Identifying "plantscapes" at the Classic Maya village of Joya de Cerén, El Salvador

• Autores: Alan Farahani, Katherine L. Chiou, Anna Harkey, Christine A. Hastorf, David L. Lentz, Payson Sheets
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 91, Nº 358, 2017, págs. 980-997
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Classic Maya village of Joya de Cerén is extraordinary in that it was preserved by volcanic ash following the Loma Caldera volcanic eruption. The excellent preservation conditions offer a unique opportunity to understand plants in their primary use contexts, and to examine geospatial relationships between plants�both living and curated�in gardens, fields and households. The geospatial analysis of �plantscapes� at Cerén presented here provides a template for interpreting botanical resource use and management at other contemporaneous Maya sites, and can contribute to a broader understanding of the use of space, plants and agriculture in the past.