From the Streets: Public and Private Space in an Early Maya City

Pugh, Timothy W.

doi:10.1007/s10816-018-9404-0

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“…The ceramic artifacts discussed here were recovered by Proyecto Arqueológico Itza (PAI), which focused on the site's grid corridors (Pugh 2018). Radiocarbon assays principally were used to date the construction of corridors that border monumental architecture.…”

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Early Pottery and Construction at Nixtun-Ch'ich’, Petén, Guatemala: Preliminary Observations

Rice¹

2019

Latin Am. antiq.

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Early occupation at Nixtun-Ch'ich’, on the western edge of Lake Petén Itzá, is dated by two ceramic complexes, K'as and Chich. These represent the Late and Terminal Early Preclassic or the early and late “Pre-Mamom” periods, respectively (ca. 1300–800 BC), including a “Transitional” period incorporating Nix Middle Preclassic (Mamom) pottery. Comparisons with complexes at other sites in the region permit the dating of 10 construction loci, including 3 in the civic-ceremonial core. Low late Pre-Mamom platforms were raised and expanded in Transitional and Early Middle Preclassic times, when they were elaborated into two E-Groups and a Triadic Structure on the central axis. This building activity is interpreted in terms of cooperative or corporate labor organization and related to evolutionary game theory. The ritual foundation of such organization is evident in the site's gridded layout based on a mythical world-creation crocodile.

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“…Calibrated radiocarbon dates suggest that the grid corridors were emplaced—with fills and plaster surfacing—between ca. 750 and 450 BC (Pugh 2018; Pugh and Rice 2017. (More precise radiometric dates—early, middle, or late Middle Preclassic—cannot be reliably achieved because of a plateau in the calibration curve.)…”

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Early Pottery and Construction at Nixtun-Ch'ich’, Petén, Guatemala: Preliminary Observations

Rice¹

2019

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“…Thus, Nixtun-Ch'ich’ appears have had a more cooperative social system. While the city's streets and buildings changed over time, the grid was regulated until the end of the Late Preclassic period (Pugh 2018).…”

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“…The streets of Nixtun-Ch'ich’ differ from most Maya causeways, which are “focal” and link specific places, whether cities or architectural groups (Shaw 2001:262). In contrast, the streets and avenues of Nixtun-Ch'ich’ are nonfocal and do not tend to privilege particular locations with respect to pedestrian movement (Pugh 2018).…”

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“…Major construction continued during the Late Preclassic (400 b.c. – a.d. 200) period, but the site was largely abandoned immediately afterwards (Pugh 2018). Moderate occupation resumed during the Late/Terminal Classic ( a.d. 600–900), and continued into the Postclassic ( a.d. 900–1525), (Spanish) Contact ( a.d. 1525–1697), and Colonial ( a.d. 1697–1820) periods (Pugh et al 2016b).…”

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Faceless Hierarchy at Nixtun-Ch'ich’, Peten, Guatemala

Pugh

Nieto²,

Zygadło

2019

Ancient Mesoam

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Societies vary in how they approach the challenges of increased population, inequality, and occupational specialization. The city of Nixtun-Ch'ich’ and its satellite, T'up, in Peten, Guatemala exhibit orthogonal urban grids—a trait absent from all other known Maya cities. Such grids require extensive planning and the ability to mobilize the population. The present data suggests that Nixtun-Ch'ich’ was substantially larger than any of the surrounding settlements and was, therefore, a primate center during the Middle Preclassic period. The extensive urban planning of the site, as well as that of T'up suggests centralized planning. Yet, we have not encountered evidence of a central ruler propagated as a unifying symbol of the polity. The gridded public streets and lack of a rulership cult suggest that Nixtun-Ch'ich’ had a more collaborative social system.

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Social Complexity and the Middle Preclassic Lowland Maya

Pugh

2021

J Archaeol Res

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From the Streets: Public and Private Space in an Early Maya City

Cited by 18 publications

References 45 publications

Early Pottery and Construction at Nixtun-Ch'ich’, Petén, Guatemala: Preliminary Observations

Early Pottery and Construction at Nixtun-Ch'ich’, Petén, Guatemala: Preliminary Observations

Faceless Hierarchy at Nixtun-Ch'ich’, Peten, Guatemala

Social Complexity and the Middle Preclassic Lowland Maya

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