Duncan C Pring
Biographic Data
| ID | 4055691 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Duncan C Pring |
| GIVEN NAMES | Duncan C |
| FAMILY NAME | Pring |
| SIGNATURE | PRING D C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Archaeology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Protoclassic in the Maya Lowlands
A detailed and specialist analysis of the archaeological and ceramic evidence for the transitional period between the Preclassic and Classic ages of the Mayan civilisation. Pring focuses on vessels from the principal sites of Holmul, Mountain Cow and Nohmul to challenge traditional chronologies which date the Protoclassic from 50 BC and AD 250. Includes a list of other important sites in Central America
The Lowland Maya “Protoclassic
The term “Protoclassic,” employed regularly but inexplicitly in the literature of lowland Maya archaeology, has become increasingly nebulous and ambiguous in both meaning and usage. This paper reviews the history and use of the term and presents a formal redefinition of the Protoclassic as a ceramic stage based explicitly and exclusively on ceramic criteria. Some suggestions regarding future use of the term also are offered. The paper further add…
The Ceramics of Cuello, Belize
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…
The Earliest Lowland Maya? Definition of the Swasey Phase
Recent excavations in Belize have resulted in the discovery of an earlier period of sedentary occupation than has hitherto been documented in the Maya Lowlands. The Swasey phase is stratigraphically antecedent to occupations of the early Middle Formative, the earliest horizon located until now, and associated radiocarbon dates suggest a persistence from 2000-1000 b.c./2500-1300 B.C. The ceramic and lithic material culture of the phase are describ…
The Dating of Teotihuacan Contact at Altun Ha
Pendergast's assertion that a Teotihuacan cache at Altun Ha, Belize, should be dated to the earliest part of the Protoclassic period is questioned in the light of recent findings of the ceramics of that period. The new evidence also tends to confirm the belief that the Floral Park ceramic complex coexisted with and did not totally displace the Chicanel phase
The Lowland Maya “Protoclassic
The term “Protoclassic,” employed regularly but inexplicitly in the literature of lowland Maya archaeology, has become increasingly nebulous and ambiguous in both meaning and usage. This paper reviews the history and use of the term and presents a formal redefinition of the Protoclassic as a ceramic stage based explicitly and exclusively on ceramic criteria. Some suggestions regarding future use of the term also are offered. The paper further add…
The Earliest Lowland Maya? Definition of the Swasey Phase
Recent excavations in Belize have resulted in the discovery of an earlier period of sedentary occupation than has hitherto been documented in the Maya Lowlands. The Swasey phase is stratigraphically antecedent to occupations of the early Middle Formative, the earliest horizon located until now, and associated radiocarbon dates suggest a persistence from 2000-1000 b.c./2500-1300 B.C. The ceramic and lithic material culture of the phase are describ…
The Ceramics of Cuello, Belize
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…
The Dating of Teotihuacan Contact at Altun Ha
Pendergast's assertion that a Teotihuacan cache at Altun Ha, Belize, should be dated to the earliest part of the Protoclassic period is questioned in the light of recent findings of the ceramics of that period. The new evidence also tends to confirm the belief that the Floral Park ceramic complex coexisted with and did not totally displace the Chicanel phase
The Earliest Lowland Maya? Definition of the Swasey Phase
Recent excavations in Belize have resulted in the discovery of an earlier period of sedentary occupation than has hitherto been documented in the Maya Lowlands. The Swasey phase is stratigraphically antecedent to occupations of the early Middle Formative, the earliest horizon located until now, and associated radiocarbon dates suggest a persistence from 2000-1000 b.c./2500-1300 B.C. The ceramic and lithic material culture of the phase are describ…
The Lowland Maya “Protoclassic
The term “Protoclassic,” employed regularly but inexplicitly in the literature of lowland Maya archaeology, has become increasingly nebulous and ambiguous in both meaning and usage. This paper reviews the history and use of the term and presents a formal redefinition of the Protoclassic as a ceramic stage based explicitly and exclusively on ceramic criteria. Some suggestions regarding future use of the term also are offered. The paper further add…
The Ceramics of Cuello, Belize
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…
The Protoclassic in the Maya Lowlands
A detailed and specialist analysis of the archaeological and ceramic evidence for the transitional period between the Preclassic and Classic ages of the Mayan civilisation. Pring focuses on vessels from the principal sites of Holmul, Mountain Cow and Nohmul to challenge traditional chronologies which date the Protoclassic from 50 BC and AD 250. Includes a list of other important sites in Central America
Archaeology (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Maya (4 works) · History (3 works) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (2 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Excavation (2 works) · Latin American history and culture (2 works)