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A Late Classic lime-plaster kiln from the Maya centre of Copan, Honduras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elliot M. Abrams  and
AnnCorinne Freter
Elliot M. Abrams
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA. E-mail: ABRAMS@OHIOU.EDU & FRETER@OHIOU.EDU
AnnCorinne Freter
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA. E-mail: ABRAMS@OHIOU.EDU & FRETER@OHIOU.EDU
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Abstract

Under and behind the splendours of Maya ceremonial buildings are the craft skills of the artisans who put them up. A first find of a lime-plaster kiln, from Copan in Honduras, illuminates one of those technologies, the burning of lime in a closed oven rather than on an open-air pyre.

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 268 , June 1996 , pp. 422 - 428
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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