Evidence for Early Sedentary Occupation in the Yaxnohcah Region, Campeche, Mexico
Author(s): Kathryn Reese-Taylor; Debra S. Walker; Verónica Vázquez López; F. C. Atasta Flores Esquivel; Armando Anaya Hernández
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Early settlement at Yaxnohcah appears to have been widespread throughout a landscape covering over 40km2. In this paper, we specifically discuss the distribution of this settlement in the period from 900-700 BCE and contrast it to the distribution from 700-300 BCE. Initial analyses suggest that the spatial range of the settlement contracted in the latter period. We explore the possible causes of this contraction and its implications for early sedentism in the Maya lowlands.
Cite this Record
Evidence for Early Sedentary Occupation in the Yaxnohcah Region, Campeche, Mexico. Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Debra S. Walker, Verónica Vázquez López, F. C. Atasta Flores Esquivel, Armando Anaya Hernández. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 449726)
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Keywords
General
ceramic analysis, sedentism
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Digital Archaeology: GIS
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Maya: Preclassic
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Settlement patterns
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): 25742