Redefining the Relationship Between the Surface and the Subterranean at Mul Ch'en Witz, La Milpa, Belize
Author(s): Christina Iglesias; Samantha Lorenz; Toni Gonzalez
Year: 2018
Summary
One of the many unsettled issues in chultun research is the relationship of chultunes to surface architecture. At Mul Ch’en Witz, located within the large Maya site of La Milpa in northwestern Belize, the chultunes are covered by low, rectangular rubble core platforms so that each is an architectural complex with both a surface and a subterranean component. This degree of formalization of the surface space had not been previously reported until recently at RB-25-A5, a collapsed chultun also located at La Milpa. Data on the surface construction of chultunes at Mul Ch’en Witz along with speculation on its significance will be presented here.
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Redefining the Relationship Between the Surface and the Subterranean at Mul Ch'en Witz, La Milpa, Belize. Christina Iglesias, Samantha Lorenz, Toni Gonzalez. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 445279)
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Keywords
General
Maya Chultuns
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Maya lowlands
Spatial Coverage
min long: -94.197; min lat: 16.004 ; max long: -86.682; max lat: 21.984 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 21703