Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Maya Exploitation of Animal Resources during the Middle Preclassic Period: An Archaeozoological Analysis from Pacbitun, Belize

Year: 2014, 2014

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Boileau, Arianne, Thesis advisor (ths): Morin, Eugene, Degree committee member (dgc): Healy, Paul F, Degree committee member (dgc): Powis, Terry G, Degree committee member (dgc): Freiwald, Carolyn, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>This study examines the foraging strategies of animal resource exploitation during the Middle Preclassic period (900-300 BC) at the ancient Maya site of Pacbitun, Belize. The faunal remains analyzed in this study were recovered from various domestic structures associated with the production of shell artifacts. Detailed taphonomic analyses have revealed that the Pacbitun faunal remains… more

Archaeological Investigation of the North Group at Pacbitun, Belize: The Function, Status, and Chronology of an Ancient Maya Epicenter Residential Group.

Year: 2013, 2013

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): CHEONG, KONG FAI, Thesis advisor (ths): Healy, Paul F, Degree committee member (dgc): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Powis, Terry G, Degree committee member (dgc): Houk, Brett, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>This thesis reports on the 2010 excavations of the North Group and Eastern Court at the ancient Lowland Maya site of Pacbitun. It provides a construction history of the architecture and an analysis of associated artifacts, burials, and caches. The archaeological investigations demonstrate that the seven structures (Strs. 34-40) of this restricted access plazuela group were built in the… more