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Joseph W. Ball
Researcher at San Diego State University
Publications - 20
Citations - 403
Joseph W. Ball is an academic researcher from San Diego State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Maya & Population. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 19 publications receiving 368 citations.
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Late Classic Lowland Maya Political Organization and Central-Place Analysis: New insights from the Upper Belize Valley
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of the so-called segmentary state type was proposed to understand the internal sociobehavioral structure and organization of a representative Classic period community in the southern Maya Lowlands.
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OUT OF THE PALACE DUMPS: Ceramic production and use at Buenavista del Cayo
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The Lowland Maya “Protoclassic”
James E. Brady,Joseph W. Ball,Ronald L. Bishop,Duncan C. Pring,Norman Hammond,Rupert A. Housley +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a formal redefinition of the Protoclassic as a ceramic stage based explicitly and exclusively on ceramic criteria is presented, and some suggestions regarding future use of the term also are offered.
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Prehistoric Maya wetland agriculture and the alluvial soils near San Antonio Rio Hondo, Belize
Paul R. Bloom,Mary Pohl,Cynthia Buttleman,Frederick Wiseman,Alan P. Covich,Charles H. Miksicek,Joseph W. Ball,Julie K. Stein +7 more
TL;DR: The only indisputable evidence that prehistoric wetland cultivation occurred comes from a time before the peak population of the Classic period, and that the technique required less labour than previously envisioned as discussed by the authors.
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RECONSIDERING THE BELIZE VALLEY PRECLASSIC: A case for multiethnic interactions in the development of a regional culture tradition
TL;DR: This article examined the content and analyzed the composition of the Belize Valley Middle and Late Preclassic ceramic complexes as dynamic, composite, producer-consumer circulation assemblages rather than as static, synthetic archaeological units, and concluded that they reflect a much more complex socioeconomic, cultural, and sociopolitical landscape than has yet been recognized and appreciated by other investigators.