Animals and Ritual in the Copán Acropolis: Zooarchaeology of Special Deposits
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Research Year:  2004
Culture:  Maya
Chronology:  Early Classic
Location:  Copán, Honduras
Site:  Copán Acropolis

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Zooarchaeology of Ritual
Methods
Recovery Methods
Creation of a Comparative Assemblage
Zooarchaeological Identification Methods
Preliminary Results
Modern Fishes of the Copán Region: The Comparative Sample
Animal Taxa of the Copán Acropolis Ritual Deposits
Ante Offerings
Margarita Deposits
Continuing Research
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Submitted 05/12/2005 by:
Kitty F. Emery
Curator, Environmental Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History
Professor, University of Florida
kemery@flmnh.ufl.edu

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