Ours and Theirs: Chapels and Community Dynamics at Rancho Kiuic, Yucatán, México

Summary

Drawing on recent excavation and oral history data from the site of Rancho Kiuic, this paper will compare information related to two chapels located within the community. Formerly known as San Sebastián, the community functioned from the late Colonial to National periods as a ranching operation occupied by several generations of Maya-speaking landowners and laborers. Though the two chapels (Capillas I and II) share a number of structural and temporal characteristics, their respective locations, assemblages, and oral histories suggest that they served different sectors of Rancho society. I argue that differences in the uses and material signatures of these two chapel complexes lend insight into community dynamics, specifically related to socioeconomic distinctions among the Rancho’s population.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Recent Shifts in Maya Archaeology: Investigations of the Colonial and National Periods of the Yucatan   •
• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)

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Abstract Id(s): 17365