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Pacbitun (Belize) and ancient Maya use of slate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul F. Healy ,
Jaime J. Awe ,
Gyles Iannone  and
Cassandra Bill
Paul F. Healy
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8
Jaime J. Awe
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8
Gyles Iannone
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University of London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY, England
Cassandra Bill
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans LA 70118, USA
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As well as jade, obsidian, chert and limestone, the Classic Maya of Central America were accomplished workers of another stone–slate. Recent research at the site of Pacbitun, Belize, where a possible slate workshop has come to light, is cause to look closely at Maya slate-working and the scientific means to study it.

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Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 263 , June 1995 , pp. 337 - 348
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