2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study of Classic Maya Domestic Life: Analyses of the Artifacts from Aguateca, Guatemala.
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13571033
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
考古学(含先史学)
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| Research Institution | IBARAKI UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
AOYAMA Kazuo IVARAKI UNIV., College of Humanities, Associate Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (70292464)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2003
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| Keywords | Classic Maya / Daily life / craft production / occupational specialization / microwear analysis / residences / Aguateca / Guatemala |
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| Research Abstract |
This study uses the data of the artifacts from the rapidly abandoned city of Aguateca, Guatemala to examine the nature of artistic and craft production by elite men and women in Classic Maya society. A particular emphasis is put on the results of microwear analysis of lithic artifacts based on a high-power microscopy approach to study stone tool use. The lithic data from Aguateca Suggest that a significant portion of Maya elites, both men and women, engaged in artistic creation and craft production and that they often worked in both attached and independent contexts. The Classic Maya city of Aguateca was a center of part-time production of both utilitarian and luxury goods as well as of consumption. I suspect that there was an even larger portion of Classic Maya elites engaged in artistic and craft production than previously believed. Finally, Classic Maya elite men and women artists/craft producers possessed multiple social identities and roles. This, in turn, implies a relatively poorly developed occupational specialization in Classic Maya Society.
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