Conjunto Los Árboles: its use

Summary

This paper is about the iconographic analysis of the stucco decoration that is part of the exterior facade of the Joint Trees, which shares certain characteristics with the structure of the site called El Diablo at El Zotz, Guatemala Petén, which is dated to the Early Classic. Likewise Structure 10L-26, whose different layers constitute constructive states within buildings housing royal tombs, shared with El Conjunto Los Árboles iconography and preservation technique by prehispanic Maya. To complement of the use of the iconography, the use of the interior of buildings is going to be analyzed by defining its architecture and decoration. Briefly I’lll talk about the location of this acropolis to the rest of the site, as in the northern part there is a steam bath featuring stucco decoration made with the same technique and colors. All this aims to reconstruct the history of the dynasty in the Early Classic Xultun archaeological site, Petén, Guatemala and expand the information you have of the dynamics of the Lowlands during this time.

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• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• Interpreting Changes in Ancient Maya Society: From Landscape and Architecture to Everything in Between

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