USING MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE TO IDENTIFY PREHISPANIC MAYA BURNT-LIME KILNS IN THE NORTHERN YUCATÁN PENINSULA. Issue 4 (25th September 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- USING MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE TO IDENTIFY PREHISPANIC MAYA BURNT-LIME KILNS IN THE NORTHERN YUCATÁN PENINSULA. Issue 4 (25th September 2017)
- Main Title:
- USING MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE TO IDENTIFY PREHISPANIC MAYA BURNT-LIME KILNS IN THE NORTHERN YUCATÁN PENINSULA
- Authors:
- Seligson, Kenneth E.
Gallareta Negrón, Tomás
Ciau, Rossana May
Bey, George J. - Abstract:
- Abstract : This study discusses the investigation of a series of pit-kilns in and around the prehispanic site of Kiuic in the Puuc region of the northern Maya lowlands and presents the multiple lines of evidence that identify these structures as lime production features. The study reports the results of systematic excavations, archaeometric analyses, archaeological experiments, ethnographic inquiries, and spatial analyses. Burnt lime has been used for architectural, dietary, hygienic, and other purposes by the Maya for at least three millennia and yet its importance in prehispanic Maya society is belied by the lack of lime production features identified in the archaeological record. The identification of these structures as lime production features has implications for understanding subregional differences in socioeconomic organization and resource management practices among the prehispanic Maya. This report provides a model for using multiple methods and analyses to investigate and identify lime production kilns that can be applied to societies and landscapes throughout the Maya area and the broader premodern world. Abstract : En este trabajo se presenta la investigación llevada a cabo en una serie de hornos de tierra en y alrededor del sitio prehispánico de Kiuic en la región Puuc de las tierras bajas Mayas del norte. Se presentan múltiples líneas de evidencia que permiten identificar estas estructuras como hornos para la producción de cal. Se reportan los resultados deAbstract : This study discusses the investigation of a series of pit-kilns in and around the prehispanic site of Kiuic in the Puuc region of the northern Maya lowlands and presents the multiple lines of evidence that identify these structures as lime production features. The study reports the results of systematic excavations, archaeometric analyses, archaeological experiments, ethnographic inquiries, and spatial analyses. Burnt lime has been used for architectural, dietary, hygienic, and other purposes by the Maya for at least three millennia and yet its importance in prehispanic Maya society is belied by the lack of lime production features identified in the archaeological record. The identification of these structures as lime production features has implications for understanding subregional differences in socioeconomic organization and resource management practices among the prehispanic Maya. This report provides a model for using multiple methods and analyses to investigate and identify lime production kilns that can be applied to societies and landscapes throughout the Maya area and the broader premodern world. Abstract : En este trabajo se presenta la investigación llevada a cabo en una serie de hornos de tierra en y alrededor del sitio prehispánico de Kiuic en la región Puuc de las tierras bajas Mayas del norte. Se presentan múltiples líneas de evidencia que permiten identificar estas estructuras como hornos para la producción de cal. Se reportan los resultados de excavaciones sistemáticas, análisis arqueométricos, experimentos arqueológicos, investigaciones etnográficas y análisis espaciales. La cal fue y sigue siendo utilizada por los Mayas para fines arquitectónicos, dietéticos e higiénicos, entre otros, durante al menos tres milenios. Sin embargo, su importancia en la sociedad Maya prehispánica contrasta con la falta de rasgos para producción de cal identificados en el registro arqueológico. La identificación de estas estructuras como hornos para la producción de cal tiene implicaciones para comprender las diferencias subregionales en la organización socioeconómica y las prácticas de manejo de recursos entre los Mayas prehispánicos. Este trabajo proporciona un modelo para el uso de múltiples métodos y análisis para investigar e identificar los hornos de producción de cal que se puede aplicar a las sociedades y paisajes a lo largo de la zona Maya y del mundo pre-moderno. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Latin American antiquity. Volume 28:Issue 4(2017)
- Journal:
- Latin American antiquity
- Issue:
- Volume 28:Issue 4(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 28, Issue 4 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0028-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 558
- Page End:
- 576
- Publication Date:
- 2017-09-25
- Subjects:
- Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities -- Periodicals
Indians of Central America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals
Indians of South America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals
Latin America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals
918 - Journal URLs:
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/latin-american-antiquity ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1017/laq.2017.37 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1045-6635
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- Legaldeposit
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