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McKillop, Heather I.
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Prehistoric exploitation of the manatee in the Maya and circum-Caribbean areas.
World Archaeology 16(3): 337-353. 7 figs. Feb. 1985.
–Reviews historical, ethnographic, and archaeological records of manatee exploitation in the Caribbean; discusses the manatee remains found at Moho Cay, Belize, and other Mayan sites; illustrates manatee-bone carvings from Moho Cay; and offers generalizations about patterns of marine and terrestrial resource exploitation in the region.
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Related Index Records (6)
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Archeological Sites, Sirenia at
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McKillop, H.I. (TMM; Mayan area, Central America; 340-348.) |
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Central America
(SEE ALSO: Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama)
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McKillop, H.I. (TMM; use in prehistoric Maya area; 337-353.) |
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Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
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McKillop, H.I. (TMM; prehistoric Maya area, Central America; meat, fat, bone; 337-353.) |
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Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
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McKillop, H.I. (TMM; Caribbean region; historical, ethnographic, & archeological records; 338-348.) |
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Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
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McKillop, H.I. (TMM; Belize; bone used for carvings, 342-345, 348; ear bones used as charms, 345.) |
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Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758, Hatt, 1934
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McKillop, H.I. (Caribbean & Maya areas; prehistoric exploitation; 337-353.) |
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