Chumpom

Chumpom

Chumpom Complex (300 B.C. - A.D. 300) Late Formative and Protoclassic

Aguacate Ceramic Group
Aguacate Orange: Variety unspecified

Beclum Ceramic Group
Beclum White: Beclum Variety

            Caribal Ceramic Group
                        Caribal Red: Caribal Variety
                        Caribal Red: Variety unspecified

Dzilam Ceramic Group
Dzilam Incised-olive: Dzilam Variety

Flor Cream Ceramic Group
type and variety unspecified

Nolo Ceramic Group
Nolo Red: Nolo Variety

Polvero Ceramic Group
Polvero Black: Polvero Variety

            Saban Ceramic Group
        Special Striated
          Striated Composite

Tancah Coarse: Tancah Variety

            Sierra Ceramic Group
                        Ciego Composite: Variety unspecified
                        Hongo Composite: Hongo Variety
                        Laguna Verde Incised: Variety unspecified
                        Laguna Verde Incised: Clear‑slip Variety
                        Repasto Black-on-red:Repasto Variety
                        Repasto Black-on-red: Variety unspecified
                        Sierra Red: Clear-slip Variety
                        Sierra Red: Variety unspecified

            Ucu Ceramic Group
                        Ucu Black: Ucu Variety
                        Ucu Black: Variety unspecified

            Xanaba Ceramic Group
                        Caucel Trickle-on-red: Caucel Variety
                        Xanaba Red: variety unspecified

Zapatista Ceramic Group
Zapatista Trickle-on‑cream-brown: Zapatista Variety

group not specified:

Añejo Special Red-on-green: Variety unspecified

Coarse plain and striated red ware

Sand-tempered

The Chumpom complex is marked chiefly by the presence of the Sierra ceramic group, especially the types Sierra Red, Repasto Black-on-red, and Laguna Verde Incised. Accompanying this slipped group are coarse red unslipped sherds, both plain and striated in the early facet and brownish unslipped sherds in the late facet. Both Nolo Red and Ucu Black are early. Andrews places these respectively in the Joventud and Chunhinta groups of the Middle Formative at Komchen, but we suspect they may be later on the East Coast. The unslipped wares probably evolved into the early forms of the Saban group (Saban Unslipped, Tancah Coarse). Levels 14-17 of test pit 5 in the Entrance Plaza Group provide a cut with Sierra Red and other early forms throughout.

The suite of vessel forms includes plates, dishes, and jars from the Sierra group as well as jars from the unslipped wares, and bowls and jars from the Saban group.