We present a behavioral-contextual method for studying abandonment-related assemblages in order to ascribe them to a settlement abandonment scenario. Our approach examines the vertical and horizontal architectural contexts of assemblages, along with the nature of reconstructible vessels and other artifacts. This method accounts for gradual, rapid, mundane, and ceremonial abandonment scenarios, and for abandonment with anticipated return. Two advantages of this model are its replicability and its proposition of a shared taxonomy leading away from the concept of problematic deposits. The method is contextualized with two distinct case studies from the southern Maya lowlands: the palace of La Corona, Guatemala and an agricultural household group from greater Minanha, Belize. These dissimilar but contemporary (ca. A.D. 900) contexts revealed complex abandonment-related assemblages, including pre-abandonment middens,de factoand secondary material, and on-floor, exposed offerings. Both case studies are argued to reflect gradual, organized abandonment scenarios, although with significant temporal and behavioral distinctions.

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解释地板组合中的可变性：行为-上下文方法

我们提出了一种行为上下文方法来研究与遗弃相关的组合，以便将它们归因于定居点遗弃场景。我们的方法检查了组合的垂直和水平建筑环境，以及可重建容器和其他文物的性质。这种方法考虑了渐进、快速、平凡和仪式性的放弃场景，以及预期回报的放弃。该模型的两个优点是它的可复制性和它提出的共享分类法的主张，该分类法远离了有问题的矿床的概念。该方法与来自南玛雅低地的两个不同案例研究相结合：危地马拉拉科罗纳宫和伯利兹大米南哈的一个农业家庭群体。这些不同但现代的（约公元事实上和次要材料，以及在地板上暴露的产品。这两个案例研究都被认为反映了渐进的、有组织的放弃情景，尽管在时间和行为上有显着的区别。