Plant Use in Elite Domestic Context at Nim li Punit (AD 150 to 830), Belize
Author(s): Luke Stroth; Mario Borrero; Geoffrey Braswell
Year: 2021
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
We describe the paleobotanical collection from Nim li Punit (AD 150 to 830), a small-scale center in the Toledo District, Belize. The samples were collected from Structure 50, a range building that we interpret to be a Late Classic (AD 700 to 830) elite domestic context. This was a time of growth and change for Nim li Punit, where new construction coincided with novel political connections and favorable environmental conditions. The macrobotanical collection provides a snapshot of elite diet and lifeways during the dynamic Late Classic period.
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Plant Use in Elite Domestic Context at Nim li Punit (AD 150 to 830), Belize. Luke Stroth, Mario Borrero, Geoffrey Braswell. Presented at The 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2021 ( tDAR id: 467438)
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Keywords
General
Environment and Climate
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Maya: Classic
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Paleoethnobotany
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): 32230