In Search of Maya Sea Traders

INDEX

Photos and illustrations are indicated with italic type. 219 INDEX Adel 2, 93, 110, 161. See also dories Aline (staff ), 172–73, 176, 189 Altun Ha, 180 Ambergris Cay, 142 Andrea (staff ), 94 –95, 98, 184, 188 animal remains, 36, 98 Anna Ramirez Castellanos, 14, 91, 184, 195–96n8 Ann (volunteer), 119 Archaic people, xi Arvin’s Landing site, 141 Ashton, Robert, 192n3 avocado remains, 36 Ayeta, Francisco de, 195n8 Baking Pot site, 62, 198–99n6 bananas, 13, 197n12 Barranco, 5– 6 basalt artifacts, 40 Bedford Cays, 9 bees, 116 –19 Belize: economic activity, 160; Guatemala relations, 24, 158–59; maps, 2, 4 Bird, Junius, 55, 192–93n3 Black Carib (Garifuna people), 5– 6, 194n5 blood letting, 19–20, 197n3 bombing practice, 156 –58 Brad (staff ), 148, 152 Brandehoff, Jodi (staff ), 148, 157–58, 167 Braswell, Geoffrey, 192n2 breadfruit, 13, 197n12 Britain: colonial era, 6, 35, 194n5, 195– 96n8, 197n12; Falklands war, 24, 159; Guatemala relations, 158; target practice , 156 –58 British Museum, 192nn2–3 Brown, Richmond, 192n3 Bullard, Mary, 198–99n6 Bullard, William, 198–99n6 burial sites: Cabral family, 59; Crown Conch, 176; Fighting Conch, 60 – 64, 65, 71–84, 85; Frenchman’s Cay, 176; Lean excavations, 192–93n3; Maya generally, 65; middens at Wild Cane Cay, 37–39; Moho Cay, 87, 203n9; skeletal identification techniques, 202n3; as trade network evidence, 86 –88 Butler, Mary, 198–99n6 Butterfly Wing site, 110, 141 Cabral, Adel: background/lifestyle, 10, 12–14, 15, 27; christening of dory, 93; cooking tasks, 15, 17–18; death, 125– 26; hiring of, 5; photos of, 13; return to mainland, 91; Tiger Mound site, 121 Cabral, Frank: background/lifestyle, 10, 12–13, 14 –16, 27; death, 91–92; hiring of, 5– 6; photos of, 12; provision trips, 6, 90 –91 Cabral, Inez, 159 Cabral, Mary, 192–93n3 Cabral, P., 192–93n3 Cal, Catarino, 22 Cal, Sylvestre, 6, 8, 12, 18–19, 22 Caracol, xiii, 180 Caribbean Oyster mound, 115 Carson, Charlie, 102, 195–96n8 Catarino (Maya worker), 30, 31 Cattle Landing, 25, 143 Cayetano, 194n5 center-trenching technique, 54 Cerros site, xi Chan, Charlie, 14 charcoal: Fighting Conch mound, 71, 74, 76; Pork and Doughboy, 167– 68; Wild Cane Cay, 33, 36, 37 chert/chert artifacts: Clearwater site, 111; coastal sites generally, 108; Fighting Conch mound, 75, 77, 79; Frenchman’s Cay, 148–49, 153; offshore areas, 98; for population estimates, 155; qualities of, 19, 40; as trade good, 40 Cheryl (volunteer), 101 Chi, Onessimo, 22 Chichen Itza, 142 Claire (boy), 27 Classic period, overview, xi–xii Clearwater site, 111–12 coastal fieldwork (Port Honduras): overview, 107–109; Clearwater site, 111–12; Green Vine Snake site, 112– 16; killer bees, 116 –19; Killer Bee site, 119–20; maps, 116, 117; photos, 111, 113, 118, 121; Tiger Mound site, 120 – 22; travel to, 110 –11 Coc, Santiago, 6 coconuts, 13, 14 –16, 197n11 cohune nuts, 33, 35, 81, 153 Cole, Gerald, 157 Colha chert, 40 colonial era: Black Carib people, 5– 6, 194n5; Britain, 6, 35, 158, 195–96n8; European foods, 197n12; Germany, 194n7; Spain, 35, 143, 158, 194n5, 195n8 coral construction remains: Fighting Conch mound, 62, 64 – 65, 68–72, 74 – 77, 80 –82, 84 –85; Frenchman’s Cay, 173, 177–78, 183, 187–88 corncobs, 36 coyol palm, 35 Cozumel, 87–88 crabbo seeds, 33–34, 36 criminal activity, 143, 194 –96n8, 204n7 crocodiles, 119 Crown Conch mound, 173–76, 177–79 Cuello village, xi “cutting edge” technique, 43, 201n2, n11 Dangriga (Stann Creek Town), 6, 194n5 David Westby site, 140, 164 Deep River fieldwork, 110 Delgado, Joseph, 195n8 dental genetics, 202n3 dogs, 14, 27–28, 96, 121–22 dolomite, 40 Donaldson (pilot), 205n1 (ch 16) dories: christening, 93; fieldwork trips, 110, 120 –21; King’s, 3; purchases, 5– 6, 90, 92, 109; sinking, 124 –25; survival equipment, 161– 62; theft, 90, 92. See also provision trips; sea travel Earthwatch volunteers, generally, 99–103 Ekholm, Gordon, 192–93n3 El Chayal obsidian: Butterfly Wing site, 141; Fighting Conch mound, 81, 82, 86; Frenchman’s Cay, 149; Tiger Mound site, 122; trade networks generally , 47–48; Wild Cane Cay middens, 43–45, 142, 201n5 engine repairs, 91, 169–70 Eric (staff ), 113 European arrival, 143, 158, 195–97n8, 197n12 excavation process: Frenchman’s Cay, 220 Index 152–53, 172–76, 177–78; offshore areas , 96 –98, 108, 133–34, 203n1; Pork and Doughboy, 167 excavation process, Wild Cane Cay: middens , 29–33, 38...