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Ritual Behavior in the Late and Terminal Classic: An Application of Ethnoarchaeology in the Southern Maya Lowlands to Terminal Deposits (2016)
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In the Late and Terminal Classic periods (~750-900 B.C.) ancient Maya city centers in the southern lowlands changed in terms of population, political, and ritual climate. These changes resulted in marked emigration, depopulation of various city centers, and the fall of divine kingship. Across the Maya region, archaeologists have encountered heterogeneous surface deposits, many of which are associated with final occupational phases. Variously identified as problematic or terminal, I argue these...