An ethnoarchaeological perspective on the material and chemical residues of communal feasting at El coyote, northwest Honduras

摘要

This paper examines artifact distributions and chemical analysis of anthropogenic sediments by ICP-AES spectroscopy from the main civic-ceremonial plaza at the Late Classic (ca. AD 700-900) site of El Coyote in northwestern Honduras. Based on ethnoarchaeological comparisons drawn from a phosphate study of plaza soils in the nearby modern-day town of Petoa, spatial aspects of the organization of communal feasting are inferred for El Coyote.