On Engendering Monte Alban Tomb 7

Joyce, Rosemary A.; Rodríguez-Shadow, María J.; Plunket, Patricia; Winter, Marcus; López, Cira Martínez

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“…537 tomb, two other tombs within a later version of Structure B20, each associated with a single individual, also yielded multiple stone spindle whorls. The interpretation may be made, therefore, that this important Caracol temple was primarily associated with female ancestors; alternatively, the temple could be dedicated to a series of third-gender or gender-crossing individuals (Bassie-Sweet 2002; Hollimon 1997; Joyce 1994; Looper 2002:200). The most important Caracol tomb (dating to a.d. 634) recovered deep in the adjoining northern temple, Structure B19, clearly contained the remains of a female (albeit without any textile items [A.…”

Section: Gendering the Caracol Archaeological Datamentioning

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Textiles and the Maya Archaeological Record

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Ancient Mesoam

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Textiles formed a major part of any ancient Mesoamerican economy. Based on ethnohistory and iconography, the Maya were great producers of cloth for both internal and external use. However, the archaeological identification of textile production is difficult in any tropical area because of issues of preservation. This paper examines the evidence for the production and distribution of cloth that is found in the pre-Columbian Maya area and then focuses on archaeological data relative to textiles from the ancient Maya city of Caracol, Belize. Archaeology at Caracol has been carried out annually from 1985 to the present and has resulted in the collection of data that permits insight into the economic production and social distribution of cloth at the site. This is accomplished through examining the contexts and distributions of spindle whorls, bone needles, bone pins and hairpins, bone awls, and limestone bars. All of these artifacts can be related to weaving, netting, or cloth in some way. Importantly, perforated ceramic disks are not included in this grouping because of contextual information from the archaeological record that these artifacts likely functioned as backings for ear assemblages. Spindle whorls are the artifacts most clearly associated with textile production and 57 of these have been recovered at Caracol, 38 of them in 20 different burials. Several of these interments are of high-status women placed in the most important architectural constructions at the site. The contextual placement of these burials stresses not only the link between women and weaving, but also the high status associated with such an activity, thus signaling the importance of cloth and spinning in ancient Maya society. The prevalence of female interments in the major ritual buildings at Caracol also reflects the importance of women to Maya social structure during the Classic period (a.d.250–900), pointing to difficulties in hieroglyphically based interpretations of ancient Maya social organization and suggesting that the traditional focus on males in the sociopolitical organization of the Classic Maya is incorrect.

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Section: Gendering the Caracol Archaeological Datamentioning

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Textiles and the Maya Archaeological Record

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Tomb Use and Reuse in Oaxaca, Mexico

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Recently, a major debate has arisen over the interpretation of Monte Alban Tomb 7. This debate hinges, in part, on whether the skeletal assemblage comprised either primary or secondary burials. Previous studies of Mesoamerican mortuary practices generally have recognized only primary and secondary burials in tombs. Findings from a recently excavated tomb in Ejutla, Oaxaca, demonstrate that a third possibility exists: multiple-interment tomb assemblages. These assemblages result from a process we call "ongoing tomb use." Based on comparisons with the Ejutla interments we propose that the Monte Alban Tomb 7 assemblage may have resulted from ongoing tomb use.

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Perry

Joyce

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International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies

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On Engendering Monte Alban Tomb 7

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Textiles and the Maya Archaeological Record

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