Mushroom Stones of Mesoamerica, a Statistical Analysis

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This paper presents the results of a statistical analysis of a large sample of the "mushroom" stones of Mesoamerica, with particular emphasis on the sample linked to provenances in Guatemala. The production of "mushroom"-shaped stones in ancient Mesoamerica spanned nearly 1000 years and numerous geographic and cultural regions. While several hundred of these sculptures exist, relatively few have been found in situ and, partly for this reason, their function remains a mystery and their chronology is unclear. The data presented here shed new light on these gaps and support the use in archaeology of some often overlooked statistical tools.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37388.0