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Abstract:
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Research at Kichpanha , Belize , has primarily focused on the Late Preclassic , elite contexts , and the regional economic and political roles of the site . This study is an initial step in expanding qualitative research at Kichpanha across the Classic period and into the smaller scale of domestic contexts , analyzing ceramics recovered in association with a Late Classic mound structure and Late Preclassic lithic workshop . Drawing on literature in household archaeology and pre -Columbian Maya commoners , I focus on structure function and social status of occupants . Additionally , I examine how the ceramics fit into the established chronology at Kichpanha , and address the spatiotemporal relationship
between the mound structure and lithic workshop . |