Material Relations: The Marriage Figurines of Prehispanic Honduras

Index

Index Altar Fine Orange, ceramic group, 9, 20 Altar Q. See Copán Altun Ha, 112 Amazon, 45 Ancestors, 81, 121; and burial, 28, 70, 85; commemoration of, 10, 70, 82; and display of bone bundles, 85, 95–98; and figurines , 146; and personhood, 145 Animals: anthropomorphized, 35, 122–123; armadillos, 122; bats, 121, 122, 125; deer, 116, 121; dog, 20, 36, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128; felines, 15, 51, 93, 95, 122, 123, 125, 126, 133; frogs, 67, 122, 125, 127; monkeys, 35, 47–49, 67, 122, 123, 124, 130–131, 131, 134; owls, 19, 36, 121–122, 123, 129, 132; vultures , 122, 123, 125, 129; water bird, 47, 125, 126. See also bird Balankanche Cave, 132 Ballcourt, 6–8, 70, 78, 160; at Campo Dos, 65, 69–70, 166; at Cerro Palenque, 8, 138–141, 147, 166; at Copán, 70, 132; at Curruste, 8, 81; in Cuyumapa Valley, 70; and hierarchy, 70, 168; orientation, 70; at Quebrada Camalote, 80; at Rio Blanco, 80; at Tenampua, 39, 42, 70; at Travesia, 105, 107; in Ulua Valley, 78–80 Ballgame, 29–30, 70, 156, 167; at Campo Dos, 75; at Cerro Palenque, 139, 141, 147–148; in Ulua Valley, 78, 80 Banegas, David, 84, 146 Baracoa Fine Paste, ceramic group, 8, 9, 20, 48, 118 Bauer, Alexander A., 35 Belize: exchange with Honduras, 3, 64–66, 89, 133–134, 141; marble vases in, 112, 133; polychrome ceramics, 66, 133; River Valley, 80, 135 Biological analysis, 25, 33, 36 Birds: on censers, 93; as crest, 153; Crested Bobwhite, 122, 129; figurine, at Campo Dos, 67; figurine, double, 122, 127–129; figurine, at Travesía 118, 121, 129; on flutes, 18, 116, 118; on marble vases, 125, 126; on metate, 43; owl, 19, 129; on ritual bundle, 96, 98; on Ulua Polychromes, 122; vulture, 129; waterbird, 47, 125, 126 Birth, 29, 85, 166 Blanco Grey, ceramic type, 8, 9, 141 Blue, Maya, 109–110 Bonampak, 133 Bones, human: bundle, 85, 86, 87, 95, 97–98, 151; effigy, 85, 92, 95, 150–151 Bosque. See Copán Bowser, Brenda J., 45 Burials, 96–98, 117; at Campo Dos, 69, 70; at Copán, 23, 28–30, 34–38, 49, 162; at Currusté, 87; of felines, 132–133; figurines in, 4, 10, 32, 63, 143, 162; at Los Naranjos, 48–49; in lower Ulúa Valley, 60–61, 70, 97, 115; orientation, 70, 81, 87; secondary, 85 Butler, Mary, 60, 99, 105 INDEX 196 Cacao, 4, 55, 64, 130 Caching, 141, 166; at Cerro Palenque, 142–143, 143, 149–151, 151, 154–155; at Copán, 29, 49–51, 52; at Los Naranjos, 48–49; of marble vases, 114, 143; of Spondylus, 132, 142, 143; at Tenampua, 48, 51; at Yarumela, 48 Campo Dos (CR-132), 7, 166–169; ballcourt, 62, 69–71; burial orientation, 97; ceramic production at, 10, 62, 67–69, 68, 87; excavations at, 60–61, 63–67; figurine, with belt mask, 165; figurine, bird costume, 21, 152; figurine, Crested Bobwhite, 121, 122; figurine, dog, 126; figurine, double, 9, 58, 57–59, 72–75, 100, 154; figurine, double, bird 122; figurines, Playa de los Muertos tradition, 61–63; map, 62; marble vase, effigy, 110; Quebrada Chasnigua territory, 77–80, 101, 142; Quitamay group ceramics at, 81; Tacamiche group ceramics at, 8, 67–68 Campo Pineda. See CR-103 Cancique Polychrome, 66 Candeleros, 87, 116, 132 Caribbean: coast, 6, 116; sea, 64, 80 Caves, 4, 46, 81 Cementerios. See Copán Censer, 29, 40–41; figural, from Cerro Palenque, 95, 148, 149, 150–151; figural, from Currusté, 83–85, 84, 85, 92–93; figural, from Mantecales, 93–95; figural, from Naranjo Chino, 96; figural, from Travesía, 132; ladle, 41, 51, 52, 132 Ceremonies: as house property, 28; Kuna, 16; life cycle, 63, 70–71, 92, 115, 165–169; for rebuilding houses, 53; and ritual mode of production, 69, 87, 90–91. See also ritual Cerro Palenque, 137–143; ballcourt, 138–141, 139, 140, 142, 143 147, 166; ball games at, 147; bird imagery at, 151, 152–153, 153; caches, 132, 143, 149–150, 150, 151, 154–156; censers, figural, at 95, 148, 149; ceramic groups at, 8–9, 81, 141; ceramic production at, 144–145, 147–148; comparison with Tenampua, 42–43; figurine, pair, 149–151, 151, 154–156, 169; figurine use, 10; and gender, 153–156; Group 1, plan, 150; map, 139; marble vases, effigies at, 109; orientation of, 81, 97, 142; settlement plan, 8, 78, 138–140; sculpture...