The earliest known stage of lowland Maya culture, dated 2500-1300 BC. Most Swasey sites cluster in north Belize. The site at Cuello, a village of hunters and farmers, provides reasonably complete information. Maize, squash, root crops, and cacao were grown and timber structures were built on low platform foundations plastered with stucco. The dead were buried with imported seashells and jadeite beads. Swasey pottery developed into the Mamon style of the Maya Middle Pre-Classic period.