From Kings to Nobles:

Nondédéo, Philippe; Sion, Julien; García-Gallo, Alfonso Lacadena; Cases, Ignacio; Hiquet, Julien

doi:10.2307/j.ctv1hp5h64.12

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“…According to Ball (1977:174–175), a new distribution network of wealthy goods emerged between the tenth and eleventh centuries that included northern Belize and southern Quintana Roo, and Becan was “the most probable interchange point between southeastern Campeche and Highland Guatemala.” This new distribution network of wealthy goods has also been identified in Naachtun during the tenth century (Nondédéo et al 2021; Sion et al 2017).…”

Section: Chichen Itza and Its Maritime Portsmentioning

confidence: 63%

“…For example, ceramic materials of the Fine-orange Altar and Fine-orange Balancan groups manufactured in Campeche and Tabasco, which “had constituted one of the Xcocom phase primary ceramic imports” (Ball 1977:174) at Becan and Chicanna, ceased to be imported; instead, Plumbate Tohil group ceramics entered these two sites. At Naachtun, the late phase of the Muuch ceramic complex ( a.d. 830–950/1000) ended in the middle of the tenth or early eleventh century, and Fine-orange Silho and Plumbate Tohil ceramics were found in Group C (Sion et al 2017; see also Nondédéo et al 2021:97, 103). According to Sion (2016:315–348), members of the Naachtun elite acquired prestige wealth goods for domestic use by taking part in a new long-distance distribution network in which Chichen Itza actively participated.…”

Section: Chichen Itza and Its Maritime Portsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Chichen Itza and Its Economy at the End of the Classic Period: Tribute, Centralized Redistribution, and Maritime Stations

Cobos

2023

Ancient Mesoam

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Studies of the ancient economy associated with the Classic and Postclassic periods of Maya civilization show that, in order to explain it, the market economy model has been widely used, where economic transactions were carried out in marketplaces. In this type of economy, goods are exchanged based on an agreed value that takes into account supply and demand. However, other types of exchange, such as tribute and centralized redistribution, could have been used in those transactions instead of a market economy. This article analyzes the role that tribute and centralized redistribution may have played during the heyday of Chichen Itza between the tenth and eleventh centuries. This site seems to have used its powerful military supremacy to extract tribute from sites and regions it conquered militarily and politically as they experienced their collapse. In addition, the archaeological evidence suggests that Chichen Itza made political as well as economic alliances in different regions of the Maya Lowlands in order to obtain sumptuous goods. These commodities were used by members of the elite to reinforce the power structure and consolidate social relations among the different individuals who inhabited that community located in northern Yucatan.

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Section: Chichen Itza and Its Maritime Portsmentioning

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Section: Chichen Itza and Its Maritime Portsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chichen Itza and Its Economy at the End of the Classic Period: Tribute, Centralized Redistribution, and Maritime Stations

Cobos

2023

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“…Naachtun reached its demographic peak during the Late Classic and Terminal periods (~750–950/1000 C.E.) (Nondédéo et al, 2021). Subsequently, the city did not escape the crises affecting the Maya country from the Terminal Classic onwards, since it was abandoned around 950/1000 C.E.…”

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“…Subsequently, the city did not escape the crises affecting the Maya country from the Terminal Classic onwards, since it was abandoned around 950/1000 C.E. (Dussol et al, 2019; Hiquet, 2020; Nondédéo et al, 2021; Sion, 2016).…”

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Wetland landscapes in the Southern Maya Lowlands (Naachtun, Guatemala) from the ancient agroecosystems to the tropical biosphere reserve: Ecology, exploitation and management of water and soil resources, and heritage legacy

Castanet,

Fernandes,

Mokadem

et al. 2024

Geoarchaeology

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In the Biosphere Reserve of the Maya Lowlands, the large‐scale characterisation of the current wetlands ecology and the exploitation and management of their natural resources by the ancient Maya is severely constrained by the forest. This paper presents an integrated geomatic, geoarchaeological and ecological approach, developed to overcome this obstacle in the microregion of the Naachtun Maya city. It is based on the analysis of LiDAR, and field and laboratory data. This approach has revealed the mosaic of current ecological conditions of the wetlands, thanks to the characterisation and spatial modelling of the landforms, hydrology, vegetation and soil cover. It has enabled the characterisation of numerous hydraulic and agricultural structures: 70 large reservoirs, raised fields (the largest over 1.5 km²), canals and ditches (with a cumulative length of over 300 km) and dikes. Eight morphological types of hybrid structures—hydraulic and agricultural—are described. These constructions have enabled the intensive exploitation of water and soil resources, their management and the resulting environmental risks. This study has shown that the agroecosystems of lowland areas were created as early as ~1500 B.C.E. and evolved in a polyphasic way, until a phase of radical decline around 1000 C.E. This study has made it possible to characterise the legacy of the Maya Early Anthropocene on current wetlands, as well as their important natural and cultural heritage.

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“…Naachtun had to successively cope with the expansionist ambitions of Tikal and the Kan'ul; indeed, signs of shifting alliances are found at the site throughout the Classic period. The royal elites left the city at the very end of the Late Classic period, but many commoners remained during the Terminal Classic period, before abandoning Naachtun at the end of the Terminal Classic (Nondédéo et al 2021). The chrono-cultural sequence (Figure 3) was anchored using ceramic seriation (including comparisons with other Lowland sequences), radiocarbon dating, and epigraphy (Hiquet 2020;Nondédéo et al 2018;Patiño 2016;Perla-Barrera and Sion 2018).…”

Section: Naachtun: a Case Studymentioning

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Estimation of Early Classic Maya Population: Methodological Challenges and Modeling at Naachtun, Guatemala

Hiquet

2023

Latin Am. antiq.

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Most population estimates for Maya sites are for the Late Classic period, a time of peak population in the Central Maya Lowlands. At Naachtun, Guatemala, a major city during the Early Classic that continued into the Late Classic period, researchers recently carried out an ambitious program of test pitting in residential areas; its aim was to model the growth of residential units during the entire Classic period and so better contextualize the rise of Classic Maya dynasties and the scale of their economic and political power. This article presents an improvement to the existing method for estimating population for periods preceding the population apex (in this case, the Early Classic period): it not only estimates the occupancy rate of residential units occupied pre-apex but also assesses their size, using a typology I developed based on their morphology and pattern of transformation.

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From Kings to Nobles:

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Chichen Itza and Its Economy at the End of the Classic Period: Tribute, Centralized Redistribution, and Maritime Stations

Chichen Itza and Its Economy at the End of the Classic Period: Tribute, Centralized Redistribution, and Maritime Stations

Wetland landscapes in the Southern Maya Lowlands (Naachtun, Guatemala) from the ancient agroecosystems to the tropical biosphere reserve: Ecology, exploitation and management of water and soil resources, and heritage legacy

Estimation of Early Classic Maya Population: Methodological Challenges and Modeling at Naachtun, Guatemala

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