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TABLE 1.4
Summary of Marine Turtle Remains in the Yucatán Peninsula Area (See also Table 1.3)
Site*
Period and Estimated Date
Species*
Remarks
Source
Mexico
Cancún Is., QR
£630 B.C.E.
chl
2250 carapace fragments
Andrews et al., 1974; Wing,
1974
Cozumel, QR
Late Postclassic–historic
chl
19 marine turtle fragments of
22,649 total
Hamblin, 1984
El Meco, QR
Classic: 300–600 C.E.
chl
Andrews, 1986; Andrews and
Robles, 1986
Tancah–Tulum, QR
100 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.
Miller, 1982
Chitzén Itzá, Yucatán
chl
In Sacred Cenote
Carr, in litt.,
20 April 2002
Dzibilchaltun, Yucatán
Cm
Wing and Steadman, 1980
Isla Cerritos, Yucatán
100 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.
chl
>1000 turtle fragments; cut
marks and burning
Carr, 1989a; 1989b
Belize
Cerros
50 B.C.E.–150 C.E.
Cc,
chl
5 marine turtle fragments
Carr, 1985, 1986a, 1986b
Kakalche
100–300 C.E.
2 marine turtle fragments
Graham, 1994
Saktunja
600–1500 C.E.
1 marine turtle fragment
Barr, 2000
Santa Rita Corozal
Postclassic
Morton, 1988
Watson Is.
100–300 C.E.
79 marine turtle fragments
Graham, 1994
*Notes:
QR = Quintana Roo; chl = cheloniid; Cc
= Caretta caretta; Cm
= Chelonia mydas.
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