Prehispanic Maya Burnt Lime Production: Previous Studies and Future Directions
Author(s): Ken Seligson; Soledad Ortiz Ruiz; Luis Barba Pingarrón
Year: 2018
Summary
Burnt lime has played a significant role in daily Maya life since at least as far back as 1100 BC, and yet its ephemeral nature has limited archaeological studies of its production and distribution. The application of new surveying and remote sensing technologies in recent decades is now allowing for a more in-depth investigation of the burnt lime industries that existed in different sub-regions of the Maya area. In this talk, we present an overview of the current understanding of Prehispanic Maya burnt lime production, including recent identifications of lime kilns in the northwestern Yucatán peninsula. We also discuss the broader socio-economic and resource management issues to which burnt lime production studies have the potential to contribute.
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Prehispanic Maya Burnt Lime Production: Previous Studies and Future Directions. Ken Seligson, Soledad Ortiz Ruiz, Luis Barba Pingarrón. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 444136)
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Keywords
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Maya lowlands
Spatial Coverage
min long: -94.197; min lat: 16.004 ; max long: -86.682; max lat: 21.984 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 18726