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Ceramic Chronology and Chronometric Dating

Stratigraphy and seriation at La Blanca, Guatemala

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Michael W. Love
Michael W. Love
Affiliation:
Community and Organization Research Institute, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Abstract

Stratigraphic and seriational analysis of the ceramics from La Blanca, Guatemala, resulted in the definition of a highly refined sequence. Within the 300 years of the Conchas phase (c. 900–600 b.c.) it is possible to define, minimally, a four-part subdivision. The four-part subdivision is based on a Stratigraphic analysis of the presence or absence of seven ceramic wares. However, experiments with seriational methods suggest that greater resolution may be obtained through the quantitative analysis of attribute frequencies. The chronological resolution obtained by these relative dating methods is at least equal to the resolution possible with chronometric methods.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , Spring 1993 , pp. 17 - 29
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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