Possible Functions of a Late Prehistoric Coarseware from the Estuary Zone of Eastern Soconusco

Author(s): Sachiko Sakai; Timothy Garfin; Hector Neff

Year: 2015

Summary

Recent surveys in the mangrove zone of far-southern Pacific coastal Chiapas, Mexico, identified a coarse pottery, called "sewer-pipe ware," that was initially thought to have been used in sal cocida salt production during historic times. Distributional and excavation data along with functional considerations, however, point to a potentially more interesting hypothesis, namely that "sewer-pipe ware" vessels may be portable kilns or saggars used in the production of Plumbate pottery, a famous and widely traded ware of the Late Classic and Early Postclassic periods. The present paper presents evidence that supports the portable-kiln hypothesis, as well as evidence favoring alternative hypotheses.

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Possible Functions of a Late Prehistoric Coarseware from the Estuary Zone of Eastern Soconusco. Timothy Garfin, Sachiko Sakai, Hector Neff. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 398189)

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Keywords

Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.271; min lat: 12.383 ; max long: -86.353; max lat: 23.08 ;