El Jobillo Settlement Cluster: A Classic Maya Neighborhood?

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Some significant social and spatial units of organization and analysis include neighborhoods, wards and zones. These intermediate scale units are important to understand Maya social organization and integration, especially in dispersed or sparsely populated regions such as La Corona’s in northwest Petén, Guatemala. This paper assesses criteria regarding the identification of such units in the archaeological record. Results of spatial analysis, testing and excavations of architecture are used to determine the role of the settlement cluster of El Jobillo, located 3 km from La Corona. Its role as a potential neighborhood and its social significance within a broader regional context are assessed and considered significant to contribute to understanding the varied degrees of social integration within Classic Maya society and the relationship that populations had with political authority.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25405