This study examines Late to Terminal Classic Maya evidence excavated from a small area of the south sector of the Main Group at Copan, Honduras, known as El Cementerio. Located in El Cementerio are a group of crude platforms where low-status retainers performed work in support of their elite masters residing in the adjacent courtyards. This is an investigation of the household and workshop areas in the central residential area of the Copan ruling dynasty in its final stages. The humble, cobble-faced platforms of El Cementerio that originally held wattle-and-daub buildings stand in contrast to the elaborately constructed and decorated elite structures immediately next door. Clarification of these architectural relationships and examination of the distribution of refuse middens in the area illuminates the social relationships of the occupants of these structures. Artifacts from the cobble-faced platforms provide a view of work areas situated outside the high-status residences, and comparison of different assemblages of these artifacts gives better understanding of the activities undertaken there