Cosmology at Home: Ritual Caching within the Residences of Late Preclassic Noh K’uh, Chiapas Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Late Preclassic (400 BC - A.D. 200) site of Noh K'uh is located in the Mensäbäk basin, 30 kilometers west of the Usumacinta River. Noh K'uh was a small ceremonial center composed of several residential groups centered around a ceremonial plaza. Noh K’uh’s location near the western edge of the Maya lowlands placed the residents near contemporary civilizations in the Isthmian sphere and the highlands of Chiapas. Preliminary data from the excavations demonstrates household ceremonial materials and practices that were influenced by multiple contemporary civilizations. This research reveals how the people of Noh K'uh integrated cosmological beliefs and practices within their domestic routines.

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• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 33147