Investigating Ancient Foodways in the Copan Valley: Macrobotanicals from Late Classic, Terminal Classic, and Postclassic Middens in the Río Amarillo East Pocket
Author(s): Anarrubenia Capellin Ortega; Anarrubenia P. Capellin Ortega; Cameron L. McNeil; Edy Barrios
Year: 2017
Summary
In this paper, the analysis of macroremain samples from household contexts in the Río Amarillo East Pocket will be discussed. The analysis of these samples is part of a larger project to define the use of the environment by ancient inhabitants of the valley. Following upon the efforts of earlier projects such as PAC I and PAC II, we plan to assess macroremains from a diversity of groups and time periods to illuminate ancient consumption patterns. Hopefully, this data will increase our understanding of the sustainable practices of the ancient Maya and allow us to assess possible evidence of environmental stress related to Terminal Classic demographic drops.
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Investigating Ancient Foodways in the Copan Valley: Macrobotanicals from Late Classic, Terminal Classic, and Postclassic Middens in the Río Amarillo East Pocket. Anarrubenia Capellin Ortega, Anarrubenia P. Capellin Ortega, Cameron L. McNeil, Edy Barrios. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 ( tDAR id: 431172)
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Keywords
General
Food
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sustainability
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica
Spatial Coverage
min long: -107.271; min lat: 12.383 ; max long: -86.353; max lat: 23.08 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 16552