P rov

2

i st band,

color

2

9

Vesl condtn

3 -4

i st band,

w idth

3 -4

i nter.rim wdth

1 0

Est.

5

2 nd band,

color

5 -6

i nter.spec.dec.

1 1-12

t ype

Sharer v ar.

6 -7

2 nd band,

width

7

i nter.wall

Vessel cat.

8

3 rd band,

color

8

e nds r im-wall

1 4

s idewall dir.

9 -10

3 rd band,

width

9

c olor,lst bnd

1 5

base

1 1

# r eg,

1 3

1 6-17

spec.

shape

1 8-20

rim diam .

1 2-14

1 0-11 width,

exterior

i st r eg.

d epth

1 2

f nsh

i st band__

color,2nd band__

1 5-17

1 st,

main motif

1 3-14 width,2nd band

21-23 height

1 8-20

1 st,

2 nd motif

1 5

2 4-25

thickness

2 1-23

1 st,

3 rd motif

1 6-17 width, 3 rd band

s lip color

4 th motif

1 8

26

color,3rd band

2 4-26

1 st,

2 7-28 paint colors

2 7-28

i st paint colors

1 9-20 w idth,4th band _ _

2 9

l uster

2 9-30

i st r epeats

2 1

# bnds,wall-botm

3 0

smearing

3 1-33

2 nd r eg.

2 2

c olor,lst band

depth

_-

c olor,

4 th band

3 1

craftsmanship

3 4-36

2 nd main motif

2 3-24 width,lst band

3 2

ext.

r im

3 7-39

2 nd,

2 nd motif

2 5

3 3

ext.

r im color

4 0-42

2 nd,

3 rd motif

2 6-27 width,2nd band

paint colors

2 8

3 4-35

ext.rim w idth

color,2nd band

4 3-44

2 nd,

3 6-37 ext.

spec d ecor.

4 5-46

2 nd r epeats

2 9-30 width,3rd band

3 8

# bnds

r imist r eg.

4 7749

3 rd r eg,

3 1

3 9

i st band,

5 0-52

3 rd,

4 0-41 4 2 4 3-44 4 5 4 6-47

i st band, 2 nd band, 2 nd band, 3 rd band, 3 rd band,

color width color width color width

4 8

# bnds blw i st r eg.

4 9

i st band color

5 0-51 5 2 5 3-54 5 5 5 6-57

i st band, 2nd band, 2 nd band, 3 rd band, 3 i rd band,

6 2

i st band, 2 nd band,

2 nd motif 3 rd motif

3 7-39 wall,main motif _

5 9-60

3 rd,

paint colors

4 0-42 wal1,2nd motif

6 1-62

3 rd,

r epeats

4 3-44 wall

c olors

6 3

b ase/wall

4 5

r epeats

6 4-65

ext.

4 6-48 btm motif

c olor

2 nd band,

wiutn

3 rd band, 3 w4 bend,

color rtätk

comments 4 th

5 6-58

4 th,

5 9-61

4 th,2nd motif

r eg.ext.dpth m ain motif

7 i st band, color • 8-69 i st b and,width 0 2 nd b and,color 1 -72 2 nd band,width

width c olor

e 3-b4

5 1-52 5 3-55

B lank=piece n ot h ave i t 6 2-63 4 th, color 0 =can't t ell i f has i t 6 4-65 4 th, r epeats obliterated, p art miss., u sing p hoto, etc. 6 6 # bnd 1 -2 r eg,int.

width

6 5 64-67

base dec.

wall

4 9-50 btm color

c olor

i st band,

3 4-36 depth,int.reg.

3 rd, 3 rd,

width

5 9 6 0-61

3 2-33 width,4th band

5 3-55

color

e nds blw 2 nd r eg.

color,4th band

main motif

5 6-58

width

5 8

d epth

color,3rd band

-

4

26 9

•

( Tria1.3;

c ard l ayout

f or d esign e lement a nalysis)

C ard 1 C ol 1-6

-M

I D number 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7

( 2)

( incorporates c urrent l ocation)

P eabody Smithsonian Guatemala National Museum I nstituto Hondureno, T egucigalpa Copan Archaeological P roject H eadquarters Copan Museum, Honduras Comayagua Museum, Honduras Bonilla G astel c ollection, S an P edro S ula, Honduras Mario Lopez s herds, S an P edro S ula, Honduras Maegli C ollection, G uatemala Museo Popul Vuh, G uatemala Banco Atlantida, T egucigalpa, H onduras Museo Nacional, S an S alvador B erlin Museum ( from Gordon a nd Mason plates) University o f P ennsylvania F enton C ollection ( from Gordon a nd Mason plates) Z apotitan V alley, S alvador

( 01 f or S ta. Barbara l ot)

Other 4 c olumns f or c ollection numbers, r ighthand j ustify. On Honduran specimens when h ave I nventory a nd Catalog number, u se c atalog number f or I D. 0 00=no number a t l ocation. At PV u sed 1 1-001,2,3,4, f or v essels w/o number; u sed 1 1-1/2-64 when d uplicate number F ield Provenience 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 19 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4

Copan - c eremonial c enter; unspecified Copan - c eremonial c enter, tomb ( burial c onstruction ) Copan - c eremonial c enter, Mound 3 6 Copan Valley - unspecified Copan Valley Project, CV 2 0 Copan Valley Project, CV 4 3 Copan Valley Project, CV 1 6 Copan Valley Project, other Copan Valley, L as S epulturas Copan Valley, Monte G rueso Quezailica Other western H onduras H onduras - s pecifics unknown Guatemala - s pecifics unknown R io Hondo/Zacapa/Estanzuela A suncion Mita S an Agustin Acasaguastlan Kaminalyuju S alvador - unknown Tazumal - t ombs Western G uatemalan h ighlands Copan C enter, burial but n ot t omb c onstruction C opan C enter - Mound 3 2 P iedras Negras

2 70

2C ol ( 2)

F ield P rovenience

7 -8

2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 3

( cont'd)

Copan C enter - c ache/vault under s tela C opan C enter - Mound 4 1 S outh Coast, Guatemala Copan C enter - c onstruction a ssociated Copan Valley - construction a ssociated ( CAP) Copan Valley - tomb ( CAP) Copan Valley - burial, not constructed t omb ( CAP) Tazumal - c onstruction a ssociated Cambio and C eren s ite, El S alvador

Purchased S an M iguel, S alvador Unknown ( private c ollection; can not a ttribute t o c ountry o f origin)

4 1 0 0

( /)

Vessel c ondition

9

1 2 3 4 ( 1)

1 0

Whole v essel P artial v essel S herd Whole v essel, r estored

E stablished t ype 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Copador . Arambala Gualpopa t ype C hilanga U lua-Yojoa ( Babilonia) C hichipate Motagua type 1 Copador r elated or a berrant Copador Gualpopa G roup: P axte s craped s lip C aterpillar

( 2)

1 1-12

S harer variety 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 1 0 1 1 1 2

G lyphic A , Copador G lyphic B , C opador G lyphic C , Copador G lyphic D , C opador G lyphic E , Copador F igure A , Copador F igure B , Copador Unspecified by S harer Exterior F igure B but i nterior no decoration Exterior G lyphic C but i nterior not d ecorated E xterior G lyphic E , but i nterior not d ecorated Exterior G lyphic B b ut i nterior n ot d ecorated

1 3 Exterior G lyphic C b ut 1 4 Exterior G lyphic A but

2 7 1

i nterior not decorated

i nterior n ot decorated

3Col ( 2)

1 1-12

S harer v ariety,

cont'd

1 5 G lyphic A except g lyphs a re not s tandard A - C 1 6 G lyphic B except t hat t here a re not g lyphs i n i st register 1 7 G lyphic C except i t a lso h as g lyph i n r egister with s eated f igure

2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7

Arambala, Arambala, Arambala, Arambala, Arambala, Arambala, Arambala,

Arambala variety G lyphic A G lyphic B G lyphic C F igure A F igure B F igure C

3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5

Gualpopa, G ualpopa, Gualpopa, G ualpopa, G ualpopa,

G ualpopa Variety G eometric Variety Mono Variety G lyphic Variety v ariety u nspecified by S harer

4 1 C hilanga, 4 2 C hilanga,

( 1)

1 3

Vessel C ategory 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

( 1)

1 4

C hilanga Variety Osicala Variety

P late ( height l ess t han 1 /5 d iameter) D ish ( height b etween 1 /3 a nd 1 /5 d iameter) Bowl ( height no l ess t han 1 /3 nor l arger t han d iameter ) Vase ( height g reater t han d iameter) Vertical n eck j ar Outflared n eck j ar e ight g reater t han maximum diameter p lus Outcurved n eck j ar a s i ndependent r estricted orifice ( inflection I ncurved n eck j ar o int a bove e quator) Cup ( 11 cm or l ower

S ide wall direction 1 2 3 4 5

v ertical f lared outcurved r ound/incurved s lightly i ncurved markedly

6 R ecurved w ith v ertical neck 7 R ecurved w ith o utflared n eck 8 R ecurved w ith outcurved n eck 9 I ncurving n eck, r ec rved

2 72

4C ol ( 1)

1 5

.

B ase 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

( 2)16-17

Convex F lat Concave S pecial: gadrooned-rounded,dimple,interior T ripod, l ow ( 5 cm o r l ess) Tripod, h igh ( more t han 5 cm ) T etrapod R ing-based, l ow ( 3 cm o r l ess) R ing-based, h igh ( more t han 3 ' cm m issing

S pecial 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 6 2 7 3 8 7 8

" hump" e xterior f lat,et

s hape

B asal f lange Basal a ngle F aceted f lange R adial or d iagonal g roovina E ffigy ( modeled/appliqued) F luting ( close-up c hannels) G rooving - v ertical F lattened l ip R idge t hickening l ip o ne or two horizontal grooves o n s ide wall r ing b ase enclosed and p erforated r ounded, exterior t hickened r im rounded h andle t ripod with ovoid s upports b ase e laborated with deep g rooves,separating i nto 6 -petalled t ripod with s lab s upports a pplique knob/ " boss" r idge o n s ide wall

( 3) 1 8-20

r idge a nd horizontal groove r idges o n exterior ( horizontal) both 0 2 a nd 0 6 both 0 2 a nd 0 7 b oth 0 3 a nd 0 8 both f luting a nd horizontal g rooves ( Note: gadrooning = combination o f g rooving a nd modelling) r im d iameter(record i n mms)

( 3) 2 1-2 3

h eight

( 2) 2 4-25

t hickness

( 1)

s lip color

2 6

1 2 6 9

( record

i n mms;

i f p iece h as base,

( record i n mms)

o range a nd c ream o range white/cream none

273

e xclude base

f orm

f rom m easure.)

5( 2) 2 7-28

paint colors

( recorded

i n combination)

0 1 B lack o range, s .h. r ed 0 2 b lack, o range, n on-specular h ematite r ed 0 3 o range, s .h. r ed 0 4 b lack, s .h. r ed, grey 0 5 b lack, s .h. r ed 0 6 b lack, n on-specular h ematite r ed 0 7 b lack, orange, s .h. r ed, purple 0 8 o range, n on-specular h ematite r ed 0 9 b lack, orange, s .h. r ed, g rey 1 0 black, orange, s .h. r ed, g rey, p ink 1 1 b lack, s .h. r ed, grey, d eep " burnt" orange 1 2 b lack, o range, s .h. r ed, white/cream 1 3 b lack 1 4 r ed ( either s .h. or non-s.h.) 1 5 b lack a nd orange 1 6 b lack, o range, g rey 1 7 o range 1 8 b lack a nd g rey 1 9 b lack, s .h. r ed, c ream 2 0 s olid r ed, non s pecular h ematite, w ith black designs p ainted 2 1 b lack, non-s.h. r ed, grey 2 2 b lack, orange, s .h. r ed, p ink

3 3 4 4 ( 1)

2 9

s pecular h ematite r ed non-s.h. r ed

l uster 1 h igh 2 medium 3 l ow 4 1 /2 5 2 /3

( 1)

3 0

smearing 1 2

( 1)

3 1

yes n o

c raftsmanship 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

f inely executed c areful, but n ot o utstanding a l ittle s loppy v ery c areless 1 /2 2 /3 3 /4

2 74

6( 1)

3 2

Exterior r im 1 2

C l)

3 3

( decoration )

3 4

band o f c olor n o r im b and, but a rea s eparated f rom f irst r egister a nd decorated none; r egister s tarts d irectly f rom r im band o n l ip only

0

r im m issing

E xterior r im c olor 1 2 3 4 5 6

b lack orange s pecular hematite r ed n on-specular h ematite r ed grey white/cream

7 8 9 0

s pecial: pink/purple/burnt o range/black over r ed a t l ip,red contin . r ed o ver black b lack o vAr r ed missing

( 2)

3 4-35

exterior r im(band) width -

r ecord i n n uns

( 2)

3 6-37

Exterior s pecial d ecoration ( if s olid band not u sed a t r im o r i f s omething o tber t han s tandard r egister a nd s olid b ands i s o n p iece) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4

( 1)

3 8

Motif 0 56 a bove a nd b elow i st r egister wavy l ine with dots a bove 2 nd r egister, b elow s tandard bands motif 0 49 a bove i st r egister motif 1 04 s paced a round r im ( 7 r epeats) i nto what consider r im b and 0 5 s piral b owl 0 6 b lotchy U sulutan 0 7 wavy l ine U sulutan ( or s craped s lip) 0 8 v ariation o f s piral bowl 0 9 obliterated, c an't d etermine d etails 1 1 . not s tandard r egister; applique d ecoration b etween p ainted b ands 5 6 s piral bowl with b lotchy r esist 7 1 l inear U sulutan i n p laid p attern 1 0 g lyphs i n d iagonal panels i n s olid p ainted r egister Number o f b ands b etween r im a nd f irst r egister

( 1)

3 9

Color,

i st band b etween r im a nd f irst r egister

1 2 . 3 4

b lack o range s pecular h ematite r ed non-specular h ematite r ed

5 6

grey white/cream

2 75

( 1)

4 0-41

Width o f

4 2-44

color a nd w idth o f s econd band b etween r im a nd

4 5-47

c olor a nd width o f

4 8

f irst . band

( record i n mms)

3 rd band b etween r im a nd

f irst r egister

f irst r egister

( 3) 4 9-51

number o f bands b elow 1 st r egister ( note: 9 = no bands u sed b ut p iece h as 2 s ets o f motifs a nd a re t reated a s 2 s eparate r egisters) color a nd width o f i st band below 1 st r egister

( 3) 5 2-54

color a nd width o f

2 nd band b elow 1 st r egister

( 3) 5 5-57

c olor a nd width o f

3 rd b and b elow 1 st r egister

( 1)

number o f bands below 2 nd r egister

5 8

( 3) 5 9-61

c olor a nd w idth o f

1 st band b elow 2 nd r egister

2-64 (3)6

c olor a nd w idth o f

2 nd band below 2 nd r egister

(3 ) 6 5-67

c olor a nd width o f

3 rd b and b elow 2 nd r egister

C ARD 2 ( 1)

1

number o f bands b elow 3 rd r egister

( 3) 2 -4

c olor a nd w idth o f

1 st band b elow 3 rd r egister

( 3) 5 -7

c olor a nd w idth o f

2 nd band b elow 3 rd r egister

( 3) 8 -10

c olor a nd width of

3 rd band b elow

( 1)

number o f r egisters o n e xterior

1 1

(3 ) 1 2-14

d epth o f 0 00 9 9q

f irst r egister,

exterior

3 rd r egister

( record i n mms)

i ncomplete or missing s piral bowl, n o r egisters

( 3) 1 5-17

f irst r egister,

main motif

( if c an b e d etermined)

( 3) 1 8-20

f irst r egister,

2 nd motif

( 3) 2 1-23

f irst r egister,

3 rd motif

( 3) 2 4-26

f irst r egister,

4 th motif

( 2) 2 7-28

f irst r egister, p aint c olors v essel p aint)

2 76

( record i n c ombination a s

for o verall

8C ol

( Card 2 )

( 2) 2 9-30

F irst r egister r epeats 0 - 9 6, a s i ndicated 1 1 - 8 9 r epeats o f e ach motif, motifs a lternate 99 - c ontinuous 8 8 - u nusual r epeat, s ee c omment s ection 0 0 - i ncomplete p iece, can't t ell r epeats Note: i f 2 motifs a lternate but t here i s uneven number o f e ach, u se i st c oi n f or r epeat o f i st motif a nd 2 nd c olumn f or r epeat o f 2 nd motif I f t here a re more t han 2 motifs, r epeats will r efer t o f irst two l isted

( 3)

3 1-33 D epth o f s econd r egister

( in mms)

cm i ncomplete o r missing ( 3)

3 4-36

2 nd r egister,

main motif

( 3) 3 7-39

2 nd r egister,2nd motif

( 3) 4 0-42

2 nd r egister,

3 rd motif

( 2) 4 3-44

2 nd r egister,

paint colors

( 2)

2 nd r egister,

r epeats

( 3) 47-49

3 rd r egister,

d epth

( 3) 50-52

3 rd r egister,

main motif

4 5-46

3-55 ( 3) 5 6-58 ( 3) 5 9-60 ( 2) 5 ( 2) 6 1-62 ( 1)

( 2)

6 3

i n c ombination )

( in n u ns)

3 rd r egister 2 nd motif 3 rd r egister, 3 rd motif 3 rd r egister, p aint c olors 3 rd r egister,

( record

( record i n c ombination)

r epeats

base/wall

I p aint e nds but s lip may c ontinue 2 p aint c ontinues o nto base 3 outlined with r ed band 4 design i ncorporates base 5 no s pecial d emarcation 6 outlined w ith b lack band 7 p ainting a nd f luting e nds 6 4-65 E xterior base decoration .0 1 2 0 20 3 0 4 0 5 6

8 f luting/grooving e nds 9 n ot a pplicable,ring b ase o r t ripod

unpainted, but may be s lipped s olid paint ( use 2 nd c olumn f or c olor) paint a nd f luting e nds melon s trip ( colors will be s ame a s o n e xterior wall) o range a nd r ed " cattail" motif r adial s tripes s ingle o utlining s tripe o r band, not a t b ase/wall j uncture ( use 2 nd column f or c olor)

277

9Col. ( 2)

( Card 2 ) 6 4 . -65

Exterior b ase d ecoration, 0 7 8 9-

1 0 -

1 1 1 2 9 9

con't )

paint e nds b eyond base/wall j uncture; c enter h as only s lip dot i n c enter o f c oncave b ase ( use 2 nd column f or color) s piral motif ( use 2 nd column f or c olor) 2 bands; d ifferent c olors a nd w idths base i s p art o f wall d esign b ase p art o f wall d esign p lus a dditional dot not a pplicable. r if le b ase o r t ripod

e

CARD 3 ( 1)

1

i nterior r im 1 2 3 4

( decoration)

band o f c olor no r im band b ut a rea s eparated f rom f irst register and d ecorated none;register s tarts d irectly f rom r im l ip only

( 1)

2

i nterior r im c olor 1 b lack 2 o range 3 s pecular h ematite r ed 4 non-specular h ematite r ed 5 b lack a nd r ed 6 s pecial:. w l ilte/cream/grey/pink 7 8 r ed over b ladk 9 b lack over r ed

( 2)

3 -4

i nterior r im width

( 2)

5 -6

i nterior s pecial decoration ( if s olid band not u sed or i f a rea b elow r im u sed f or o ther t han s tandard s eries o f b ands and r egister) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 1 0

( 1)

7

n otched l ine -,1-11 -/ I-P 1 a lternating b ] ,eck a nd r ed-painted z ones i nstead o f f ret a nd doti f:J . b lotchy r esist broad l ine r esist wavy l ine U sulutan p ainted r ed z ones a lternating w ith b lack dots dots b etween bands 4 p ainted z ones a lternating x 424 1w I I

. Interior wall 1 2 3 4 5

( in n u ns)

f inish

( if n ot d ivided

i nto r egisters)

wall s lipped n ot s lipped n eck only s lipped s lip p lus i solated e lements o n wail; s craped s lip

278

s olid b and

bottom h as n o design

10 C ol

( Card 3 ) Number o f b ands b etween r im a nd wall,

( 1)

9

C olor,

1 st band

1 0-11

w idth,

1 st band

1 2-14

c olor a nd w idth,

2 nd b and

1 5-17

c olor a nd w idth,

3 rd band

1 8-20

c olor a nd w idth,

4 th b and

2 1

( 3) 2 2-24

n umber o f b ands, i nterior wall- b ottom ( or b etween 2 nd r eg & b ottom i f more t han o ne r eg o n i nterior) c olor a nd w idth, i st b and

( 3) 2 5-27

c olor a nd w idth,

2 nd band

( 3 ) 28-30

c olor a nd w idth,

3 rd b and

( 3) 3 1-33

c olor a nd w idth,

4 th band

( 3) 3 4-36

d epth,

( 3) 37-39

i nterior w all, main motif

( 3 ) 40-42

i nterior w all,

2 nd motif

( 2) 43-44

i nterior w all,

c olors

( 1 )

i nterior

i nterior r egister

( in n uns)

( record i n c ombination a s

f or o verall p aint)

4 5

i nterior w all r epeats. 9 =something s pecial c heck c omments & c oding s heet; w hen t here i s more t han o ne m otif, a # m eans e ach a lternates ( 3 ) 46-48 i nterior b ottom motif a nd h as t his n umber o f r epeats ( 2) 49-50

i nterior b ottom c olors

( 2) 51-52

C omments 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 1 0 . 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4

( record i n c ombination,

a s f or overall p aint)

( surface/design)

f iring c loud small e xtra f igures s tuccoed s pecial r epeat p attern, s ee r ecording p age r epair holes b ands o f o range painted u nder m ain d esigns l ine o f s maller motifs a bove m ain f igures d rips o f p aint s howing r egisters s eparated b y r idge s pecial g rooving p attern, s ets o ff r egisters s pecial g rooving p attern, o utlines c ircle-dot motif 1 0 a nd 1 1 i n c ombination bottom s hows l ots o f w ear; p aint o r s lip worn a way a t l east p artially r efired

1 5 r efired & l ots o f w ear 1 6 3 rd m otif i n i nterior r egister, 1 7 3 rd motif i n i nterior t egister,

279

1 49 0 52

( only o ne)

•

11Col

( Card

3 )

( 2)

5 1-52

Comments ( surface/design) ( cont'd) 1 8 s tuccoed p iece which h as 5 th band ( black, . 01) on i nterior 1 9 i st r egister i nterior=so 4d r ed; s ee r ecording f or w idth 2 0 i st r egister i nterior=motif 1 25, s ee s heet f or width 2 1 l inked s pirals a bove a nd b elow main motifs i n r egisters 2 2 c rosshatching p ainted o n o utside o f s lab s upports. 2 3 more t han 1 motif i n i nterior; s ee coding s heet 2 4 i st r egister i nterior=motif 0 48, w idth & c olor on coding s heet 2 5 r efired a nd with d rips o f p aint s howing ( 14,8) 2 6 3 rd motif i n i nterior r egister, 0 38 2 7 1 a nd 1 3 i n combination 2 8 t hird motif i n i nterior r egister, 0 04 2 9 a dditional bands a nd/or r egisters on e xterior 3 0 2 9 + 0 1

( 3)

5 3-55

4 th r eg,

e xt,

( 3)

5 6-58

4 th r eg,

main motif

( 3)

5 9-61

4 th r eg,

2 nd motif

( 2)

6 2-63

4 th r eg,

c olors

( 2)

6 4-65

4 th r eg,

r epeats

( 1)

6 6

number o f b ands,

( 1)

6 7

i st band color

( 2)

6 8-69

i st band,

w idth

( 1)

7 0

2 nd b and,

c olor

( 2)

7 1-72

2 nd band,

w idth

depth

( record i n n u ns)

1 a nd

2 r egister,

•

28 0

i nterior

APPENDIX

SUMMARY OF

MOTIFS

F

B Y TYPE OF D ESIGN

G lyphic 0 01 0 02 0 03 0 05 0 06 0 07 0 08 0 09 0 10 0 11 0 31 0 32 1 33 1 35

G lyph A , main s ign on r ight , main s G lyph A ign on l eft G lyph A , variant Glyph B , main s ign on r ight , main s G lyph B ign on l eft G lyph B , main s ign only G lyph B , variant Glyph C , f acing r ight G lyph C , f acing l eft G lyph C , variant G lyphs ( not A ,B, or C ) h orizontally a rranged G lyphs ( not A ,B, or C ) i n a vertical p anel A ffix only o f " standard" A ,B,C, g lyphs " hand" g lyph

H uman 0 12 0 13 0 14 0 15 0 16 0 17 0 23 • 024 1 30 1 58

R epresentations S wimming f igure, f acing r ight Swimming f igure, f acing l eft S eated f igure, f acing r ight S eated f igure, f acing l eft Variant o f s eated f igure, f acing Variant o f s eated f igure, f acing S tanding f igure, f acing r ight S tanding f igure, f acing l eft I ndeterminate human f igure G rotesque f ace

A nimal

r ight l eft

r epresentations

B irds 0 18 0 19 0 20 0 21 0 22 0 73 14 1 48

B ird w ithout e lement i n mouth V ariant o f b ird w ithout e lement i n mouth B ird w ith e lement i n mouth V ariant o f b ird w ith e lement i n mouth Hooked-beak b ird B ird e ffigy B ird s ilhouette S tylized b ird

2 81

0 06

0 08

( outline i s r ed )

'

( outline i s r ed )

2 82

G lyphs

( continued )

0 30

0 31

0 32

1 35

28 3

2 84

c ontinued )

Human r epresentations

m im e

l e

,

V

1 ( \

,

ff leC e eN

. N

0 14

n

a

l lb i7 lZ

0 14

0 15

0 17

0 17 ( on Arambala )

28 5

w

H uman r epresentations

( oontir lued )

0 23

0 24

0 16

1 58

( design o bliterated i n p art )

2 86

287

A nimal r epresentations - B irds

( continued )

1 14

1 48

28 8

Monkeys 0 29 0 30

Monkey S eated monkey

S erpent 0 27 1 55

Serpent f igure f acing r ight S tylized f eathered s erpent

O ther 0 72

F rog e ffigy ( subsumes various t hat may v ary). E ffigy - i ndeterminate animal " Turtle" d esign Very e longated jaguar B at w ith outstretched wings I ndeterminate animal

0 71 1 21 1 31 1 54 1 57

B ar

a nd

dot

s pecific details

numbers

0 52 0 53

Bar B ar

0 54 0 55

Bar a nd dot 8 with dots on both Bar only, dots missing ( used with complete bar and dot)

Abstract

a nd dot a nd dot

8 7

patterns

C ontinuous

( in

band

around

c ircumference

0 39 0 48

L inked s crolls Horizontal z igzag

0 51 0 56

Scalloped l ine L inked s pirals

058 0 67

Attached Dots a nd

0 69 0 77 1 00 1 07 1 25

Band w ith s uspended " commas" L inked s crolls with dots L inear pattern Nctched l ine or band Triangles w ith i nterior dots

1 13

Series o f " U" s hapes a lternating solid paint Band w ith s uspended spirals

1 17

s ides of t he b ar only i n c ontext

or

wavy

r ectangles w ith v ertical l ines

2 8 9

of v essel)

l ine(s)

exterior dots

w ith

a reas of

A nimal r epresentat ions - M onkeys

0 29

29 0

291

0 39

0 48

\

0 51

0 56

0 58

0 67

0 69

0 77

d

e f S

1 00 1 07

1 25

1 13

@ HS

C ontinuous p atterns o rganized i n h orizontal b and a round v essel

292

C ontinuous ( covering a reas o f t he v essel not n ecessarily r unning -horizontally a round t he v essel) 0 41 0 37 1 23 1 59 0 42 0 44 0 47 0 00

Crosshatched z ones C rosshatch w ith s uspended d ots C rosshatch w ith i nterior , dots C urvilinear p attern w ith d ots P anels o f s olid c olor ( usually s etting o ff glyphs or f igures i n t he s ame r egister) R egister o f s olid c olor M edallion e ffect g iven t o a nother e lement P lain, n o motif, n ot painted, o utlined w ith b ands

S imple d iscrete e lement L ines 0 43 0 45 0 68 0 78 0 96 1 05 1 18 1 11 1 47

Groups of v ertical p arallel s traight l ines Groups o f v ertical a nd horizontal l ines M elon s tripe ( alternating c olors b lack a nd r ed; w idth v aries b y c ontour) S eries o f p arallel horizontal l ines ( on a varie ty o f G ualpopa a re d iagonal) Vertical w avy or z igzag l ines C ombination o f v ertical s traight a nd s quiggle l ines S ingle v ertical or d iagonal l ine S eries o f v ertical s traight l ines s eparated b y a l ine o f dots Horizontal b ands ( in a n a rea c onsidered a " register," e .g., b elow c urve o f r ecurved bowl)

S hapes 0 38 0 57 0 60

Dot(s) U nattached " S"'s, v ertical or h orizontal, r ounded o r a ngular U s hape, v ertical o r horizontal ( Smith's b racket)

0 75 0 86 0 93 1 01 1 02 1 12 1 19 1 37 1 49 0 46 0 61 0 64 0 76 1 06 1 15 1 36 1 39

U nattached s pirals C hevrons Double t riangles Horizontal " H" S ingle t riangle, u pright G eometric f igure Half-disc Spiral i n c ircle " Doughnut" s hape " Shell" e lement Variant o f s hell C urvilinear s hape " Winged" e lement G eometric f igure Curvilinear d esign P air o f " E"'s Geometric f igure 2 93

o r

i nverted

0 37

1 23

0 41

=

3?

-

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f l f l

0 45

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0 43

0 78

1 18

0 96

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r .i c = => c = = >

4

1

/

1

U

1 1 1 i lI

1 05

S imple d iscrete e lements,

M l ines

29 4

NG . : :

( 1 4

1 43 1 45 1 26

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Circular/curvilinear

designs

horizontal

( most

occur

vessel bottom) 0 33 034 035

C ircle a nd dot Rosette ( with c ircle Cross-bands

036 059 1 40 1 41 1 29 1 62

Cross-bands w ith dots R ectangles a ngling off band C ircular " flower" effect C ircular " flower" e ffect Ovoid design Rosette w ith c ross-bands

G-fret

and

s croll,

a nd

s tep

dot

i ncluded)

on e xterior bottom

f ret

0 49 0 63 1 16

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c ircular

a nd

r ectilinear designs

0 62 1 22

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c ould

r epresent

Abstract,

c hevrons

a n

a nimal

or

0 82 0 88 0 89

p lus

other e lements

0 70 0 81 Variations o f

S t.

George

0 99 1 28

2 95

cross

b ird

o n

0 93

0 38

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1 37

0 60

0 86

0 57

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2

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1 39

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1 02

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5

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0 64

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C ircular/curvilinear d esigns

host o ccur o n v essel b ottoms )

296

7)

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7

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: :

b 0 49

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0 82

0 88

0 89 A bstract ,

c ould r epresent a n a nimal o r b ird

A bstract ,

c hevrons p lus o ther e lements

0 99 Variations o

1 28 S t . G eorge c ross

2 97

U Q

D U

C omplex

U s hapes o r b racket

a rrangements

0 65 0 66 0 83 0 87 0 90 0 91 0 92 1 38 1 50 1 24

P atterns l ines

i ncorporating

h ooked

or

" saw-tooth"

0 79 0 80 0 94 0 97 1 60

K notted

r ope motif;

i nterlaced

l inear designs

0 50 0 40

M iscellaneous 1 03 0 74 1 32 1 51 1 52

0 85 1 081 10

0 84 1 53 1 56

C rossed h ooked l ines " cattail" E laborate b anners o f varied c olor I ndeterminate d esign i n m edallion s hape Abstract g eometric design i n m edallion ( may be b ird h ead i n o ne r epeat) P air o f f acing g eometric e lements C omplicated g eometric d esign, may b e a llied to Smith's " sky b and s ymbol, I lhuitl s ign" [ Smith 1 955: 7 41) Abstract c urvilinear d esign P ossible s hell v ariant E laborate g uilloche p attern

29 8

0 90

0 65

0 83

0 91

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1 38

1 24

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0 92

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1 50

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0 77

0 94

0 80

:

0 97

/

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0 50 i nterlaced l inear d esigns

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APPENDIX G

METHOD AND P ROCEDURES U SED F OR COMPUTING CONSTRUCTION COMPLEXITY I NDEX D ata a bout t he c onstruction f eatures of 1 3 t ombs were r ecorded f rom L ongyear's descriptions ( 1g52: 3 5-49). ( Six o ther t ombs w ere e liminated f rom t his analysis because data w ere not complete.) The f ollowi ng c haracteristics w ere t abulated: 1 .

Number o f

c hambers

( 1

or

2 ).

2 . S quare f ootage ( computed f rom t he dimensions g iven; a n a ttempt was made t o compute c ubic a rea but t he height measurement was m issing i n t oo many i ns tances). B ased o n t he distribution o f t he measurements t he t ombs w ere c lassified a s s mall ( less t han 1 sq. f t.); medium ( 1 t o 6 s q. f t.); l arge ( 10 s q f t.). Values w ere a ssigned t o t hese c lassifications ( 1=small; 2 =small; 3 = l arge).

s ent,

3 . Corbel vault. I f a c orbel vault a value o f 1. w as g iven; no vault = 0 .

was

pre-

4 . C ut masonry. I f c ut masonry was present, a value o f 1 was a ssigned; n o c ut masonry = 0 . I n two i nstances t he i nvestigator noted t hat b oth boulders a nd c ut s tones h ad b een u sed. T hese c ases w ere g iven 0 .5 value.

n ich

5 . N iches. r eported.

6 . S lab given i f a s lab were p resent.

A

value

of

1

was

g iven

f or

each

f loor/slab roof. A value of 1 was f loor h ad b een l aid; 1 i f a s lab r oof

The p rocedure w as t o r ecord f or e ach t omb i ts value p er' characteristic. T he values w ere t hen s ummed per t omb to obtain a n umerical i ndex of e ach t omb's constructional c omplexity: t he h igher t he i ndex, t he more c omplex t he t omb w as j udged t o b e. T he d istribut ion o f t he i ndexed t ombs i s g iven b elow. I ndex Value 3 ( low) 3 .5 4 5 6 7 8 ( high)

N umber

o f

t ombs

3 1 1 3 3 1 1 301

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