Raw Material Selection and Stone Tool Production: Limestone Bifaces in the Mopan Valley, Belize

Autor:	Jason Yaeger, Meaghan M. Peuramaki-Brown, Mark Eli, Bernadette Cap, Rachel A. Horowitz
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Stone tool 010506 paleontology Archeology History River valley 060102 archaeology 06 humanities and the arts Raw material engineering.material 01 natural sciences Archaeology Debitage engineering Maya 0601 history and archaeology Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Zdroj:	Latin American Antiquity. 30:198-204
ISSN:	2325-5080 1045-6635
DOI:	10.1017/laq.2018.72
Popis:	Stone tool producers in the Maya Lowlands had several types of raw materials from which to choose. Limestone, chert, and obsidian are the most naturally abundant, whereas chert and obsidian outnumber limestone in archaeological contexts. The presence of flaked-stone tools made of limestone is typically attributed to the scarcity of more suitable raw materials. Nevertheless, in chert-rich areas, such as the upper Belize River valley, limestone bifaces and production debitage are present. To understand their presence, we examine limestone biface production and use at Buenavista del Cayo.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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