Resumen de Pacbitun (Belize) and ancient Maya use of slate

Paul F. Healy, Jaime Awe, Gyles Iannone, Cassandra Bill

• As well as jade, obsidian, chert and limestone, the Classic Maya of Central America were accomplished workers of another stone–slate. Recent research at the site of Pacbitun, Belize, where a possible slate workshop has come to light, is cause to look closely at Maya slate-working and the scientific means to study it.