The Pottery of a Problematic Deposit from Cahal Pech, Belize, and Its Implications for the Interpretation of Similar Deposits
Author(s): Jim Aimers; Jaime Awe
Year: 2018
Summary
During the Belize Tourism Development Project (2000-2004), Awe excavated dense on-floor deposits on the stairs and stairside outsets of Structures A2 and A3 at Cahal Pech. These deposits were mainly pottery sherds but included a variety of other materials including whole and partial vessels, projectile points, obsidian blades, deer antlers, figurines and ocarinas, spindle whorls, and jade pendants. A standard interpretations of such deposits is that they represent garbage left behind by Terminal Classic or Postclassic occupants of the site. In this paper we focus on the pottery remains of this deposit and their implications for alternative interpretations of others like it.
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The Pottery of a Problematic Deposit from Cahal Pech, Belize, and Its Implications for the Interpretation of Similar Deposits. Jim Aimers, Jaime Awe. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 444073)
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Keywords
General
Ceramic Analysis
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Maya: Classic
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Theory
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Eastern
Spatial Coverage
min long: -95.032; min lat: 15.961 ; max long: -86.506; max lat: 21.861 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 19969