Maya Stone-Tool Craft Specialization and Production at Colha, Belize: Reply to Mallory

The definition and existence of specialized chert tool workshops and workshop deposits at Colha, Belize are addressed in this reply. Density estimates are provided for workshop deposits along with revised production estimates for the Late Preclassic Period. A pattern is beginning to emerge in the Ma...

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Published in:American antiquity 1986-01, Vol.51 (1), p.158-166
Main Authors: Shafer, Harry J., Hester, Thomas R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural, fishing and hunting tools, weapons
American civilisations
Archaeology
Art and archaeology
Comments
Ethnology
Excavations
Field archaeology
History of technology
Lowlands
Mayas
Mexico and Central America civilisations
Morphological source materials
Obsidian
Production estimates
Production technics, tools
Research universities
Stone tools
Technology
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Summary:The definition and existence of specialized chert tool workshops and workshop deposits at Colha, Belize are addressed in this reply. Density estimates are provided for workshop deposits along with revised production estimates for the Late Preclassic Period. A pattern is beginning to emerge in the Maya lowlands with regards to communities of craft specialists; they appear to have been in settlements surrounding the larger centers, not in the major centers themselves.
ISSN:0002-7316
2325-5064
DOI:10.2307/280402