[Aztlan] Re: The Highlands vs. The Peten

[Henry Avila]

Greg Borgstede

Could you give me orientation in where to find information about this 50
sites you mentioned (Chacula, Chinkultic, and others).  And if there´s some
available survey.  Thanks.

Regards!

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From: <borgsted en sas.upenn.edu>
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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 7:58 AM
Subject: [Aztlan] Re: The Highlands vs. The Peten


> Regarding the ubiquity of the stela-altar complex in the highlands vs. the
> Peten, it is undoubtedly true that, based on current evidence, the
practice was
> much more common in the southern lowlands during the Classic period than
in the
> Maya highlands at the same time. In a recent survey in the western
Guatemalan
> highlands, of about 50 sites that date to the Late or Terminal Classic,
only 5
> had evidence of stelae erection (all of these uncarved stelae). This is
despite
> the fact that this region is one of the few in the highlands to have a
known
> corpus dating to the Late/Terminal Classic period (nearby sites with
carved
> stela include Chinkultic and sites in the Chacula zone, the latter having
> initial series dates in the 10th Baktun). For earlier and later periods
> (Preclassic and Postclassic), the relative abundance (highlands vs.
lowlands)
> of stelae-altars is debatable.
>    If the question regarding these--"the setting up of stelae and altars
in
> plazas on structures..."--is the "on structures" component, some stelae
were
> placed on top of platforms or acropoli in the highlands, although it was
more
> common to have them in plazas (during the Classic period).
>
> Greg Borgstede, Ph.D.
>
>
> > question for all,
> >
> >   Is this arguement true, "The setting up of stelae and altars in plazas
> on structures  was a common practice in the Peten but rare in the
> Highlands". Stelae and Alters  in plaza structures had been found in the
> site of Nebaj.
>
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