An Ethno-ecological View of the Evolution of "Solares": A Yucatan Maya Houselot Case Study

Summary

Using a household ecology model, this longitudinal comparison of the flora and fauna of village yards attempts to show how and why solares and their contents have evolved over the last two and one-half decades. Particular emphasis is placed on showing how such changes might be detected in and impact current and future archaeological explorations of Maya farming communities. Changes in water usage, economic activities, family structure and social organization, religious beliefs, evolving house construction methods, the acquisition of material good, and population pressure all go to influence a new matrix in houselot use. Finally, these same elements of change are also reflected in the use of the milpa, traditional cornfield, and this presentation will touch on the evolution of this subsistence pattern, as well.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20612