Zooarchaeological Explorations at Aventura, Belize

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Households at Aventura: Life and Community Longevity at an Ancient Maya City" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This paper presents the results of a broad zooarchaeological analysis conducted on remains recovered from a variety of contexts at the ancient Maya community of Aventura (Corozal, Belize). Because this is the first analysis of faunal remains from Aventura, it provides valuable information about life in the community including local ecology, subsistence, and household cooperation. The zooarchaeological remains from Aventura are also relevant to broader discussions of trade and sociopolitical relationships within the context of northern Belize, and may be compared to the evidence for economy and exchange indicated by other artifact classes. The Aventura faunal assemblage is also relevant to discussions of zooarchaeological taphonomy and recovery methods within the Maya lowlands. The assemblage was recovered during general excavation and also through selective use of soil flotation to recover microremains. The distribution of recovered fauna from across site contexts will thus be used to discuss faunal preservation and disposal patterns in this region of the Maya cultural area.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Households at Aventura: Life and Community Longevity at an Ancient Maya City   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36359.0