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Caring for the Dead: Plant Uses as Mortuary Offerings at Monte Albán

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Éloi Bérubé Open the ORCID record for Éloi Bérubé [Opens in a new window] ,
Cira Martínez López  and
Lacey B. Carpenter
Éloi Bérubé*
Affiliation:
Département d’anthropologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Cira Martínez López
Affiliation:
Centro INAH Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Lacey B. Carpenter
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Corresponding author: Éloi Bérubé; Email: eloi.berube@umontreal.ca
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Abstract

The ancient Zapotec city of Monte Albán (Oaxaca, Mexico) has been a focal point of numerous archaeological studies. It has long been presumed that grave offerings included a number of botanical elements such as maize. In this study, we examine botanical remains from vessels and sediment samples collected from mortuary contexts to provide new information on those meaningful rites. We considered the relationship between botanical mortuary offerings and the social status of interred individuals at the Zapotec site. We determined that there were no clear relationships between the status of the deceased and plants used as offerings. This study demonstrates the potential for future paleoethnobotanical studies targeting mortuary contexts and public rituals to provide novel information regarding ancient lifeways and beliefs.

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La antigua ciudad zapoteca de Monte Albán, Oaxaca, México ha sido el punto focal de numerosos estudios arqueológicos. Se parte del supuesto de que las ofrendas mortuorias incluían una serie de elementos botánicos como el maíz. En este estudio, examinamos restos botánicos en vasijas y en muestras de sedimentos recolectadas en contextos mortuorios para proporcionar información novedosa sobre los ritos mortuorios significativos. Consideramos la relación entre las ofrendas mortuorias botánicas y el estatus social de los individuos enterrados en el sitio zapoteca. Pudimos determinar que no existían relaciones claras entre el estatus del difunto y las plantas colocadas en las ofrendas. Este estudio demuestra el potencial que existe en futuros estudios paleoetnobotánicos dirigidos a contextos mortuorios y rituales públicos para proporcionar información novedosa sobre formas de vida y creencias antiguas.

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paleoethnobotanyMonte Albánmortuary archaeologymortuary offeringsarqueobotánicaMonte Albánarqueología mortuoriaofrendas mortuorias
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Latin American Antiquity , First View , pp. 1 - 18
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