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Resumen El período de aproximadamente tres siglos (600–900 d.C.), que corresponde al epiclásico, fue el escenario de una notable expansión de los asentamientos en la cuenca de Zacapu y sus alrededores. Si bien la zona parecía carecer de... more
Resumen El período de aproximadamente tres siglos (600–900 d.C.), que corresponde al epiclásico, fue el escenario de una notable expansión de los asentamientos en la cuenca de Zacapu y sus alrededores. Si bien la zona parecía carecer de núcleos monumentales mayores equivalentes a los que se conocían en las regiones vecinas del Bajío o del sur de las tierras altas michoacanas, los trabajos recientes en la parte noroeste del Malpaís de Zacapu cambian esta concepción. Los datos proporcionados por medio del LiDAR y nuevos trabajos de campo revelaron complejos monumentales de dimensiones inéditas para la zona que estructuran una red de asentamientos menores distribuidos en un amplio territorio. Estos descubrimientos ofrecen nuevos datos sobre la arquitectura pública y doméstica de la época. La distribución de estos asentamientos y su relación con áreas dedicadas a la explotación de recursos agrícolas y mineros permiten vislumbrar un sistema más complejo e integrado, el cual pudo tener el...
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Se presenta la informacion arqueologica y geografica mas reciente recuperada en el Noroccidente de Peten a traves de investigaciones sistematicas realizadas tanto en el centro y la periferia del sitio arqueologico La Joyanca como en la... more
Se presenta la informacion arqueologica y geografica mas reciente recuperada en el Noroccidente de Peten a traves de investigaciones sistematicas realizadas tanto en el centro y la periferia del sitio arqueologico La Joyanca como en la region circundante, proponiendo una vision de caracter local y regional. En general, ha existido una laguna de informacion y excavaciones en esta region de la tierras bajas mayas. Dichas investigaciones aqui resumidas en la presente ponencia aportan nuevos datos sobre las formas del asentamiento de La Joyanca, una "ciudad" de tercer orden, y de otros sitios estudiados en la region.
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"L'etude des textes de l'epoque classique montre que le temps maya combinait des dimensions a la fois lineaires et cycliques. Les actes de fondation ne peuvent donc se comprendre sans tenir compte de cette particularite des... more
"L'etude des textes de l'epoque classique montre que le temps maya combinait des dimensions a la fois lineaires et cycliques. Les actes de fondation ne peuvent donc se comprendre sans tenir compte de cette particularite des calendriers. A partir de l'etude des steles et des depots rituels disposes lors de la construction d'edifices nouveaux, ce travail montre tout le soin et l'importance politique des actes de fondation temporels qui, impliquant de savants calculs, etaient l'apanage de l'elite. Les actes de fondation spatiaux, en revanche, etaient davantage partages dans l'ensemble de la societe et semblent avoir symbolise une reproduction du monde en miniature, reiteree a chaque changement architectural. Dans tous les cas, qu'il s'agisse de fondation temporelle ou spatiale, le principe semble rester le meme: l'ouverture d'un cycle parait tout aussi importante que sa cloture, de facon a assurer son remplacement." (source editeur)
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The recent controversy surrounding pre-Hispanic urbanism in Mesoamerica has been fuelled by comparisons between the cities of central Mexico and those of the Maya Lowlands. However, this debate has considered only the largest sites at... more
The recent controversy surrounding pre-Hispanic urbanism in Mesoamerica has been fuelled by comparisons between the cities of central Mexico and those of the Maya Lowlands. However, this debate has considered only the largest sites at their apogee: Teotihuacan and Tenochtitlan in Mexico on one side, Tikal and a few other Maya cities on the other. In contrast, this paper focuses on the factors that led to the formation of concentrated populations in the Maya Lowlands during the last millennium BCE. In doing so, it raises the issue of why these agglomerations took shape. It also interrogates the processes through which the cities came into being: what were the socio-political factors and other pressures (mainly agrarian) under which people congregated in a limited space? By building on these basic parameters, one can understand not only the morphology of Maya cities but also their functions. Finally, the variation in the size of these agglomerations raises the question of the hierarchical network in which the cities must have functioned.
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International audience18 Conference papers from the Coloquio Internacional 'Variantes y variaciones en el mundo maya' held in December of 2007 in Paris
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Art, Mexico, Archéologie, Kingship, and 5 moreMexique, Classic Maya, MEXICO, Royauté, and Maya Lowlands
Ruines de Tonina, Municipio Ocosingo, Chiapas Operation 4 (5eme terrasse) Secteur Occidental. La sepulture n°6 en cours de fouille. On distingue au Sud Est les pots cylindriques et les ecuelles empilees de part et d'autre (au Nord et... more
Ruines de Tonina, Municipio Ocosingo, Chiapas Operation 4 (5eme terrasse) Secteur Occidental. La sepulture n°6 en cours de fouille. On distingue au Sud Est les pots cylindriques et les ecuelles empilees de part et d'autre (au Nord et au Sud), les membres inferieurs d'un squelette allonge au centre et le long du mur Est un squelette dont les od ont ete regroupes en tas apres dechargement.
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In an attempt to interpret Classic Maya elite and commoner residential patterns beyond usual assumptions about filiation, family cycle, and household economic adaptation, we explore the specific ways people were “living together,” in the... more
In an attempt to interpret Classic Maya elite and commoner residential patterns beyond usual assumptions about filiation, family cycle, and household economic adaptation, we explore the specific ways people were “living together,” in the sense of the coresidence concept, in Maya societies conceived of as ranked societies, or “house societies,” as created by Claude Lévi-Strauss. Beyond kinship and economic organization, residential patterns can be understood as part of long-term strategies designed by inhabitants to integrate their social unit into the politico-religious city. The residential system of the Río Bec zone, where a major research project was carried out from 2002 to 2010, offers a series of well-defined architectural solutions, some of them common to most central lowlands cities, while others are innovative as forerunners of the northern lowlands large multiroom palaces. This paper analyzes Late and Terminal Classic period Río Bec domestic architecture in order to outlin...
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Based on settlement patterns in the Río Bec micro-region, a study zone (100 km2) focused on the eponymous site, there is no evidence that any of the monumental groups underwent true processes of significant, sustainable nucleation on a... more
Based on settlement patterns in the Río Bec micro-region, a study zone (100 km2) focused on the eponymous site, there is no evidence that any of the monumental groups underwent true processes of significant, sustainable nucleation on a broad sociopolitical level. This paper analyzes Río Bec settlement patterns in order to better understand why processes of agglomeration did not occur at the site. Our approach to this question consists of analyzing the spatial distribution of settlements in relation to their internal hierarchy, while taking in account evolution through time. The study was carried out at two different scales of analysis, and results are presented for both the “micro-region” and “nuclear zone” (159 ha) scales. The overarching objective of this contribution is to gain greater insight into the social dimensions of the processes that took place at Río Bec during the Classic period.
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Structure 5N2 (initially named “Group A”) at Río Bec is the first ruin in the region to have been recorded and is its most important towered building. While it is reasonable to question the specific role such emblematic monumental... more
Structure 5N2 (initially named “Group A”) at Río Bec is the first ruin in the region to have been recorded and is its most important towered building. While it is reasonable to question the specific role such emblematic monumental structures played in the region's sociopolitical organization, precise data concerning their dating, construction history, and functions has been lacking. The recent study of Structure 5N2 has improved our understanding of this building type and of the structure itself, which combines a private residential sector (that astonishingly includes a central pyramid-temple) and a public space. The structure's construction history also reveals a great deal. Originally it consisted of only a tandem two-room residence constructed at roughly a.d. 700–720. Around a.d. 830–850 the original residence was transformed into a large palace, which remained unfinished until abandonment just after a.d. 950. Analysis of the final building, replaced in the process of tra...
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