The Shape of Time: Some Political Implications of a Four-Part Figure

Coggins, Clemency

doi:10.2307/280144

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“…Bradley, 1991;Leone, 1978;Lucas, 2005;Holdaway and Wandsnider, 2008), and in Maya archaeology in particular (cf. Coggins, 1980). Some basic principles incorporated into my reconstruction include: (1) All economies are fundamentally based on something commonly called ''wealth;" they differ in what constitutes wealth and how it is (or is not) allocated in a system of power relations.…”

Section: Positing a Lowland Maya Knowledge-based Politico-ritual Ecomentioning

confidence: 99%

On Classic Maya political economies

Rice

2009

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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Section: Positing a Lowland Maya Knowledge-based Politico-ritual Ecomentioning

confidence: 99%

On Classic Maya political economies

Rice

2009

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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“…, short pause (less than 0.7 seconds) long pause (greater than 0.7 seconds) (Bricker 1986(Bricker ,1988b. 5.…”

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Marking Space and Time in Itzaj Maya Narrative

Hofling

1993

J Linguistic Anthropol

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Cyclicity has been noted as a key feature of Mayan conceptions of time and space from the Classic period (A.D. 250–900) to the present. Similarly, pattern of repetition and cyclicity have been noted as characteristic of Mayan discourse structure. In this article cyclicity in worldview and in discourse structure is examined in Itzaj Maya narrative, with emphasis on the importance of the schema of the sun's journey to both.

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“…The most extraordinary example of Chi incised is a fragment of a flat base of a plate, on which a quadripartite symbol is incised after slip (Figure 11). This symbol represents the four directions or corners of the world, with the center of the cross representing the axis-mundi of the cosmos [119][120][121][122]. The quadripartite symbol also appears at Tikal [67], providing a direct connection between these two sites.…”

Section: Slipped Potterymentioning

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The Earliest Maya Farmers of Peten: New Evidence from Buenavista-Nuevo San José, Central Peten Lakes Region, Guatemala

Castellanos

Foias

2017

Journal of Anthropology

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The origins and cultural affiliations of the first sedentary agricultural and pottery-producing communities in the southern Maya lowlands remain hotly debated. Here, we describe the discovery of a new early farming settlement at the small site of BuenavistaNuevo San José on Lake Peten Itza in northern Guatemala. Evidence for a pre-Mamom occupation (1000-700 BC) at this site was found in the deepest fill layers overlying bedrock, including pottery diagnostic of this time period and the remains of a postin-bedrock dwelling. Because the evidence for this early settlement is from secondary contexts and because four radiocarbon dates cover a broad chronological range, the best evidence for the pre-Mamom occupation consists of the ceramics recovered in the excavations. The closest links of the pre-Mamom pottery at Buenavista-Nuevo San José are with the Eb complex at Tikal and the Cunil complex of Cahal Pech, Belize, suggesting strong interactions between these early groups. The discovery of preMamom pottery at Buenavista also suggests that the early farmers were more widespread than previously suggested. Furthermore, the presence of Olmecoid symbols incised on the pre-Mamom pottery at Buenavista-Nuevo San José indicates that these early communities were immersed in broad pan-Mesoamerican spheres of interaction.

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The Shape of Time: Some Political Implications of a Four-Part Figure

Cited by 87 publications

References 3 publications

On Classic Maya political economies

On Classic Maya political economies

Marking Space and Time in Itzaj Maya Narrative

The Earliest Maya Farmers of Peten: New Evidence from Buenavista-Nuevo San José, Central Peten Lakes Region, Guatemala

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