TY - JOUR
T1 - THE EMERGENCE of STANDARDIZED SPATIAL PLANS in SOUTHERN MESOAMERICA
T2 - CHRONOLOGY and INTERREGIONAL INTERACTIONS VIEWED from CEIBAL, Guatemala
AU - Inomata, Takeshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Our investigations at the lowland Maya center of Ceibal have demonstrated that a formal spatial pattern consisting of an E-Group assemblage and large platforms started around 1000 B.C. and gradually expanded over the next several centuries. A re-evaluation of ceramic and radiocarbon data from other lowland Maya sites suggests that the beginning of sedentary life and ceramic use in various parts of the Maya lowlands started roughly simultaneously around 1000 B.C., which may have been triggered by a change in maize productivity. The standardized spatial pattern including the E-Group assemblage probably developed in the Isthmian Interaction Sphere, encompassing the southern Gulf Coast, central Chiapas, the Chiapas-Guatemalan Pacific Coast, and Ceibal, during the transitional period between the decline of San Lorenzo and the rise of La Venta as a major center (1200-800 B.C.). Most of the lowland Maya communities adopted the E-Group assemblage after 800 B.C., but not other elements of the standardized spatial pattern.
AB - Our investigations at the lowland Maya center of Ceibal have demonstrated that a formal spatial pattern consisting of an E-Group assemblage and large platforms started around 1000 B.C. and gradually expanded over the next several centuries. A re-evaluation of ceramic and radiocarbon data from other lowland Maya sites suggests that the beginning of sedentary life and ceramic use in various parts of the Maya lowlands started roughly simultaneously around 1000 B.C., which may have been triggered by a change in maize productivity. The standardized spatial pattern including the E-Group assemblage probably developed in the Isthmian Interaction Sphere, encompassing the southern Gulf Coast, central Chiapas, the Chiapas-Guatemalan Pacific Coast, and Ceibal, during the transitional period between the decline of San Lorenzo and the rise of La Venta as a major center (1200-800 B.C.). Most of the lowland Maya communities adopted the E-Group assemblage after 800 B.C., but not other elements of the standardized spatial pattern.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0956536117000049
DO - 10.1017/S0956536117000049
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020232036
SN - 0956-5361
VL - 28
SP - 329
EP - 355
JO - Ancient Mesoamerica
JF - Ancient Mesoamerica
IS - 1
ER -