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DOCUMENT Full-Text Erin R. Schmidt.

This paper presents archaeological and historical evidence of the changing roles of haciendas in the Mexican economy during the nineteenth century in Yucatán. Specifically, this paper looks at how haciendas changed before and just after the Caste War of Yucatán through the examination of hacienda site structures, population data, and material culture comparisons. Haciendas are agricultural estates that are maintained by a wealthy land-owner and a lower-class labor force to supply...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Briana Bianco.

According to historic documents and scarce archaeological data, apiculture with the stingless bee, Melipona beecheii, was significant in the diet, economy, tribute, medicine, and ritual practices of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Current practices with stingless bees give us a frame of reference for interpreting archaeological data. This paper focuses on the ethnoarchaeological studies carried out in Yucatán, Mexico. Soil samples collected from underneath and near modern beehives, as well as samples...

PROJECT Rani T Alexander.

With the authorization of the Consejo de Arqueología, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), we conducated investigations in historical archaeology of the towns of Ebtun, Kaua, Cuncunul, Tekom, and Tixcacalcupul and their related settlements situated in north-central Yucatan, Mexico. The purpose of the investigation is to document and explain changes in cultural practices and agrarian ecology in Maya-speaking communities from AD 1545 to 2000, comparing archaeological settlement...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rani T Alexander. José Díaz Cruz. Adam Kaeding. Ruth Martínez Cervantes. Matthew Punke. Susan Kepecs.

Por medio de la autorización del Consejo de Arqueología, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), se llevó a cabo el proyecto de investigación en la arqueología histórica del pueblo de Ebtún y los pueblos circundantes de Kaua, Cuncunul, Tekom, y Tixcacalcupul, localizados en la región norte-central de Yucatán, México (Figura 1). El propósito de la investigación fue desarrollar y profundizar el conocimiento de los cambios en las prácticas culturales y la ecología agraria en las...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Nina E. Williams.

This paper addresses the changes to the noria platform and to noria technology of north-central Yucatán. I question whether personal preference influenced differentiation of the technology or if specific utilitarian activities dictated more standardization through time. I use statistical analysis to determine if there is equal variance among the noria openings and platforms. By comparing three different property types (haciendas, ranchos, and conventos) the data indicates the noria...