ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on the recovery of archaeological starch grains from building interiors at pre-Columbian Maya sites in southern Mexico. In an effort to render analytical protocols more effective, it examines the performance of chemical residue tests as prospective tools, proposes a customized extraction procedure for lime-plaster floors, and compares the efficacy of two mounting techniques. While the alleged predictive power of proxies like phosphate and carbohydrate tests could not be confirmed, the customized plaster processing protocol not only simplifies the extraction process but also results in the recovery of dense assemblages of individual starches as well as grain clusters. However, despite increases in protocol efficacy, architectural context and building history continue to be factors of utmost importance for microbotanical analyses.

摘要

本文的重点是从墨西哥南部哥伦布时期玛雅遗址之前的建筑物内部回收考古淀粉粒。为了使分析协议更有效，它检查了化学残留测试作为前瞻性工具的性能，提出了针对灰泥地面的定制提取程序，并比较了两种安装技术的功效。虽然无法证实所谓的代理预测能力，例如磷酸盐和碳水化合物测试，但定制的石膏加工规程不仅简化了提取过程，而且还回收了单个淀粉以及谷物簇的密集组合。然而，尽管协议效力有所提高，但是架构背景和构建历史仍然是微植物分析中最重要的因素。