Lithic Industry in a Maya Center: An Axe Workshop at El Pilar, Belize
Lithic Industry in a Maya Center: An Axe Workshop at El Pilar, Belize
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玛雅中心的石器工业：伯利兹埃尔皮拉尔的斧头作坊
DOI：
10.1017/s1045663500002558
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
Zerifeh Eiley
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作者：
J. Whittaker;Kathryn A. Kamp;A. Ford;Rafael A. Guerra;Peter Brands;J. Guerra;K. McLean;A. Woods;M. Badillo;J. Thornton;Zerifeh Eiley
摘要Cahal Tok（弗林特之地）是一个石灰岩隆起，有一些结构证据，与以前指定的LDF燧石遗址有关，靠近El皮拉尔的仪式中心。调查发现的证据表明，在古典晚期，专门的燧石族在Cahol Tok所在地首先在一个清理过的石灰岩架上，然后在一个准备好的鹅卵石平台上生产了两面，主要是燧石轴。小碎片留在原地，而大部分较大的碎片沉积在平台边缘以东，进入LDF debitage dump。在玛雅考古学中，在一个主要中心的仪式区附近发现一个专门的制造场所是不寻常的。这可能意味着对一个重要行业的中央控制，尽管knapping同样可以更独立地组织起来。我们预计，大多数大型场地实际上都有小型工业区，但往往难以识别。
Abstract Cahal Tok (Place of Flint) is a limestone rise with some structural evidence, associated with the previously designated LDF Chert Site, close to the ceremonial center of El Pilar. Excavations uncovered evidence that during the Late Classic period, specialized flintknappers produced bifaces, primarily chert axes, at the Cahol Tok locus, first on a cleared limestone shelf then on a prepared cobble platform. Small flakes remained in situ whereas much of the larger debris was deposited to the east off the edge of the platform and into the LDF debitage dump. The identification of a specialized manufacturing locale near the ceremonial precinct of a major center is unusual in Maya archaeology. Central control of an important industry may be implied, although knapping could equally well be organized more independently. We expect that small industrial areas are actually present at most large sites, but may often be difficult to recognize.