Reconstructing the Formation of Peri-abandonment Deposits at Baking, Belize
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Reconstructing the Formation of Peri-abandonment Deposits at Baking, Belize. / Hoggarth, Julie A.; Davis, J. Britt; Awe, Jaime J.; Helmke, Christophe.
In: Ancient Mesoamerica, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2020, p. 139-149.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Reconstructing the Formation of Peri-abandonment Deposits at Baking, Belize
AU - Hoggarth, Julie A.
AU - Davis, J. Britt
AU - Awe, Jaime J.
AU - Helmke, Christophe
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Archaeological research in the Maya lowlands has identified special deposits that offer essential information about the abandonment of Classic Maya centers. We argue that some of the “problematical deposits” associated with terminal architecture may be more accurately described as peri-abandonment deposits since they temporally and behaviorally relate to the activities associated with the final use of ceremonial space. Here, we describe several peri-abandonment deposits that were identified in Group B at the site of Baking Pot, located in western Belize. Using detailed stratigraphic and contextual information, artifact assemblages, and calendar dates recorded on polychrome vessels recovered in the deposits, we describe the nature of activities associated with the formation of peri-abandonment deposits at Baking Pot in the eighth to ninth centuries. We find patterning in the spatial locations of deposits in the corners of plazas and courtyards at Baking Pot, with variability in artifact assemblages between specific deposits.
AB - Archaeological research in the Maya lowlands has identified special deposits that offer essential information about the abandonment of Classic Maya centers. We argue that some of the “problematical deposits” associated with terminal architecture may be more accurately described as peri-abandonment deposits since they temporally and behaviorally relate to the activities associated with the final use of ceremonial space. Here, we describe several peri-abandonment deposits that were identified in Group B at the site of Baking Pot, located in western Belize. Using detailed stratigraphic and contextual information, artifact assemblages, and calendar dates recorded on polychrome vessels recovered in the deposits, we describe the nature of activities associated with the formation of peri-abandonment deposits at Baking Pot in the eighth to ninth centuries. We find patterning in the spatial locations of deposits in the corners of plazas and courtyards at Baking Pot, with variability in artifact assemblages between specific deposits.
U2 - 10.1017/S0956536119000312
DO - 10.1017/S0956536119000312
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 139
EP - 149
JO - Ancient Mesoamerica
JF - Ancient Mesoamerica
SN - 0956-5361
IS - 1
ER -
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