A Problematic Deposit from a Maya Hinterland Household: Chert, Sherds and Obsidian
Author(s): David M. Hyde
Year: 2015
Summary
A significant amount of recent study has been directed to what have been termed "problematical deposits." Although superficially similar to middens, they tend to have a ritual component that makes them distinct from simple trash pits, and as Houk (2000) indicates, they are often located at the centerline of monumental, ceremonial architecture ( Clayton et al. 2005; Houk 2000). The Tapir Group of the Medicinal Trail Community has an Early Classic "problematic deposit" that is located in the base of the steps on a modest residential structure in hinterland household. This paper will address the meaning of this deposit in regards to interpreting what it represents in terms of ancient Maya behavior.
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A Problematic Deposit from a Maya Hinterland Household: Chert, Sherds and Obsidian. David M. Hyde. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 398402)
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Keywords
General
Maya
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maya commoners
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Problematic deposits
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica
Spatial Coverage
min long: -107.271; min lat: 12.383 ; max long: -86.353; max lat: 23.08 ;