Chemical residue and microbotanical analyses in the Royal Kitchen at Kabah, Yucatan.

Summary

Since 2010 the "Proyecto de Restauración e Investigación Arqueológica en el Grupo Este de Kabah, Yucatán", under the direction of archaeologist Lourdes Toscano, performed explorations in the area that covers structures 1C-2, 1C-3, 1C-4 y 1C-5. The goal of these interventions is bearing out the hypothesis that the group served as a special food-processing area. Excavations resulted in the recovery of faunal remains, ceramics, as well as several types of lithic tools like prismatic blades, bifacials, hammers, and manos and metates. In addition to chemical analyses of soils from the structure’s surroundings, now starch grain analyses have been conducted on sediments recovered from within metates to identify the kinds of plants that were ground. This paper will discuss the results of recent analyses aiming to contribute to an interdisciplinary perspective on pre-Columbian Mayan kitchen areas and their associated activities.

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• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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