دانلود مقاله ISI انگلیسی شماره 153805
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تولید آهک احتراق و اقتصاد اجتماعی پیشا-کلمبیایی مایا: مطالعه موردی از شمال یوکاتا

عنوان انگلیسی
Burnt lime production and the Pre-Columbian Maya socio-economy: A case study from the northern Yucatán
کد مقاله سال انتشار تعداد صفحات مقاله انگلیسی
153805 2017 14 صفحه PDF
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)

Journal : Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Volume 48, December 2017, Pages 281-294

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پیش نمایش مقاله  تولید آهک احتراق و اقتصاد اجتماعی پیشا-کلمبیایی مایا: مطالعه موردی از شمال یوکاتا

Burnt lime has been crucial for architectural, dietary, and other purposes in Maya society since as far back as 1100 BCE. The recent identification of a series of pit-kilns used for lime production in the Puuc region of the northern Yucatán Peninsula allows for an unprecedented investigation of the socio-economic organization of the Pre-Columbian lime industry. This article reports on the importance of burnt lime to Maya society and presents the results of spatial analyses of the pit-kilns in relation to other archaeological and environmental features. The distribution of the lime production features indicate that the Pre-Columbian lime industry was decentralized and organized at the small corporate group level. Some of these groups likely incorporated limestone extraction and processing into a broader multi-crafting subsistence strategy. Those small corporate groups that did not produce their own lime would have had to acquire it from producing groups through an intra-community exchange system. Spatial analyses also indicate that lime production locations reflect a desire to limit both pre- and post-production material transportation efforts. The study provides a model for investigating the production and distribution of a perishable craft good that can be used for examining perishable goods in ancient societies beyond Mesoamerica. The small-scale, decentralized lime production organization identified in the northern Maya lowlands can now be compared with systems of production and exchange of perishable goods in other pre-modern societies around the world.