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An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective on the Material and Chemical Residues of Communal Feasting at El Coyote, Northwest Honduras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

E. Christian Wells  and
Patricia A. Urban
E. Christian Wells
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, U.S.A.
Patricia A. Urban
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, U.S.A.
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Abstract

This paper examines artifact distributions and chemical analysis of anthropogenic sediments by ICP-AES spectroscopy from the main civic-ceremonial plaza at the Late Classic (ca. AD 700-900) site of El Coyote in northwestern Honduras. Based on ethnoarchaeological comparisons drawn from a phosphate study of plaza soils in the nearby modern-day town of Petoa, spatial aspects of the organization of communal feasting are inferred for El Coyote.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 712: Symposium II – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology VI , 2002 , II9.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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