In the Maw of the Earth Monster by James E. Brady

Author:James E. Brady
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2013-03-25T00:00:00+00:00

Figure 9.7. Actun Tunichil Muknal slate stela 2. Drawn by Christophe G. B. Helmke.

Figure 9.8. Artifact assemblage from Actun Tunichil Muknal Stelae Chamber. Drawn by Christophe G. B. Helmke and Pierre Robert Colas.

Figure 9.9. Carved slate tablet from Actun Tunichil Muknal Stelae Chamber. Drawn by Yvonne Broder.

Two of the fragmented ceramic vessels (Figure 9.4A, D; Figure 9.8a, d) in the Stelae Chamber are Red Ware dishes with basal breaks and everted rims. Both were identified as Roaring Creek Red: Roaring Creek Variety (Vaca Falls Ceramic Group) of the Late Facet, Terminal Classic, Spanish Lookout Complex in the Belize Valley (see Gifford 1976). The other pottery included sherds of a Cayo Unslipped jar (cf. Gifford 1976) (see Figures 9.4C, 9.8c) and fragments of a nearly complete Modeled-carved vase (Figures 9.4E, 9.8e, 9.10) with close affinities to vessels from Footprint and Chanona Caves (see Graham et al. 1980). A study of Modeled-carved vessels by Helmke (1999) notes that this ceramic type bears general similarities to Terminal Classic, Pabellon Modeled-carved pottery from the Petén (Adams 1971:49–51; Sabloff 1975:195–204), but shares greater similarities with Terminal Classic/Early Postclassic specimens from the Belize River Valley region.

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