Maya residential mobility in the southeastern Yucatan peninsula during classic times: Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and oxygen (δ18O) isotopes evidence from the port of Oxtankah

Ortega-Muñoz, Allan; Price, T. Douglas; Vega, Hortensia de; Tiesler, Vera; Cucina, Andrea

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102783

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“…Similar to what was reported in previous studies from the Classic and Postclassic period northern Maya lowlands' realm [5,6,8,11,20,30,59,60], both El Rey and San Miguelito show that twelve to fourteen percent of people originated from some place-close or faraway from town. At El Rey, they are all adults (who seemingly moved in several years before death).…”

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“…The third feature of the Postclassic is the demographic expansion and movement of people towards the coast. Such intra- and inter-regional residential mobility has already been documented since Late Classic times in the northern lowlands [ 5 , 6 , 9 ] and along the East Coast itself [ 6 , 8 , 20 ]. As mentioned above, the social and cultural impact of foreign people had been reported by Thompson [ 7 :144] already a century after the so-called “Maya collapse”.…”

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Human mobility on Cancun Island during the Late Postclassic: Intra- and inter-site demographic interactions

Cucina,

Thornton,

Ortega-Muñoz

2023

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Residential mobility in Prehispanic Mesoamerica is of paramount importance in bioarchaeology to determine the “how, where and why” people established biological, political and economic networks. The goal of this paper is to assess the presence of non-local people on the East Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula during the Late Postclassic (AD 1200–1540), and how they might have been perceived by the local Maya people. We analyze the presence, origin and mortuary distribution of 50 individuals based on their dental and bone 87Sr/86Sr signatures in the “urban” assemblage constituted by the archaeological sites known as El Rey and San Miguelito on Isla Cancun. Both sites present a strontium ratio “plateau” between 0.7091 and 0.7092, which is considered the local signature. Seven individuals, ranging in age from 5 years old to adulthood, were detected as potentially non-local, and originating from a wide range of regions both near and distant to Isla Cancun. Funerary patterns, burial location, and dietary data do not indicate these people were treated differently from the rest of the population, at least at the moment of death. This suggests that these non-locals might not have been perceived as “foreigners” and that they had integrated into the local community. Such mobility and cultural integration could have motivated by multiple factors, including economic and trade connections, or kinship relationships.

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Human mobility on Cancun Island during the Late Postclassic: Intra- and inter-site demographic interactions

Cucina,

Thornton,

Ortega-Muñoz

2023

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The Role, Function, and Application of Technologies in Archaeology: Data From Nw Belize

Neuhoff-Malorzo,

Locker,

Beach

et al. 2023

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The Programme for Belize Archaeological Project (PfBAP), in NW Belize, has recently benefitted from the application of several technologies not often available to archaeology research programs. The use of non-destructive geo-physical and related technologies at several sites has provided the PfBAP with data concerning community structure. These data also inform the interest for future excavations. The developments in isotope research have also benefitted the PfBAP in providing measures for understanding population movement and possible interaction across the NW Belize region. The local variation of strontium and oxygen isotopes in NW Belize is now better understood. The isotope data, from the PfBAP, demonstrates the presence and consistency of immigrants within ancient Maya settlements from NW Belize through time. A third technology that has modified the PfBAP understanding of ancient settlement and activity is the use of LiDAR. Ancient Maya settlements not previously recorded are now more evident as are features from ancient activities including reservoirs, sacbeob, and agricultural fields. The rapid changes in certain technologies and their application to archaeology are seen as beneficial in NW Belize.

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Maya residential mobility in the southeastern Yucatan peninsula during classic times: Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and oxygen (δ18O) isotopes evidence from the port of Oxtankah

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Human mobility on Cancun Island during the Late Postclassic: Intra- and inter-site demographic interactions

Human mobility on Cancun Island during the Late Postclassic: Intra- and inter-site demographic interactions

The Role, Function, and Application of Technologies in Archaeology: Data From Nw Belize

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