TY - JOUR
T1 - Raw Material Selection and Stone Tool Production
T2 - Limestone Bifaces in the Mopan Valley, Belize
AU - Horowitz, Rachel A.
AU - Cap, Bernadette
AU - Yaeger, Jason
AU - Peuramaki-Brown, Meaghan
AU - Eli, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 by the Society for American Archaeology.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Maya
KW - Palabras clavematerias primas
KW - piedra caliza
KW - utensilios líticos
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063568830&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/laq.2018.72
DO - 10.1017/laq.2018.72
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063568830
SN - 1045-6635
VL - 30
SP - 198
EP - 204
JO - Latin American Antiquity
JF - Latin American Antiquity
IS - 1
ER -