An Ancient Maya Hafted Stone Tool from Northern Belize

Shafer, Harry J.; Hester, Thomas R.

doi:10.21112/ita.1986.1.24

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“…Workshops, including household workshops, were locations of specialized production and households the locations of generalized reduction. Studies within households often discuss differences between formal and informal tools (Ausel 2012;Marino et al 2016), reflecting variation in production activities, with informal tools produced by householders (Carreño 2013;Horowitz et al 2022;Mendelsohn 2019) and formal tools produced by specialists (Hearth 2012;Johnson 2014;McCormick 2019;Shafer 2023;VandenBosch et al 2010). Workshops are identifiable by the scale and type of objects produced (e.g., bifaces, blades) indicating production for exchange not consumption (Johnson 2014(Johnson , 2016Johnson et al 2015).…”

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Lithics in the Maya Region: Exploring Gendered Trends in Research in the Last Decade

Horowitz,

Brouwer Burg

2024

Latin Am. antiq.

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Even though lithics in the Maya region have traditionally been relegated to appendices and tool-type lists, much has been done to move beyond this descriptive approach in the last decade. In this article we highlight general themes of lithic studies in the Maya region since 2011, including economic production and exchange, the role of lithics in ritual practice, and the use of previously understudied raw materials and lithic forms, such as ground stone. Employing a temporal scope that encompasses the Maya and their preceramic predecessors, we explore gendered patterns of research within lithic studies from a feminist perspective and discuss the impacts that gender disparities have on academic thought.

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Lithics in the Maya Region: Exploring Gendered Trends in Research in the Last Decade

Horowitz,

Brouwer Burg

2024

Latin Am. antiq.

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“…At Laguna de On Island, continuities in the manufacture and use of biface celts are observed from the Classic to Postclassic periods, which accompany the addition of the new lithic forms as recognized at Colha (Masson, 1993(Masson, ,1995. The sustained use of bifaces from the Classic to Postclassic agricultural fields is a logical continuity, as studies have shown that these tools were used for multiple purposes in horticultural/agricultural production (Shafer, 1983;Shafer and Hester, 1986).…”

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Understanding the stratigraphic context of the maya postclassic in belize

Masson

1995

Geoarchaeology

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The Maya Postclassic (A. D. 900–1500) is a complex and poorly understood period of history which represents a conspicuous gap in the understanding of processes of social change in lowland Mesoamerica. Difficulties in interpreting this period are directly related to the stratigraphic context of Postclassic deposits such as those described in this examination of the site of Laguna de On, northern Belize. Belize Postclassic settlement has been heavily underestimated due to difficulties in detecting remains from this period in disturbed surface deposits. A lack of priority placed on Postclassic research in the southern Maya lowlands has also contributed to the relatively low number of large scale projects and refined descriptions of Postclassic remains that would enable regional synthetic reconstruction. Given the combined effect of problematic stratigraphy and limited professional attention, it is not surprising that the southern Maya lowlands are generally thought to have been drastically depopulated at the time of the collapse of Maya “civilization” around A.D. 900. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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A Reassessment of Red Linear Pictographs in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas

Boyd¹,

Castañeda²,

Koenig³

2013

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Red Linear is one of four presently defined prehistoric pictograph styles in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of southwest Texas and Coahuila, Mexico. Based on interpretation of images and two experimental radiocarbon dates, the style was presumed to have been brought into the region by intrusive bison hunters around 1280 B.P. This would place production of Red Linear after the large, polychromatic Pecos River style paintings (4200–2750 B.P.). However, during a recent rock art recording project we identified Red Linear overlain by presumed older Pecos River style. This prompted our re-examination of Red Linear through analysis of 444 figures from 12 sites. We produced a list of diagnostic attributes for Red Linear and documented stratigraphie relationships through macro- and microscopic field analysis. We identified 38 examples of Red Linear under Pecos River figures, thus inverting the relative chronology for the two styles and forcing a reconsideration of previous assumptions regarding the culture that produced the art. This paper demonstrates the potential afforded by analysis of rock art assemblages to reveal inter- and intrasite patterning of attributes and provide insight into relative chronologies. Further, it cautions against the use of variation in artistic style as a marker for ethnicity.

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An Ancient Maya Hafted Stone Tool from Northern Belize

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Lithics in the Maya Region: Exploring Gendered Trends in Research in the Last Decade

Lithics in the Maya Region: Exploring Gendered Trends in Research in the Last Decade

Understanding the stratigraphic context of the maya postclassic in belize

A Reassessment of Red Linear Pictographs in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas

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