Shaft tomb culture

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Shaft_tomb_tradition
gptkbp:artifactsFound gptkb:musician
female figures
warriors
vessels
seated figures
animal figures
ceramic dogs
house models
male figures
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Colima_culture
gptkb:Jalisco_culture
gptkb:Nayarit_culture
gptkbp:burialPlace shaft tomb
gptkbp:burialPractice grave goods
multiple individuals in one tomb
offerings of food and drink
gptkbp:ceramicsStyle burnished
polychrome
red-on-buff
slip-painted
gptkbp:chronology pre-Columbian
before Spanish conquest
gptkbp:discoveredBy 19th century
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Teotihuacan_culture
Maya religion
gptkbp:excavatedBy archaeologists
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shaft tomb culture
gptkbp:influenced later West Mexican traditions
gptkbp:influencedBy local traditions
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:ceramics
elaborate shaft-and-chamber tombs
funerary offerings
gptkbp:period gptkb:Late_Formative_period
Classic period
gptkbp:purpose ancestor veneration
elite burials
ritual activities
gptkbp:region gptkb:Colima
gptkb:Jalisco
gptkb:Western_Mexico
gptkb:Nayarit
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mesoamerican_cultures
gptkb:West_Mexican_cultures
gptkbp:startDate ca. 300 BCE – 400 CE
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Eduardo_Noguera
gptkb:Phil_Weigand
gptkbp:tombsDepth up to 16 meters
gptkbp:tombsStructure vertical shaft with side chambers
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus not a World Heritage Site
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Western_Mexico
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5