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Chunkopo

Chunkopo Complex (A.D. 1000‑1200) Early Postclassic

Kukula Ceramic Group

Kukula Cream: Kukula Variety

Xcanchacan Black-on-cream: Xcanchacan Variety

Matillas Ceramic Group

Matillas Fine Orange: Variety unspecified

Navula Ceramic Group

Navula Unslipped:Navula Variety

Sulche Ceramic Group

Sulche Black: Variety unspecified

Sulche Black: Sulche Variety

Vista Alegre Ceramic Group

Vista Alegre Striated:Chen Rio Variety

Vista Alegre Striated:Vista Alegre Variety

group not specified:

Chultun Black-on-cream: Chultun Variety

In the Chunkopo complex of the Early Postclassic, Slate ceramics such as Muna Slate and Dzitas Slate disappear. Vista Alegre is still the major unslipped type, but at the end of the period, Navula Unslipped begins to appear. In this period, we have the first appearance of Peto Cream ware in both the Kukula Cream and the Xcanchacan Black-on-cream types.

Test pit 11 again provides useful evidence in levels 5 and 6 of the arrival of Kukula Cream during the decline of Vista Alegre as the prodominant unslipped type and the arrival of Navula Unslipped of the Late Postclassic.

Vessel forms are primarily those of the previous period: plates, dishes, and large jars of Viste Alegre Striated, and a full suite of forms from the Muna group.