Laura J Kosakowsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 207359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura J Kosakowsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura J |
| FAMILY NAME | Kosakowsky |
| SIGNATURE | KOSAKOWSKY L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Preclassic Maya Pottery at Cuello, Belize
This monograph adds important data on the development of Preclassic period ceramics in northern Belize."—American Antiquity"This book contributes to our understanding of early Maya society during an era that has only new been revealed."—The Chesopiean"Kosakowsky's book, produced in the clear, easy-to-read and well designed format . . . is a substantive contribution to Maya ceramic studies."—Journal of Latin American Studies
T. Patrick Culbert, 1930–2013
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Leaders, Farmers, and Crafters: The Relationship Between Leading Households and Households Across the Chan Community
Households, communities, and society exist in a mutually constituting relationship, shaping and being shaped by one another. Daily life within households can have political dimensions and affect societal organization. Research at the Maya farming community of Chan in Belize demonstrates how households shaped their lives, history, and politics for 2,000 years (800b.c.–a.d.1200). We examine the households of Chan's leaders and the social, economic,…
Rubbish or Ritual? Contextualizing a Terminal Classic Problematical Deposit at Blue Creek, Belize: A response to “Public Architecture, Ritual, and Temporal Dynamics at the Maya Center of Blue Creek, B…
In this paper we present the results of our analysis of the contents and context of a Terminal Classic “problematical deposit” at Blue Creek, in northwestern Belize, and consider the kinds of behaviors, ritual and otherwise, that may have been responsible for it. We argue that the deposit is secondary, and not the result of a termination ritual in which whole vessels are smashed in situ on the front of a monumental structure in the site center. B…
Shaping Ceramic Research at the Maya Site of Cuello, Belize
Traditional analyses of ceramics from Maya Lowland archaeological sites have focused on descriptive typologies to define site and regional chronologies. However, T. Patrick Culbert's groundbreaking work on the ceramics of Tikal (1993) utilized vessel shapes, as well, involving an analytical system of two levels: shape classes and shapes. His systematized modal analysis and concentration on vessel-shape classes, in conjunction with a focus on the …
Preclassic Through Postclassic: Ceramics and Chronology of the Southeastern Pacific Coast of Guatemala
Ceramic and radiometric data from the three seasons of survey and excavations, 1995–1997, conducted in the coastal districts of Santa Rosa and Jutiapa in southeastern Guatemala are used to construct a chronological sequence for this previously little-known 1000-km2 region. Patterns of local ceramic manufacture and interregional trade are identified through the use of type-variety classification methods coupled with neutron-activation analysis. Th…
Late Preclassic Ceramic Industries of Pacific Guatemala and El Salvador: The Pacific Coast as Core, Not Periphery
Previous interpretations of Late Preclassic ceramic interaction spheres in the SE highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador, and the Pacific coast have emphasized the similarity of diagnostic ceramic types based on style and decoration. Recent research on the ceramics from the Departments of Santa Rosa and Jutiapa, on the Pacific coast of Guatemala, supports this uniformity of ceramic styles. Compositional analyses of the Pacific coast ceramics and raw…
A New Perspective on the Relationships among Cream Paste Ceramic Traditions of Southeastern Mesoamerica
New ceramic compositional evidence has come to light that bears on the relationships among the cream paste ceramics of southeastern Mesoamerica. This evidence, which derives from instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and microprobe analysis, suggests that Ivory ware, a Late and Terminal Formative diagnostic found in southern Guatemala, is chemically similar not to other Guatemalan light firing pottery, but to Formative and Classic perio…
The Ceramics of Cuello, Belize: A new evaluation
The site of Cuello in northern Belize provides a long ceramic sequence from the early Middle Preclassic, ca. 1200b.c., to the Late Preclassic, sometime in the fourth centurya.d.Excavations begun at Cuello in 1975 were completed in 1993. The initial controversy concerning the chronological placement of the earliest pottery of the Swasey and Bladen complexes is challenged by examining the 1992 and 1993 excavated material in a “blind analysis,” with…
Excavations at Nohmul, Belize, 1985
The third season of investigations, undertaken in 1985, at the Maya ceremonial center and community of Nohmul, northern Belize, included major excavations in the East Group of the ceremonial precinct and the probing of drained-field complexes in the surrounding wetlands, reported here, together with mapping and test-excavation of the settlement area. Further evidence of a major timber building of ca. A.C. 200–300 on top of the "acropolis" was fou…
Cozumel: Late Maya Settlement Patterns
Cozumel: Late Maya Settlement Patterns
Excavation and Survey at Nohmul, Belize, 1983
The second season of investigations, in 1983, at the Maya ceremonial center and community of Nohmul, northern Belize, included mapping, test excavations in the settlement, and major excavations in the ceremonial precinct. Following developmental maxima in the Late Formative and Late Classic periods, a mosaic pattern of alternating large and small residential groups, with some areas free of mounds but yielding evidence of habitation, reached its e…
Preclassic Maya Pottery at Cuello, Belize
This monograph adds important data on the development of Preclassic period ceramics in northern Belize."—American Antiquity"This book contributes to our understanding of early Maya society during an era that has only new been revealed."—The Chesopiean"Kosakowsky's book, produced in the clear, easy-to-read and well designed format . . . is a substantive contribution to Maya ceramic studies."—Journal of Latin American Studies
A New Perspective on the Relationships among Cream Paste Ceramic Traditions of Southeastern Mesoamerica
New ceramic compositional evidence has come to light that bears on the relationships among the cream paste ceramics of southeastern Mesoamerica. This evidence, which derives from instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and microprobe analysis, suggests that Ivory ware, a Late and Terminal Formative diagnostic found in southern Guatemala, is chemically similar not to other Guatemalan light firing pottery, but to Formative and Classic perio…
The Ceramics of Cuello, Belize: A new evaluation
The site of Cuello in northern Belize provides a long ceramic sequence from the early Middle Preclassic, ca. 1200b.c., to the Late Preclassic, sometime in the fourth centurya.d.Excavations begun at Cuello in 1975 were completed in 1993. The initial controversy concerning the chronological placement of the earliest pottery of the Swasey and Bladen complexes is challenged by examining the 1992 and 1993 excavated material in a “blind analysis,” with…
Leaders, Farmers, and Crafters: The Relationship Between Leading Households and Households Across the Chan Community
Households, communities, and society exist in a mutually constituting relationship, shaping and being shaped by one another. Daily life within households can have political dimensions and affect societal organization. Research at the Maya farming community of Chan in Belize demonstrates how households shaped their lives, history, and politics for 2,000 years (800b.c.–a.d.1200). We examine the households of Chan's leaders and the social, economic,…
Excavation and Survey at Nohmul, Belize, 1983
The second season of investigations, in 1983, at the Maya ceremonial center and community of Nohmul, northern Belize, included mapping, test excavations in the settlement, and major excavations in the ceremonial precinct. Following developmental maxima in the Late Formative and Late Classic periods, a mosaic pattern of alternating large and small residential groups, with some areas free of mounds but yielding evidence of habitation, reached its e…
Excavations at Nohmul, Belize, 1985
The third season of investigations, undertaken in 1985, at the Maya ceremonial center and community of Nohmul, northern Belize, included major excavations in the East Group of the ceremonial precinct and the probing of drained-field complexes in the surrounding wetlands, reported here, together with mapping and test-excavation of the settlement area. Further evidence of a major timber building of ca. A.C. 200–300 on top of the "acropolis" was fou…
Preclassic Through Postclassic: Ceramics and Chronology of the Southeastern Pacific Coast of Guatemala
Ceramic and radiometric data from the three seasons of survey and excavations, 1995–1997, conducted in the coastal districts of Santa Rosa and Jutiapa in southeastern Guatemala are used to construct a chronological sequence for this previously little-known 1000-km2 region. Patterns of local ceramic manufacture and interregional trade are identified through the use of type-variety classification methods coupled with neutron-activation analysis. Th…
Late Preclassic Ceramic Industries of Pacific Guatemala and El Salvador: The Pacific Coast as Core, Not Periphery
Previous interpretations of Late Preclassic ceramic interaction spheres in the SE highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador, and the Pacific coast have emphasized the similarity of diagnostic ceramic types based on style and decoration. Recent research on the ceramics from the Departments of Santa Rosa and Jutiapa, on the Pacific coast of Guatemala, supports this uniformity of ceramic styles. Compositional analyses of the Pacific coast ceramics and raw…
Shaping Ceramic Research at the Maya Site of Cuello, Belize
Traditional analyses of ceramics from Maya Lowland archaeological sites have focused on descriptive typologies to define site and regional chronologies. However, T. Patrick Culbert's groundbreaking work on the ceramics of Tikal (1993) utilized vessel shapes, as well, involving an analytical system of two levels: shape classes and shapes. His systematized modal analysis and concentration on vessel-shape classes, in conjunction with a focus on the …
Excavation and Survey at Nohmul, Belize, 1983
The second season of investigations, in 1983, at the Maya ceremonial center and community of Nohmul, northern Belize, included mapping, test excavations in the settlement, and major excavations in the ceremonial precinct. Following developmental maxima in the Late Formative and Late Classic periods, a mosaic pattern of alternating large and small residential groups, with some areas free of mounds but yielding evidence of habitation, reached its e…
Cozumel: Late Maya Settlement Patterns
Cozumel: Late Maya Settlement Patterns
Excavations at Nohmul, Belize, 1985
The third season of investigations, undertaken in 1985, at the Maya ceremonial center and community of Nohmul, northern Belize, included major excavations in the East Group of the ceremonial precinct and the probing of drained-field complexes in the surrounding wetlands, reported here, together with mapping and test-excavation of the settlement area. Further evidence of a major timber building of ca. A.C. 200–300 on top of the "acropolis" was fou…
The Ceramics of Cuello, Belize: A new evaluation
The site of Cuello in northern Belize provides a long ceramic sequence from the early Middle Preclassic, ca. 1200b.c., to the Late Preclassic, sometime in the fourth centurya.d.Excavations begun at Cuello in 1975 were completed in 1993. The initial controversy concerning the chronological placement of the earliest pottery of the Swasey and Bladen complexes is challenged by examining the 1992 and 1993 excavated material in a “blind analysis,” with…
Late Preclassic Ceramic Industries of Pacific Guatemala and El Salvador: The Pacific Coast as Core, Not Periphery
Previous interpretations of Late Preclassic ceramic interaction spheres in the SE highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador, and the Pacific coast have emphasized the similarity of diagnostic ceramic types based on style and decoration. Recent research on the ceramics from the Departments of Santa Rosa and Jutiapa, on the Pacific coast of Guatemala, supports this uniformity of ceramic styles. Compositional analyses of the Pacific coast ceramics and raw…
A New Perspective on the Relationships among Cream Paste Ceramic Traditions of Southeastern Mesoamerica
New ceramic compositional evidence has come to light that bears on the relationships among the cream paste ceramics of southeastern Mesoamerica. This evidence, which derives from instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and microprobe analysis, suggests that Ivory ware, a Late and Terminal Formative diagnostic found in southern Guatemala, is chemically similar not to other Guatemalan light firing pottery, but to Formative and Classic perio…
Preclassic Through Postclassic: Ceramics and Chronology of the Southeastern Pacific Coast of Guatemala
Ceramic and radiometric data from the three seasons of survey and excavations, 1995–1997, conducted in the coastal districts of Santa Rosa and Jutiapa in southeastern Guatemala are used to construct a chronological sequence for this previously little-known 1000-km2 region. Patterns of local ceramic manufacture and interregional trade are identified through the use of type-variety classification methods coupled with neutron-activation analysis. Th…
Shaping Ceramic Research at the Maya Site of Cuello, Belize
Traditional analyses of ceramics from Maya Lowland archaeological sites have focused on descriptive typologies to define site and regional chronologies. However, T. Patrick Culbert's groundbreaking work on the ceramics of Tikal (1993) utilized vessel shapes, as well, involving an analytical system of two levels: shape classes and shapes. His systematized modal analysis and concentration on vessel-shape classes, in conjunction with a focus on the …
Rubbish or Ritual? Contextualizing a Terminal Classic Problematical Deposit at Blue Creek, Belize: A response to “Public Architecture, Ritual, and Temporal Dynamics at the Maya Center of Blue Creek, B…
In this paper we present the results of our analysis of the contents and context of a Terminal Classic “problematical deposit” at Blue Creek, in northwestern Belize, and consider the kinds of behaviors, ritual and otherwise, that may have been responsible for it. We argue that the deposit is secondary, and not the result of a termination ritual in which whole vessels are smashed in situ on the front of a monumental structure in the site center. B…
T. Patrick Culbert, 1930–2013
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Leaders, Farmers, and Crafters: The Relationship Between Leading Households and Households Across the Chan Community
Households, communities, and society exist in a mutually constituting relationship, shaping and being shaped by one another. Daily life within households can have political dimensions and affect societal organization. Research at the Maya farming community of Chan in Belize demonstrates how households shaped their lives, history, and politics for 2,000 years (800b.c.–a.d.1200). We examine the households of Chan's leaders and the social, economic,…
Preclassic Maya Pottery at Cuello, Belize
This monograph adds important data on the development of Preclassic period ceramics in northern Belize."—American Antiquity"This book contributes to our understanding of early Maya society during an era that has only new been revealed."—The Chesopiean"Kosakowsky's book, produced in the clear, easy-to-read and well designed format . . . is a substantive contribution to Maya ceramic studies."—Journal of Latin American Studies
Archaeology (12 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 works) · Geography (11 works) · Maya (10 works) · Latin American history and culture (6 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Excavation (5 works) · Period (music (5 works) · History (4 works)