FOCAL NODES AND RITUAL ECONOMY IN ANCIENT MAYA HINTERLAND COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY FROM SAN LORENZO, BELIZE

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dc.contributor.authorIngalls, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorYaeger, Jason
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-6763-3908en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-19T19:02:37Z
dc.date.available2022-08-19T19:02:37Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-27
dc.description.abstractPublic structures in the Maya region materialize ideologies and define centers of power as they create politically charged sacred landscapes. These locations are focal nodes for community and polity making processes, embedding social hierarchies, ideologies, and social memories into the physical landscape. Archaeologists, however, have historically focused little attention on small-scale focal nodes within rural communities. To explore the ways hinterland or rural communities may integrate and articulate with larger heartland seats of power, this article examines one such public group at the hinterland site of San Lorenzo, Belize. Drawing from studies of integrative features, we explore practices of affiliation from the Late Preclassic through the Terminal Classic periods and the ways they are expressed at a civic-ceremonial community space through ritual economy. Focal nodes facilitated the face-to-face interactions that were necessary for community integration and the practices enacted within such spaces allow associated groups to negotiate and display their status within the community and to larger regional polities.en_US
dc.description.departmentAnthropologyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipInvestigations at San Lorenzo were made possible by the support of the Mopan Valley Preclassic Project (MVPP) and the Mopan Valley Archaeological Project (MVAP), the Alphawood Foundation, Ben and Trudy Termini, and the Department of Anthropology of the University of Texas at San Antonio.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIngalls, V., & Yaeger, J. (2022). Focal Nodes and Ritual Economy in Ancient Maya Hinterland Communities: A Case Study from San Lorenzo, Belize. Ancient Mesoamerica, 33(1), 116-131.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1469-1787
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1017/S0956536121000080
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/1086
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAncient Mesoamerica;Volume 33, Issue 1
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States*
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dc.titleFOCAL NODES AND RITUAL ECONOMY IN ANCIENT MAYA HINTERLAND COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY FROM SAN LORENZO, BELIZEen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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