Ritual practices at the Middle Preclassic site of Naranjo, Guatemala

Summary

The site of Naranjo, located in the Central Maya highlands of Guatemala has an important occupation that begins around 800 BC. Here, many important rituals took place, some of them connected to the calendar and others as part of pilgrimage activities. Naranjo was part of a wider network of interaction as documented in the ceramics, site layout, sculptural practices, and figurine inventory. By 400 BC, the site was abandoned and continued like that until the Late Classic when a specific ritual activity was documented. This paper will present evidence of ritual activities from the Middle Preclassic and Late Classic at Naranjo and the relationship of these activities with neighboring sites and others beyond its borders.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The dimensions of Rituality 2000 years ago and today   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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