People-Plant Negotiations in Two Rejolladas at Yaxuna and Joya, Yucatán

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Advances in Macrobotanical and Microbotanical Archaeobotany Part 1" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Rejolladas have long been identified as sites of specialized agricultural and ritual practice across the northern Maya lowlands. However, archaeological investigations of these cavernous, soil-rich features have been sporadic until relatively recently, and there is still much to be understood about the way people engaged and built relationships with them, especially at the local level. This paper presents an overview of microbotanical and macrobotanical methodologies and preliminary findings from archaeological fieldwork carried out within two rejolladas at the ancient Maya sites of Yaxuna and Joya, which are located within the present-day ejido of Yaxunah in central Yucatán. These contrasting case studies build on insights regarding the various ways that Maya people and plants negotiated contours of the landscape they shared.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Advances in Macrobotanical and Microbotanical Archaeobotany Part 1   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39243.0