Papa Was a Rolling Stone: Migration Stories from the Three Rivers Region, NW Belize
Author(s): Angelina Locker; Fred Valdez, Jr.; Staci L. Loewy; Jay L. Banner; Daniel O. Breecker
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Ancient Maya Landscapes in Northwestern Belize, Part II" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
A robust body of literature on ancient Maya migration exists, showcasing their intrinsically mobile nature. Interestingly, while migration inquiries have been conducted in urban centers throughout the ancient Maya world, it is less well understood how people moved around more rural landscapes. For the ancient Maya inhabiting communities in the Three Rivers Region in northwest Belize, population ebbs and flows spanning the Late Preclassic (400 BCE – CE 250) to the Terminal Classic (CE 810 - 900) have been attributed to human migration. This research tests hypotheses related to regional population undulations; establishes a regional strontium isoscape based on local limestone bedrock, soils, and waters; presents data from strontium and oxygen isotopic analyses of human dental enamel from 49 individuals; and investigates migration across multi-scalar communities, highlighting the intersection of regional migration through time and the prevalence of rural migrations.
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Papa Was a Rolling Stone: Migration Stories from the Three Rivers Region, NW Belize. Angelina Locker, Fred Valdez, Jr., Staci L. Loewy, Jay L. Banner, Daniel O. Breecker. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 452561)
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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): 26147