Sometimes a “Stove” is “Just a Stove”: A Context-Based Reconsideration of Three-Prong “Incense Burners” from the Western Belize Valley

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Classic-Period Ritual Ceramics From the Coast of Chiapas, Mexico

“…While greatest attention has been paid to examples in the Maya lowlands and the Chiapas highlands, the Mixe Zoquean area, where Las Delicias is located, was not immune to this influence. For example, Tlaloc is depicted in full regalia as a calendric rain deity on Stela 3 from Los Horcones (Garcia Des-Lauriers 2005, 2007Urcid 2005:Figure 7.11), an Early Classic period site also on the coast of Chiapas where Teotihuacan contact appears to have been very direct.…”

“…Why do we think this material came from a ceremonial dump? We make this argument based in part upon the archaeological context of Ritual Ceramics from Chiapas 93 the assemblage, as advocated by Ball and Taschek (2007), as well as upon strong ethnohistoric analogies. Among ancient Mesoamerican societies for which we have protohistoric data, certain end-of-cycle events were celebrated by discarding old objects and replacing them with new ones.…”

“…Why do we think this material came from a ceremonial dump? We make this argument based in part upon the archaeological context of the assemblage, as advocated by Ball and Taschek (2007), as well as upon strong ethnohistoric analogies.…”

Final Moments: Contextualizing on-Floor Archaeological Materials From Caracol, Belize

“…Significantly, the southern palace is associated with five almost complete vessels that included: a modeled-carved fine-orange bowl; a footed and fluted cylinder; a pedestaled and punctated cylinder vase; and two, large ceramic ollas (Chase and Chase 2008:Figure 5k) in association with human bone. The complete upper part of a burner, or stove (Ball and Taschek 2007), was recovered from the provisional trash to the front of the building. These materials likely resulted from the latest occupation of this palace building.…”

An Evaluation Of Heating Technology In Anatolian Seljuk Period Hospitals (Darüşşifa)

“…There are many other studies on heating and cooking practices in the ancient world (Wilkinson, 1944;Yegül, 1992, 358-90;Koçyiğit, 2006;Leonard, 1973;Ball and Taschek, 2007;Sparkers, 1962;Zhuang et al, 2009;Bong and Jeong, 2003), yet only the exemplary ones are cited here.…”