Archaeological research in the Maya lowlands has identified special deposits that offer essential information about the abandonment of Classic Maya centers. We argue that some of the “problematical deposits” associated with terminal architecture may be more accurately described as peri-abandonment deposits since they temporally and behaviorally relate to the activities associated with the final use of ceremonial space. Here, we describe several peri-abandonment deposits that were identified in Group B at the site of Baking Pot, located in western Belize. Using detailed stratigraphic and contextual information, artifact assemblages, and calendar dates recorded on polychrome vessels recovered in the deposits, we describe the nature of activities associated with the formation of peri-abandonment deposits at Baking Pot in the eighth to ninth centuries. We find patterning in the spatial locations of deposits in the corners of plazas and courtyards at Baking Pot, with variability in artifact assemblages between specific deposits.

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重建 BELIZA BAKING POT 废弃矿床的形成，伯利兹

玛雅低地的考古研究已经确定了特殊的矿床，这些矿床提供了关于经典玛雅中心被遗弃的重要信息。我们认为，与终端建筑相关的一些“有问题的存款”可能更准确地描述为周边废弃存款，因为它们在时间和行为上与与仪式空间的最终使用相关的活动相关。在这里，我们描述了在位于伯利兹西部的 Baking Pot 遗址的 B 组中发现的几个废弃矿床。使用在沉积物中回收的彩色容器上记录的详细地层和背景信息、人工制品组合和日历日期，我们描述了与八至九世纪在烤锅周围废弃沉积物形成相关的活动性质。