TY - JOUR
T1 - CONTEXTUAL and COMPOSITIONAL COMPARISONS of ABANDONMENT-RELATED, ON-FLOOR DEPOSITS at CHAN CHICH, BELIZE
AU - Houk, Brett A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © Cambridge University Press, 2020.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - At Chan Chich, Belize, archaeologists have encountered Terminal Classic artifact scatters and piled artifact deposits in elite residential compounds near the epicenter of the site. This article presents a detailed comparison of four artifact deposits' contexts and compositions to highlight similarities and differences among them. Commonly classified as "problematic deposits" in the field, all four examples considered here formed directly on floors or steps. Although they exhibit compositional variability, all four deposits appear to be abandonment-related features, which unknown actors deliberately created, specifically targeting elite residential architecture rather than monumental public structures in the site core.
AB - At Chan Chich, Belize, archaeologists have encountered Terminal Classic artifact scatters and piled artifact deposits in elite residential compounds near the epicenter of the site. This article presents a detailed comparison of four artifact deposits' contexts and compositions to highlight similarities and differences among them. Commonly classified as "problematic deposits" in the field, all four examples considered here formed directly on floors or steps. Although they exhibit compositional variability, all four deposits appear to be abandonment-related features, which unknown actors deliberately created, specifically targeting elite residential architecture rather than monumental public structures in the site core.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0956536119000087
DO - 10.1017/S0956536119000087
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084318529
SN - 0956-5361
VL - 31
SP - 89
EP - 98
JO - Ancient Mesoamerica
JF - Ancient Mesoamerica
IS - 1
ER -