An unfinished temple at the Classic Maya centre of Aguateca, Guatemala

Takeshi Inomata; Erick Ponciano; Oswaldo Chinchilla; Otto Román; Véronique Breuil-Martínez; Oscar Santos

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00113456

An unfinished temple at the Classic Maya centre of Aguateca, Guatemala

Takeshi Inomata, Erick Ponciano, Oswaldo Chinchilla, Otto Román, Véronique Breuil-Martínez, Oscar Santos

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Abstract

The authors demonstrate that a temple examined at the Classic Maya site of Aguateca, Guatemala, was still in the process of construction when it was attacked and abandoned at the beginning of the ninth century AD. Study of the ruin has provided valuable information on Maya building methods and processes, as well as guidance on how unfinished buildings may be identified.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	798-811
Number of pages	14
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	78
Issue number	302
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00113456
State	Published - Dec 2004

Keywords

Aguateca
Collapse
Construction methods
Maya
Unfinished temple

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Archaeology
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