Social Complexity of Peripheral Settlements on the Regional Capital of Ichkaansihoo

Summary

In the last decade, research done by "Proyecto Arquelogico Region de Merida" (PARME) on peripheral settlements of the Ichkaantijo area has had as a main objective to recognize and interpret the social organization of these ancient communities, that according to literature have been defined as rural settlements. Therefore, how is this area and the sites that constitute it characterized? What role did they play in the political and economic system? And, which cultural elements have witnessed them?

Multidisciplinary research, including the pattern of settlement, architecture, analysis of diverse cultural material and funerary context, lead to think that these Mayan communities were autonomously organized, showing their very complex and enduring politic, social and economic organization.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20383