Construction Volume, Distance, and Polychrome Percentage Relationship Analyses at Tamarindito

Abstract

Archaeological markers for status and class are used to estimate the social standing of people in the past. In the Maya area, the commentary of Spanish bishop Diego de Landa has suggested that one of these markers be the distance at which residential groups are situated from the central ceremonial plaza of the site where they reside. Past studies have indicated that construction volume and polychrome ceramic wares are also indications of status and class. These claims are investigated at Tamarindito using linear regressions to assess the relationships between construction volume, distance from the central plaza, and the percentage of polychrome wares found for forty residential groups.