The settlements of Rio Perdido Valley undergo considerable change between Ceramic Phase 1 and Ceramic Phase 3. The increase in class stratification, settlement size, monumental architecture, and changes in burials reflect increasing social complexity in the region. This begins with what appear to be small villages, which become something similar to a state-level society by Ceramic Phase 2 or 3. Los Dos Plebes experiences growth and increasing social complexity between the Early and Late Ceramic Phase 1. The site is not highly organized, but the pattern shows general growth. All the buildings are the same size in the Early Ceramic Phase 1, which shows that there is not much status differentiation. In the Late Ceramic Phase, some of the buildings
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Exotic goods like marine shell, obsidian, and jade are reserved for the highest status individuals in Ceramic Phase 1 and 2, while magnetite mirrors and carved crystal are reserved for the highest status individuals in Phase 3. There is also a differentiation of sex in the distribution of exotic goods. For example, during Ceramic Phase 2, high status females were buried with marine shell, while high status males were buried with Obsidian and Jade. Some children are also buried with marine shell. In Phase 3, the highest status males are buried with obsidian, jade, magnetite mirrors, and carved crystal, while the highest status females are buried with marine shell, jade, and carved bone. The slightly lower classes also have differentiation of exotic goods based on sex, and some high status children were buried with marine shell and …show more content…
For example, people were originally buried in holes in the ground, but eventually, there was an increase in social classes and some of the higher status individuals were buried in tombs. Eventually their were different types of tombs for people with different levels of status. The location of burials reflects changes in religious practice. In Los dos Plebes, bodies were buried in a cemetery, but in Leña de Pirul, burials were located under houses. I think that this change to having bodies buried under the floor of the house relates to ancestor worship. I think that people wanted to have their ancestors’ spirits as part of their everyday life. There is no further evidence of ancestor worship, but this is the only reason I can think of that people would change from burying their dead in a cemetery to burying them under the
Exotic goods like marine shell, obsidian, and jade are reserved for the highest status individuals in Ceramic Phase 1 and 2, while magnetite mirrors and carved crystal are reserved for the highest status individuals in Phase 3. There is also a differentiation of sex in the distribution of exotic goods. For example, during Ceramic Phase 2, high status females were buried with marine shell, while high status males were buried with Obsidian and Jade. Some children are also buried with marine shell. In Phase 3, the highest status males are buried with obsidian, jade, magnetite mirrors, and carved crystal, while the highest status females are buried with marine shell, jade, and carved bone. The slightly lower classes also have differentiation of exotic goods based on sex, and some high status children were buried with marine shell and …show more content…
For example, people were originally buried in holes in the ground, but eventually, there was an increase in social classes and some of the higher status individuals were buried in tombs. Eventually their were different types of tombs for people with different levels of status. The location of burials reflects changes in religious practice. In Los dos Plebes, bodies were buried in a cemetery, but in Leña de Pirul, burials were located under houses. I think that this change to having bodies buried under the floor of the house relates to ancestor worship. I think that people wanted to have their ancestors’ spirits as part of their everyday life. There is no further evidence of ancestor worship, but this is the only reason I can think of that people would change from burying their dead in a cemetery to burying them under the