Preliminary Analysis of Archaeobotanical Remains Recovered from Late Classic Maya Marketplaces in Northwestern Belize

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Prehispanic Maya Marketplace Investigations in the Three Rivers Region of Belize: First Results" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Archaeobotanical analysis of Late Classic Maya remains is a rapidly growing field of study. While much has been written about the different types of plants that the Maya used, very little is known about how and where these plants were traded and their connection to regional integration and exchange networks. An analysis of the sediments collected from the 2023 Maya Marketplace Project revealed preserved macrobotanical and microbotanical remains from several sites. This presentation examines some of the preliminary results from these analyses and discusses the feasibility of using archaeobotanical remains to identify ancient marketplaces.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Prehispanic Maya Marketplace Investigations in the Three Rivers Region of Belize: First Results   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38223.0