@article{f9b89f5e1cd049e7866a89b3961102a6,
title = "RECONSTRUCTING the FORMATION of PERI-ABANDONMENT DEPOSITS at BAKING POT, BELIZE",
abstract = "Archaeological research in the Maya lowlands has identified special deposits that offer essential information about the abandonment of Classic Maya centers. We argue that some of the {"}problematical deposits{"} associated with terminal architecture may be more accurately described as peri-abandonment deposits since they temporally and behaviorally relate to the activities associated with the final use of ceremonial space. Here, we describe several peri-abandonment deposits that were identified in Group B at the site of Baking Pot, located in western Belize. Using detailed stratigraphic and contextual information, artifact assemblages, and calendar dates recorded on polychrome vessels recovered in the deposits, we describe the nature of activities associated with the formation of peri-abandonment deposits at Baking Pot in the eighth to ninth centuries. We find patterning in the spatial locations of deposits in the corners of plazas and courtyards at Baking Pot, with variability in artifact assemblages between specific deposits.",
author = "Hoggarth, {Julie A.} and Davis, {J. Britt} and Awe, {Jaime J.} and Christophe Helmke",
note = "Funding Information: Archaeological excavations at Baking Pot were conducted under the auspices of the Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance (BVAR) Project, directed by Jaime Awe and Julie Hoggarth. Funding for the research came from the BVAR field school, the Tilden Family Foundation, and the National Science Foundation (BCS-1460369, Hoggarth). We thank Dr. John Morris and the Belize Institute of Archaeology for the permitting of BVAR research, as well as their continued support of the project. We also thank Kelsey Sullivan, Sarah Bednar, Amber Lopez-Johnson, Niyo Moraza-Keeswood, Sydney Lonaker, and Christina Zweig for supervising excavations at Baking Pot during the 2013–2016 field seasons. We thank our field excavators, including Antonio Itza (foreman), Manuel Itza, Edgar Penados, and Orvin Martinez for their work in the field, as well as the BVAR field school students. Funding Information: Archaeological excavations at Baking Pot were conducted under the auspices of the Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance (BVAR) Project, directed by Jaime Awe and Julie Hoggarth. Funding for the research came from the BVAR field school, the Tilden Family Foundation, and the National Science Foundation (BCS-1460369, Hoggarth). We thank Dr. John Morris and the Belize Institute of Archaeology for the permitting of BVAR research, as well as their continued support of the project. We also thank Kelsey Sullivan, Sarah Bednar, Amber Lopez-Johnson, Niyo Moraza-Keeswood, Sydney Lonaker, and Christina Zweig for supervising excavations at Baking Pot during the 2013-2016 field seasons. We thank our field excavators, including Antonio Itza (foreman), Manuel Itza, Edgar Penados, and Orvin Martinez for their work in the field, as well as the BVAR field school students. Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} Cambridge University Press, 2020.",
year = "2020",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1017/S0956536119000312",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "31",
pages = "139--149",
journal = "Ancient Mesoamerica",
issn = "0956-5361",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "1",
}