Salt: White Gold of the Ancient Maya

List of Figures

Figures 2.1. Oblique Air View of Punta Ycacos Lagoon from the North 30 2.2. ObliqueAir View of PuntaYcacos Lagoon from the Northwest 30 2.3. Mangroves along Punta Ycacos Lagoon Shoreline 31 2.4. Salt Artifacts on the Seafloor 31 2.5. Reconnaissance in Punta Ycacos Lagoon 32 2.6. Mapping the Location of Artifact Clusters on the Seafloor at Stingray Lagoon 32 2.7. Screening Excavated Sediment from Stingray Lagoon 33 2.8. Excavating at Stingray Lagoon 33 2.9. Excavating at Stingray Lagoon 34 2.10. Seine Net by Research Vessel at Stingray Lagoon 35 2.11. Setting Up Seine Net at Stingray Lagoon 36 2.12. Setting Up Seine Net 36 2.13. Artifacts in Excavation Screen 38 2.14. Schematic Cross-section of Punta Ycacos Lagoon 38 2.15. Shovel Tests at David Westby Site 39 2.16. Excavating at David Westby 41 2.17. Underwater Excavation Grid at David Westby 41 2.18. Field Crew by Research Vessel Adel 2 42 2.19. Measuring Excavation Grid at Orlando’s Jewfish Site 43 2.20. Excavating at Orlando’s Jewfish 43 2.21. A Shovelful of Lagoon Sediment from Orlando’s Jewfish 44 2.22. Screening at Orlando’s Jewfish 44 2.23. Sorting Organic Remains from Orlando’s Jewfish 45 2.24. Mangrove Forest at Killer Bee Site 46 2.25. Low Earthen Mound at Killer Bee 47 x / Figures 2.26. Examining a Shovel Test at Killer Bee 48 3.1. Schematic Illustration of Brine-Boiling Jars 52 3.2. Pottery Sherds per Type 55 3.3. Punta Ycacos Unslipped Jars 56 3.4. Punta Ycacos Unslipped Jars 57 3.5. Punta Ycacos Unslipped Jars 58 3.6. Punta Ycacos Unslipped Jars 59 3.7. Punta Ycacos Unslipped Bowls 60 3.8. Punta Ycacos Unslipped Bowls 60 3.9. Punta Ycacos Unslipped Jar Thickness 61 3.10. Complete Punta Ycacos Vessel Support 64 3.11. Punta Ycacos Vessel-Support Fragments from Stingray Lagoon 65 3.12. Punta Ycacos Vessel-Support Fragments from David Westby 65 3.13. Punta Ycacos Vessel Supports from Stingray Lagoon 66 3.14. Punta Ycacos Vessel-Support Fragments from Killer Bee 66 3.15. Punta Ycacos Vessel Support with Intact Base 67 3.16. Punta Ycacos Vessel-Support Fragments with Attached Base or Socket Fragments from Killer Bee 68 3.17. Punta Ycacos Vessel-Support Fragments with Attached Base or Socket Fragments from Stingray Lagoon 68 3.18. Punta Ycacos Vessel Support Fragments and Spacer 69 3.19. Punta Ycacos Unslipped Spacer from Orlando’s Jewfish 70 3.20. Punta Ycacos Unslipped Spacer from Stingray Lagoon 70 3.21. Counts and Weights of Fired Clay 71 3.22. Mangrove Unslipped Jars 73 3.23. Mangrove Unslipped Jar 74 3.24. Mangrove Unslipped Jar 74 3.25. Mangrove Unslipped Rim Forms for Jars with In-Curved Sides and Out-Curved Necks 75 3.26. Mangrove Unslipped Jar Thickness 76 3.27. Unit-Stamped Decoration on Warrie Red Jar 78 3.28. Unit-Stamped Decoration on Warrie Red Jars 79 3.29. Unit-Stamped Decoration on Warrie Red Jars 81 3.30. Warrie Red Jar Rims 82 3.31. Unit-Stamped Mangrove Unslipped Jar and Warrie Red Spouted Jars 83 3.32. Warrie Red Bowls 84 Figures / xi 3.33. Warrie Red Jar Thickness 85 3.34. Warrie Red Bowl Thickness 85 3.35. Moho Red Bowls 88 3.36. Moho Red Bowls 89 3.37. Moho Red Bowl Thickness 89 3.38. Pottery Stamp and Clay Boat Models 94 3.39. Figurine Whistles 96 3.40. Figurine Whistle and Bat Effigy Whistle 97 3.41. Miniature Incense Burners and Animal Effigy 99 3.42. Stone Tools 100 3.43. Sherds per Type at Each Salt Work Shop 101 3.44. Spatial Distribution of Bowls at Stingray Lagoon 106 3.45. Spatial Distribution of Unslipped Pottery at Stingray Lagoon 107 3.46. Spatial Distribution of Vessel Supports at Stingray Lagoon 107 3.47. Spatial Distribution of Jars at Stingray Lagoon 108 3.48. Percentage of Rim Circumference for Pottery Sherds 109 3.49. Sherd Weights 109 3.50. Percentage of Rims 109 3.51. Clay Cylinder Vessel Supports from Moho Cay 113 3.52. Clay Cylinder Vessel Support from Late Classic Burial at Moho Cay 114 4.1. Late Classic Polychrome Vase with Pseudoglyphs from Moho Cay 120 5.1. Excavation Walls at Wild Cane Cay 148 5...