An Expedient Pottery Technology and Its Implications for Ancient Maya Trade and Interaction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Aimers ◽  
Elizabeth Haussner ◽  
Dori Farthing ◽  
Satoru Murata
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Lagoons ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Local Resource ◽  
Salt Production ◽  
Pottery Technology ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Ambergris Caye ◽  
Ceramic Petrography

This chapter considers one of the crudest types of pottery ever produced by the ancient Maya, Coconut Walk Plain, a ware that has been interpreted to have been used in evaporative salt production along coastal lagoons and on Ambergris Caye in Belize. A series of similar types, including Rio Juan Unslipped, spans the Preclassic to the Postclassic periods, linking the long-lived salt trade to coastal communities such as Marco Gonzalez. The authors use recent advances in ceramic petrography to identify an imported temper in these poorly made wares that seems counterintuitive for an expedient pottery vessel. Their research suggests that coastal communities considered the entire bay area as a local resource procurement zone because canoe transport was readily available to procure distant resources.

The Combination Process between Disc-Mill and Distillation Evaporation in Producing Salt Diversification Products

2017 ◽  
Vol 862 ◽  
pp. 174-181
Author(s):  
Intan Baroroh ◽  
Bagiyo Suwasono ◽  
Ali Munazid
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Water ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Combination Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Salt Production ◽  
Liquid Salt ◽  
Disk Mill

ABSTRACT.Blue Economy concept began with the farming of Artemia salt. The industry of farmer’s salt was one of the pillars that supported the economy of coastal communities. At present, the perspectives of the public on an industrial salt production is less profitable and conducted by unskilled laborers. Nowadays, the farmer still used evaporation total method of sea water by solar power, where NaClwas ≤ 90% and residual brine. It is necessary to improve the salt production through combination between disk-mill and distillation evaporation technology to produce salt diversification product. The result of the combination process were refined salt with NaClthat was ≥ 90%, liquid salt with NaClthat was ± 60% and mineral water.

scholarly journals DISTRIBUSI KARANG DAN IKAN KARANG DI KAWASAN REEF BALL TELUK BUYAT KABUPATEN MINAHASA TENGGARA

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indri Manembu ◽  
Luky Adrianto ◽  
Dietriech G Bengen ◽  
Ferdinan Yulianda
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Coral Reef Ecosystem ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
The Family ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
Reef Ecosystem

Penempatan reef ball di perairan Teluk Buyat dan sekitarnya telah dilakukan pada tahun 1999 oleh PT. Newmont Minahasa Raya. Tujuan penempatan reef ball untuk membangun habitat berbagai biota yang berasosiasi dengan karang sehingga dapat meningkatkan populasi ikan ekonomis penting. Kehadiran ikan karang pada reef ball sangat penting secara ekologis dan ekonomis. Penurunan kualitas terumbu berarti hilangnya nilai ekonomi barang dan jasa, serta hilangnya jaminan makanan dan pekerjaan untuk masyarakat pesisir, yang umumnya hidup dalam kemiskinan. Secara keseluruan, komposisi spesies ikan yang ditemukan di reef ball terdiri dari 19 famili, 34 genus, 50 spesies dan 290 individu, yang tertinggi dihuni oleh jenis dari famili Mullidae. Seiring dengan bertambahnya waktu dan usia reef ball, beberapa spesies terlihat sudah menetap seperti Lutjanus kasmira, dan beberapa spesies dari famili Acanthuridae. Keberadaan reef ball membantu terbentuknya ekosistem terumbu karang yang baru dan meningkatkan kesuburan perairan, sehingga lebih meningkatkan keberadaan komposisi ikan karang, yang pada akhirnya meningkatkan pendapatan nelayan dari hasil tangkapan ikan karang.Kata kunci: Reef ball, karang batu, ikan karang Distribution of Coral Reefs and Fish in Buyat Bay Area Reef Ball Southeast Minahasa Regency The placement of reef ball in Buyat Bay and surrounding areas have been carried out since 1999 by PT. Newmont Minahasa Raya. The goal of this placement was to build a habitat for many biota associated with reef thus may improve economically important fish populations. The presence of reef fish on the reef ball is indispensable ecologically and economically. Furthermore, the degradation of reefs might cause the disappearance of economic value of goods and services, as well as the disappearance of food security and employment for coastal communities, who generally live in poverty. Overall, the composition of fish species found in the reef ball consists of 19 families, 34 genera, 50 species and 290 individuals, the highest inhabited by species of the family Mullidae. As time went by and the increase of reef ball age, some species seem have settled down such as Lutjanus kasmira, and several species of the Acanthuridae family. In addition, the presence of reef ball helps the formation of a new coral reef ecosystem and increase the fertility of waters, therefore enhancing the presence of reef fish composition, which might increases the income of fishermen. Keywords: Reef ball, coral reef, reef fish  

scholarly journals Salt Production Business Potential in Aceh as Capital for the Coastal Communities Welfare

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yety Rochwulaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Salt Production ◽  
Production Area ◽  
High Production ◽  
Observation Method

This article aims to identify and analyze small-scale salt production business potential in Aceh as one of the areas of salt production support in Indonesia. It is important to discuss in order to be a good and strategic capital to develop and improve Aceh coastal community welfare, of which the poverty rate is the second highest in Indonesia. By applying observation method, comprehensive interview, and focus group discussion, it can be determined that Aceh factually has the potential of marine and fishery resources including small-scale salt production business sector that can be used as a means to overcome the poverty of coastal communities because this sector provides employment for 45.59% productive age population. With quite high production area and small-scale salt production business potential and the number of entrepreneurs of 1,135 people in several regions like Aceh Besar, Pidie, Aceh Utama, East Aceh, etc., it is very rational if the small-scale salt production business becomes one of the gateways to overcome the poverty of coastal communities in Aceh. The development that can be performed is changing the entrepreneurs’ mindset to be the entrepreneur that can develop group business or cooperative by the supports of coaching, advocacy, and technology facilities as well as business capital. 

scholarly journals Island resource exploitation by the ancient Maya during periods of climate stress, Ambergris Caye, Belize

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 103000
Author(s):  
Adam Bermingham ◽  
Bronwen S. Whitney ◽  
Nicholas J.D. Loughlin ◽  
Julie A. Hoggarth
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Climate Stress ◽  
Ambergris Caye

scholarly journals Characteristics of Early Iron Age pottery from northeastern Slovenia through the prism of ceramic technology and petrography

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 180-202
Author(s):  
Andreja Žibrat Gašparič ◽  
Manca Vinazza ◽  
Matija Črešnar
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Ceramic Technology ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Pottery Technology ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Firing Properties ◽  
Ceramic Petrography

Pottery technology in the Early Iron Age remains understudied in Slovenian archaeology, especially in the combined use of description on a macroscopic level with the addition of petrographic thin sections analysis. In this study we focused on pottery technology of vessels from two Early Iron Age sites in north-eastern Slovenia, Poštela near Maribor and Novine above Šentilj (NE Slovenia). We analysed the clay pastes, inclusions in the clay, as well as surface treatment, firing properties, vessels shape, and decoration techniques using macroscopic description and ceramic petrography. Within the sites we looked at the different contexts, comparing pottery from settlements, i.e. hillforts, to pottery found within the adjacent cemeteries. The results show that potters from the two contemporaneous sites produced similarly shaped vessels using different pottery recipes from locally available raw materials. The use of grog as a possible chronological marker in the Early Iron Age is also discussed.

scholarly journals Characteristics of Early Iron Age pottery from northeastern Slovenia through the prism of ceramic technology and petrography

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 180-202
Author(s):  
Andreja Žibrat Gašparič ◽  
Manca Vinazza ◽  
Matija Črešnar
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Ceramic Technology ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Pottery Technology ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Firing Properties ◽  
Ceramic Petrography

Pottery technology in the Early Iron Age remains understudied in Slovenian archaeology, especially in the combined use of description on a macroscopic level with the addition of petrographic thin sections analysis. In this study we focused on pottery technology of vessels from two Early Iron Age sites in north-eastern Slovenia, Poštela near Maribor and Novine above Šentilj (NE Slovenia). We analysed the clay pastes, inclusions in the clay, as well as surface treatment, firing properties, vessels shape, and decoration techniques using macroscopic description and ceramic petrography. Within the sites we looked at the different contexts, comparing pottery from settlements, i.e. hillforts, to pottery found within the adjacent cemeteries. The results show that potters from the two contemporaneous sites produced similarly shaped vessels using different pottery recipes from locally available raw materials. The use of grog as a possible chronological marker in the Early Iron Age is also discussed.

Underwater Archaeology, Salt Production, and Coastal Maya Trade at Stingray Lagoon, Belize

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather McKillop
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Organic Material ◽  
Classic Period ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Underwater Archaeology ◽  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Salt Production ◽  
Animal Bones ◽  
Modern Landscape

Ancient sources of salt have been revealed by underwater archaeology along the south coast of Belize. A relative rise in sea level of about 1 m at the end of the Classic period (ca. A. D. 900) submerged ancient Maya settlements and transformed the modern landscape by reducing the amount of available land and by changing the vegetation. The discovery of submerged archaeological sites and their dating by associated ceramics and radiocarbon date determination documents the sea level rise. Salt production by the sal cocida or boiling method at the underwater site of Stingray Lagoon and at other specialized salt production sites provided salt for coastal use and inland transport and diminished the need for long-distance import of this basic human requirement. This paper describes salt-making artifacts as well as salt production. The lack of animal bones at the Stingray Lagoon site where other organic material was preserved indicates that salt was not produced for salt-drying fish. Evidence that salt was obtained from the Belizean coast instead of from the northern Yucatán coast is in line with the view of ancient Maya economy in which basic subsistence resources were produced locally whereas long-distance trade was concentrated on elite or ceremonial resources and goods.

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