Bits and Pieces: A Contextual Analysis of Portable Material Culture from the Medicinal Trail Community, Belize

Summary

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

This poster details the findings of a contextual analysis of portable material culture, commonly referred to as “small finds” artifacts, collected from 2004 to 2019 at the hinterland Maya community of Medicinal Trail, located in northwestern Belize. The collection from Medicinal Trail comes from a variety of contexts, such as middens, burials, caches, and fill. It includes artifacts from several nonperishable raw materials including clay, shell, coral, and stone. Numerous technological systems of production are represented. Metric and attribute descriptions are provided; however, an emphasis is placed on their theorized function and contextual location. A detailed look at these artifacts provides a glimpse into the activities that were taking place at the Medicinal Trail site.

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): 37527.0