Erin L Sears
Biographic Data
| ID | 4055829 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin L Sears |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin L |
| FAMILY NAME | Sears |
| SIGNATURE | SEARS E L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Smithsonian Institution |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9048-1191 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An Uphill View of the Northern Guatemalan Highlands from the Southern Maya Lowlands
This chapter focuses on the long and complex history of interaction between the highland residents of the Coban Plateau and their contemporaries in the Northern Transversal Strip in the extreme southern lowlands. Late Postclassic and Colonial interactions are well documented in Spanish accounts—the highlands were the primary source of quetzal feathers for most of Mesoamerica at that time, and they depended on the residents of the Transversal to p…
A Story of Awe and Clay: Mold-Made Hieroglyphs From Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
The recent discovery of an ancient Late Classic ceramic production facility in a valley floor, east of the current capital of Cobán in Guatemala, reveals a new ceramic form and provides data concerning regional chronology. Among the remains are thin, mold-made fragments identified as ceramic plaques that have epigraphic information providing a Long Count date for the first time in the Alta Verapaz region. These data correlate with the preliminary…
A través del río del cambio
Se ha dedicado considerable actividad arqueo1ógica a los sucesos que condujeron al despoblamientode los centros dvicos y religiosos del area maya central. Las causas hipotéticas del llamado "colapso" frecuentemente recurren a Ia idea de invasores de la costa del Golfo de México que arrasaron los pueblos asentados sobre el cauce superior del Usumacinta. Los estudios de la composición de las pastas cerámicas por activación neutrónica han concentrad…
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A través del río del cambio
Se ha dedicado considerable actividad arqueo1ógica a los sucesos que condujeron al despoblamientode los centros dvicos y religiosos del area maya central. Las causas hipotéticas del llamado "colapso" frecuentemente recurren a Ia idea de invasores de la costa del Golfo de México que arrasaron los pueblos asentados sobre el cauce superior del Usumacinta. Los estudios de la composición de las pastas cerámicas por activación neutrónica han concentrad…
A Story of Awe and Clay: Mold-Made Hieroglyphs From Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
The recent discovery of an ancient Late Classic ceramic production facility in a valley floor, east of the current capital of Cobán in Guatemala, reveals a new ceramic form and provides data concerning regional chronology. Among the remains are thin, mold-made fragments identified as ceramic plaques that have epigraphic information providing a Long Count date for the first time in the Alta Verapaz region. These data correlate with the preliminary…
An Uphill View of the Northern Guatemalan Highlands from the Southern Maya Lowlands
This chapter focuses on the long and complex history of interaction between the highland residents of the Coban Plateau and their contemporaries in the Northern Transversal Strip in the extreme southern lowlands. Late Postclassic and Colonial interactions are well documented in Spanish accounts—the highlands were the primary source of quetzal feathers for most of Mesoamerica at that time, and they depended on the residents of the Transversal to p…
Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Ceramic (1 works) · Chronology (1 works) · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (1 works) · History (1 works)