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Maya Ceramic Phases

Middle Preclassic

 * Early Eb -650 BC
 * Late Eb 650 - 550 BC
 * Tzec 600 BC - 400 BC
 * Mamom 600 BC - 350 BC

Late Preclassic

 * Chicanel 350 BC - 250 AD
 * Chuen 400 BC - 200 BC
 * Cauac 200 BC - 200 AD

Early Classic

 * Manik
 * Manik 1 - AD 250-300
 * Manik 2 - AD 300-400
 * Manik 3 - AD 400-550
 * Manik 3-A - AD 400-480
 * Manik 3-B - AD 480-550


 * Tzakol AD 250-550

Late Classic

 * Ik
 * Imix
 * Tepeu
 * Tepeu I AD 550-700
 * Tepeu II AD 700-850

Terminal Classic

 * Eznab
 * Tepeu
 * Tepeu III AD 850-?

Spanish conquest FAC notes

 * In November 1695 the Spanish officer tasked with the final conquest of Petén died from a disease he contracted in the Guatemalan jungle. Pons Saez p.xlvii.
 * Highland Indians could not travel easily to the lowlands (Petén or the Pacific) beacause they sickened and died. Francisco de Viana et al 1574, p.7. in Feldman 2000.
 * 400 Indians died in 3 months in Santa María Cahabón, Verapaz, in 1574, from "pestilence". Francisco de Viana et al 1574, p.11. in Feldman 2000.
 * Syphilis was a New World disease that spread to Europe. Klor de Alva and Wilsey |The Impact of the Encounter on the Americas and Europe, p.II-362.