Overview
Most artifacts of Colonial period Guatemala are not “Spanish” or “indigenous” as they involve some degree of entanglement. Some are more Spanish-style, others are more indigenous-style, and still others are in between.
Colonial Era Artifacts
Beads, Glass
- Glass Seed Bead, Str T29, Tayasal
- T29, Unit 2000,1309, Red and White Glass Bead
Beads, Turquoise
T29, Unit 2003,1308, Level 1, turquoise bead
Ceramics, Hybrid
- Hybrid Ceramic Vessel, Group XX, Nixtun-Ch’ich’
Ceramics, Olive Jar
- Nixtun-Ch’ich’, Str. ZZ1, Olive Jar Sherd
Ceramics, Tin Enameled Wares
Leonor Polychrome Tin Enameled Ware, Str T29, Tayasal
Condesa Polychrome Tin Enameled Ware, Str T35, Tayasal
Church Bells
Bell of San Bernabé, Petén, Guatemala Photo by Evelyn Chan
Coinage
- Structure T29, Tayasal, One Real Coin
Eyeglasses
- Structure T29 2007,1316, Level 2, glasses lens
Fishhook, Copper
Fishhook, Structure ZZ1, Nixtun-Ch’ich’
Knives, Iron
- San Bernabe, Tayasal, Iron Knives (the top knife was found in Str. T29)
Nails
Nixtun Ch’ich’. Str XX, Nails, Cut
Padlock, Iron
- Padlock, Str T29, Tayasal
Pipe, Kaolin
Tayasal, San Bernabe, Structure 30a, Kaolin Pipe
Zacpeten, Str 615, Kaolin Pipe stem
Rings, Copper
- Copper Alloy Ring, San Bernabe, Tayasal
- Copper Alloy Ring, San Bernabe, Tayasal
Spindle Whorls
Tayasal, T29, 2005, 1317 2 Spindle Whorl