The Archaeology of Place in Ebtún, Yucatán, Mexico

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published by University press of colorado 5589 arapahoe avenue, suite 206c boulder, colorado 80303 all rights reserved printed in the United states of americaThe University press of colorado is a proud member of The association of american University presses.The University press of colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by adams state University, colorado state University, fort Lewis college, Metropolitan state University of denver, regis University, University of colorado, University of northern colorado, Utah state University, and Western state colorado University.∞ This paper meets the requirements of the ansi/niso Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper).isbn: 978-1-60732-571-0 (cloth) isbn: 978-1-60732-659-5 (paperback) isbn: 978-1-60732-572-7 (ebook) Library of congress cataloging-in-publication data names: armstrong-fumero, fernando, editor. | Hoil gutierrez, Julio, editor. title: Legacies of space and intangible heritage : archaeology, ethnohistory, and the politics of cultural continuity in the americas / edited by fernando armstrong-fumero and Julio Hoil gutierrez. description: boulder : University press of colorado, [2017] | includes bibliographical references and index. identifiers: Lccn 2016056647| isbn 9781607325710 (cloth) | isbn 9781607326595 (pbk) | isbn 9781607325727 (ebook) subjects: LcsH: cultural landscapes-america-case studies. | cultural property-protectionamerica-case studies. | cultural property-america-Management-case studies. | Historic sites-conservation and restoration-america-case studies. | Historic sites-americaManagement-case studies. classification: Lcc gf500 .L44 2017 | ddc 973-dc23 Lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016056647 an electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. The open access isbn for the pdf version of this book is 978-1-60732-700-4; for the epUb version the open access isbn is 978-1-60732-720-2. More information about the initiative and links to the open-access version can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org. front-cover photographs: taperinha plantation (top), cavern of the painted rock, Monte alegre (bottom), courtesy of anna c. roosevelt. Whether on the scale of a household, of a community, or of a much larger regional environment, spaces of human habitation are both historical records of our past and a key element in reproducing the knowledge and values that define our lives in the present. This process of cultural reproduction can be endangered when migration, displacement, or changes in property regimes limit communities' access to sites where they have important historical connections. around the world, formal legal statutes, grassroots organizations, and local acts of resistance can play different roles in reasserting these connections between people and place. accordingly, the claims that contemporary stakeholders make on archaeological site...