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Small-Scale Maya Lime Making in Belize: Ancient and Modern

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

J. Jefferson MacKinnon  and
Emily M. May
J. Jefferson MacKinnon
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, European Division, APO New York 09102
Emily M. May
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Abstract

Results of excavations of an Early Classic Maya coastal lime-making site on Placencia Lagoon, Belize, and replicative experiments make it possible to suggest a method by which the ancient Maya extracted lime from marine Shells. Modern small-scale lime production methods are compared with the hypothesized prehispanic method.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , Fall 1990 , pp. 197 - 203
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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