The description and analysis of materials from on-floor deposits that reflect the final activity before site abandonment are key to making a determination as to what happened during the Maya collapse around a.d. 900. On-floor deposits recovered at Caracol, Belize indicate that factors like warfare, the breakdown of the site's market system, and heightened social tensions were in play prior to the abandonment of the site. In an attempt to understand the meaning of these deposits, we first examine why on-floor remains constitute an important data class for archaeology. We next look at the kinds of artifactual materials that are recovered in these deposits and then at the locations and nature of on-floor deposits at Caracol. Finally, we offer our thoughts on what they represent in the broader Maya context.

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最后时刻：将来自伯利兹 CARACOL 的地面考古材料情境化

对反映场地废弃前最终活动的地面沉积物材料的描述和分析是确定玛雅人倒塌期间发生的事情的关键广告900. 在伯利兹的 Caracol 回收的地面沉积物表明，战争、场地市场体系崩溃和社会紧张局势加剧等因素在场地被废弃之前正在发挥作用。为了理解这些沉积物的意义，我们首先研究了为什么地面遗骸构成了考古学的重要数据类别。接下来，我们将研究在这些矿床中回收的人工材料的种类，然后再看看 Caracol 地面矿床的位置和性质。最后，我们就它们在更广泛的玛雅语境中所代表的意义提出我们的想法。