Osteobiography of a Postclassic Maya Shaman/Priest: The “Guardian of Maay” from San Miguelito, Quintana Roo, 2024
Within the work of the first field season of the San Miguelito archaeological project, more than ... more Within the work of the first field season of the San Miguelito archaeological project, more than 50 human burials were found, one of them draws attention due to the context where it was located and the tools that accompanied it, which indicates to us that it was of a priest or shaman, a relevant character for the pre-Hispanic Mayans.
Abstract This study concerns three Mayan sites located on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Penins... more Abstract This study concerns three Mayan sites located on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (Quintana Roo, Mexico): Chac Mool (Early to Late Post-Classic), San Miguelito (Late Post-Classic) and El Meco (Early to Late Post-Classic). A collection of 70 obsidian samples (blades and core fragments) from these sites was analyzed by neutron activation. Of these samples, 100% from El Meco, 97% from San Miguelito, and 93% from Chac Mool were identified as coming from the Ixtepeque Volcano and the rest from El Chayal, both obsidian sources in the Guatemalan Highlands. It seems that during the Middle and Late Post-Classic, the obsidian of Ixtepeque replaced the material of the other sources of the Highlands. It is clear that these sites formed part of the obsidian trade routes from these Highlands, which skirted the Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and reached the Gulf of Mexico and other Pre-Hispanic sites.
The authors of this chapter focus their attention on the distribution of mortuary practices and t... more The authors of this chapter focus their attention on the distribution of mortuary practices and their relationship to population affinities among several Postclassic (AD 1000–1520) Maya sites located long the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. The archaeological evidence suggests a lack of clear and culturally well-established patterns of mortuary practices in the region. Coastal sites represented important commercial and ceremonial centers along maritime trade routes around the peninsula, and were therefore potentially subject to population movement. The joint analysis of mortuary patterns and site biological distances, based on the evidence of dental morphology, indicates that biological relationships between sites does not correspond to similarities in mortuary practices, suggesting a series of diverse relationships between sites long the peninsula’s east coast.
This study concerns three Mayan sites located on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (Quin... more This study concerns three Mayan sites located on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (Quintana Roo, Mex-ico): Chac Mool (Early to Late Post-Classic), San Miguelito (Late Post-Classic) and El Meco (Early to Late Post-Classic). A collection of 70 obsidian samples (blades and core fragments) from these sites was analyzed by neutron activation. Of these samples, 100% from El Meco, 97% from San Miguelito, and 93% from Chac Mool were identified as coming from the Ixtepeque Volcano and the rest from El Chayal, both obsidian sources in the Guatemalan Highlands. It seems that during the Middle and Late Post-Classic, the obsidian of Ixtepeque replaced the material of the other sources of the Highlands. It is clear that these sites formed part of the obsidian trade routes from these Highlands, which skirted the Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and reached the Gulf of Mexico and other Pre-Hispanic sites.
Obsidian samples from 13 Mexican quarries (Sierra de Pachuca and Zacualtipan, Hidalgo, Zaragoza a... more Obsidian samples from 13 Mexican quarries (Sierra de Pachuca and Zacualtipan, Hidalgo, Zaragoza and Oyameles, Puebla, Altotonga Veracruz and eight sites of the Zinaparo – Varal – Churintzio Hills region) have been analyzed by NAA. The concentration of 19 elements, major and trace, are reported. Excepting Altotonga Veracruz, the chemical composition of other obsidian flows was found homogenous. The region of the Varal obsidian was delimited. An excellent correlation between ytterbium and lutetium contents in obsidians was found.
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - J RADIOANAL NUCL CHEM, 2002
The research was performed with archaeological obsidian scrapers, collected at the Metztitlan are... more The research was performed with archaeological obsidian scrapers, collected at the Metztitlan area, Hidalgo, Mexico. The provenance of the raw material was determined by NAA. SEM technique was applied to identify use wears on pre-Hispanic tools and experimental replicas. The Metztitlan scrapers made of the obsidian of Zacualtipan, Hidalgo, Mexico, were probably used for Agave juice extraction in the Late Postclassical period.
... of obsidian for peoples in southern Mesoamerica from the Formative to the Postclassic periods... more ... of obsidian for peoples in southern Mesoamerica from the Formative to the Postclassic periods. ... 2. Obsidian quarries sampled in the region of Zinaparo, Churintzio and Varal Hills; F) La ...Archaeometry Symp., RM FARQUHAR, RGV HANCOCK, LA PAVLISH (Eds), 1988, p. 245. ...
Osteobiography of a Postclassic Maya Shaman/Priest: The “Guardian of Maay” from San Miguelito, Quintana Roo, 2024
Within the work of the first field season of the San Miguelito archaeological project, more than ... more Within the work of the first field season of the San Miguelito archaeological project, more than 50 human burials were found, one of them draws attention due to the context where it was located and the tools that accompanied it, which indicates to us that it was of a priest or shaman, a relevant character for the pre-Hispanic Mayans.
Abstract This study concerns three Mayan sites located on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Penins... more Abstract This study concerns three Mayan sites located on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (Quintana Roo, Mexico): Chac Mool (Early to Late Post-Classic), San Miguelito (Late Post-Classic) and El Meco (Early to Late Post-Classic). A collection of 70 obsidian samples (blades and core fragments) from these sites was analyzed by neutron activation. Of these samples, 100% from El Meco, 97% from San Miguelito, and 93% from Chac Mool were identified as coming from the Ixtepeque Volcano and the rest from El Chayal, both obsidian sources in the Guatemalan Highlands. It seems that during the Middle and Late Post-Classic, the obsidian of Ixtepeque replaced the material of the other sources of the Highlands. It is clear that these sites formed part of the obsidian trade routes from these Highlands, which skirted the Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and reached the Gulf of Mexico and other Pre-Hispanic sites.
The authors of this chapter focus their attention on the distribution of mortuary practices and t... more The authors of this chapter focus their attention on the distribution of mortuary practices and their relationship to population affinities among several Postclassic (AD 1000–1520) Maya sites located long the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. The archaeological evidence suggests a lack of clear and culturally well-established patterns of mortuary practices in the region. Coastal sites represented important commercial and ceremonial centers along maritime trade routes around the peninsula, and were therefore potentially subject to population movement. The joint analysis of mortuary patterns and site biological distances, based on the evidence of dental morphology, indicates that biological relationships between sites does not correspond to similarities in mortuary practices, suggesting a series of diverse relationships between sites long the peninsula’s east coast.
This study concerns three Mayan sites located on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (Quin... more This study concerns three Mayan sites located on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (Quintana Roo, Mex-ico): Chac Mool (Early to Late Post-Classic), San Miguelito (Late Post-Classic) and El Meco (Early to Late Post-Classic). A collection of 70 obsidian samples (blades and core fragments) from these sites was analyzed by neutron activation. Of these samples, 100% from El Meco, 97% from San Miguelito, and 93% from Chac Mool were identified as coming from the Ixtepeque Volcano and the rest from El Chayal, both obsidian sources in the Guatemalan Highlands. It seems that during the Middle and Late Post-Classic, the obsidian of Ixtepeque replaced the material of the other sources of the Highlands. It is clear that these sites formed part of the obsidian trade routes from these Highlands, which skirted the Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and reached the Gulf of Mexico and other Pre-Hispanic sites.
Obsidian samples from 13 Mexican quarries (Sierra de Pachuca and Zacualtipan, Hidalgo, Zaragoza a... more Obsidian samples from 13 Mexican quarries (Sierra de Pachuca and Zacualtipan, Hidalgo, Zaragoza and Oyameles, Puebla, Altotonga Veracruz and eight sites of the Zinaparo – Varal – Churintzio Hills region) have been analyzed by NAA. The concentration of 19 elements, major and trace, are reported. Excepting Altotonga Veracruz, the chemical composition of other obsidian flows was found homogenous. The region of the Varal obsidian was delimited. An excellent correlation between ytterbium and lutetium contents in obsidians was found.
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - J RADIOANAL NUCL CHEM, 2002
The research was performed with archaeological obsidian scrapers, collected at the Metztitlan are... more The research was performed with archaeological obsidian scrapers, collected at the Metztitlan area, Hidalgo, Mexico. The provenance of the raw material was determined by NAA. SEM technique was applied to identify use wears on pre-Hispanic tools and experimental replicas. The Metztitlan scrapers made of the obsidian of Zacualtipan, Hidalgo, Mexico, were probably used for Agave juice extraction in the Late Postclassical period.
... of obsidian for peoples in southern Mesoamerica from the Formative to the Postclassic periods... more ... of obsidian for peoples in southern Mesoamerica from the Formative to the Postclassic periods. ... 2. Obsidian quarries sampled in the region of Zinaparo, Churintzio and Varal Hills; F) La ...Archaeometry Symp., RM FARQUHAR, RGV HANCOCK, LA PAVLISH (Eds), 1988, p. 245. ...
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