Analysis of the Faunal Remains from Holtun, Guatemala

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Holtun: Investigations at a Preclassic Maya Center" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The site of Holtun is a civic-ceremonial center located in the Petén region of Guatemala, occupied from the Late Middle Preclassic to the Terminal Classic period (600 BCE–900 CE). Excavations conducted between 2010 and 2017 have resulted in a mid-size vertebrate faunal assemblage and a large archaeomalacological assemblage, including marine shell, freshwater shell, and modified shell objects. In particular, this includes a large amount of freshwater shell from a single Middle Preclassic deposit. This paper presents preliminary results from the ongoing analysis of faunal remains from Holtun, including an analysis of the distribution of faunal remains, and an examination of particular contexts and deposits that yield insights into the human-animal relationship at the site of Holtun.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Holtun: Investigations at a Preclassic Maya Center   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40063.0