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245	1	0	_aAn Experimental Approach to the Function of Classic maya chultuns
490	0		_vAmerican Antiquity, 36(3), p.322-335, 1971
520	3		_aExperimental techniques have provided an exciting breakthrough for the functional analysis of Maya chultuns. While deep cistern-like chultuns, common at certain sites in the northern lowlands, have been shown to be functional for water storage, smaller lateral-chambered chultuns characteristic of certain parts of the southern lowlands probably had a very different function. Excavation and examination of the latter features, in light of awhole range of possibilities, suggest that they were constructed to be used for food storage. Experimental studies, however, reveal them to be unsuitable for the storage of most traditional foods, including maize. At least one local food crop, the seed of the ramon (Brosimum alicastrum, Moraceae), appears to be ideally suited for long-term storage under these conditions. Chambers constructed beneath platforms in the northern lowlands may have been used for the storage of maize. A need for more experimental work is indicated.
650	1	4	_aCLASSIC MAYA CHULTUNS
700	1	2	_aPuleston, Dennis E.
856	4	0	_uhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1esH_mnWpuHb5sj2GWjrq4JSnsI_bd5EF/view?usp=drivesdk _zPara ver el documento ingresa a Google con tu cuenta: @cicy.edu.mx
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