An Investigation of Turtle Use at Isla Cilvituk, Campeche, Mexico

Author(s): Kristen L. Scudder

Year: 2010

Summary

Previous research in Mesoamerican fauna analysis has contributed insights

into resource use, but Maya turtle use remains unexamined. Faunal analysis,

zooarchaeology, vertebrate taphonomy, and behavioral archaeology provide a

guideline into the past taphonomic and life histories of the turtle bones recovered

from Isla Cilvituk (A.D. 900-1525). The primary objective of my research is to

establish an archaeology model of exploitation of the small and large turtles

recovered from Isla Cilvituk.

Cite this Record

An Investigation of Turtle Use at Isla Cilvituk, Campeche, Mexico. Kristen L. Scudder. Masters Thesis. New Mexico State University (NMSU), Anthropology. 2010 ( tDAR id: 500220) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8500220

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Keywords

Culture
LOWLAND MAYA

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Metal • Pollen • Shell

Site Name
Isla Cilvituk, Campeche, Mexico

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Ancient Church / Religious Structure • Ancient Governmental Structure • Ancient Structure • chultun • House • House Mound • Platform Mound • Plaza • Pyramid • Stairway • stelae • Temple • Terrace • Town / City • Water Control Feature

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Household Archaeology • Lacustrine settlement • Postclassic Lowland Maya • Resilience • Settlement Ecology • Terminal Classic-Postclassic transition

Geographic Keywords
Northern Maya Lowlands

Temporal Keywords
Terminal Classic through Late Postclassic period (AD 600-1500)

Temporal Coverage

Radiocarbon Date: 1324 to 387 (14C Age BP, 9 radiocarbon dates from animal bone)

Calendar Date: 600 to 1500 (Architecture and Ceramics)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -90.312; min lat: 18.608 ; max long: -90.26; max lat: 18.655 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Principal Investigator(s): Rani T Alexander

Record Identifiers

Consejo de Arqueologia, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)(s): Oficio #: C.A. 401-36/492, C.A. 401-36/188, C.A.401-36/427

New Mexico State University, Institutional Review Board, Human Subjects Research(s): Permit 5711 (expedited) 2003

Notes

General Note: This archaeological project was not born digital.

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