During the Early Classic period in the Maya lowlands (AD 250–600), black serving vessels were placed as offerings in the highest‐status elite burials. Complicated forms and sophisticated decorative conventions transformed these simple ceramic containers into precious social valuables that were deposited with only the most privileged individuals. This article presents new data, analyses, and interpretations of the production and exchange of Early Classic blackware that are informed by the concepts of wealth‐in‐people as wealth‐in‐knowledge. I specifically ask whether Early Classic Maya blackware was produced and exchanged by highly skilled artisans who were commissioned by political elites in an effort to grow political followers through gifting and increase a leader's wealth‐in‐people. This research demonstrates that Early Classic blackware was produced and consumed as a means to aid kings in becoming venerated ancestors. Blackware was part of a performative process of maintaining a leader's social network that continued in death and that was emphasized by descendants as a means to further legitimize their own accession and political futures.

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“涂黑”：财富和早期经典玛雅人的黑陶

在玛雅低地（公元250–600年）的经典早期，黑人服务船只被作为祭品放置在地位最高的精英墓葬中。复杂的形式和复杂的装饰习惯将这些简单的陶瓷容器转变为珍贵的社会贵重物品，这些贵重物品只能存放在最特权的人身上。本文介绍了早期经典黑器的生产和交换的新数据，分析和解释，这些知识都以“人中的财富”概念为基础。我特别想问一下，早期经典玛雅人黑器是否由受政治精英委托的技术精湛的工匠生产和交换，以通过赠予来培养政治信徒并增加领导人的财富。这项研究表明，早期经典黑器的产生和消费是帮助国王成为尊贵祖先的一种手段。Blackware是维持领导者的社交网络的执行过程的一部分，该社交网络一直持续到死亡，后代强调这一点是进一步使自己的加入和政治前途合法化的一种手段。