Maya E groups : calendars, astronomy, and urbanism in the early lowlands /

Maya E groups : calendars, astronomy, and urbanism in the early lowlands /

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Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2017. ©2017
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Maya studies Maya studies.
Subject:	Mayas -- Belize River Valley (Guatemala and Belize) Maya architecture -- Belize River Valley (Guatemala and Belize) Mayas -- Belize River Valley (Guatemala and Belize) -- Antiquities. Antiquities. Maya architecture. Mayas. Mayas -- Antiquities. Belize River Valley (Guatemala and Belize) -- Antiquities. Central America -- Belize River Valley.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11677510

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Other authors / contributors:	Freidel, David A., editor. Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953- editor. Dowd, Anne S., editor. Murdock, Jerry, editor.
ISBN:	9780813052816 0813052815 9780813054353 0813054354
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	"E groups" are not the fifth element but a group of structures in the temple complexes of Classic Maya City centers. In this volume from distinguished researchers of the Classic period, the E groups prove to be more than just records of the sun's passages through the years.
Other form:	Print version: Maya E groups. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2017 9780813054353

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Summary:	As complex societies emerged in the Maya lowlands during the first millennium BCE, so did stable communities focused around public squares and the worship of a divine ruler tied to a Maize God cult. "E Groups," central to many of these settlements, are architectural complexes: typically, a long platform supporting three struc¬tures and facing a western pyramid across a formal plaza. Aligned with the movements of the sun, E Groups have long been interpreted as giant calendrical devices crucial to the rise of Maya civilization. This volume presents new archaeological data to reveal that E Groups were constructed earlier than previously thought. In fact, they are the earliest identifiable architectural plan at many Maya settlements. More than just astronomical observatories or calendars, E Groups were a key element of community organization, urbanism, and identity in the heart of the Maya lowlands. They served as gathering places for emerging communities and centers of ritual; they were the very first civic-religious public architecture in the Maya lowlands. Investigating a wide variety of E Group sites--including some of the most famous like the Mundo Perdido in Tikal and the hitherto little known complex at Chan, as well as others in Ceibal, El Palmar, Cival, Calakmul, Caracol, Xunantunich, Yaxnohcah, Yaxuná, and San Bartolo--this volume pieces together the development of social and political complexity in ancient Maya civilization. James Aimers \| Anthony F. Aveni \| Jamie J. Awe \| Boris Beltran \| M. Kathryn Brown \| Arlen F. Chase \| Diane Z. Chase \| Anne S. Dowd \| James Doyle \| Francisco Estrada-Belli \| David A. Freidel \| Julie A. Hoggarth \| Takeshi Inomata \| Patricia A. Mcanany \| Susan Milbrath \| Jerry Murdock \| Kathryn Reese-Taylor \| Prudence M. Rice \| Cynthia Robin \| Franco D. Rossi \| Jeremy A. Sabloff \| William A. Saturno \| Travis W. StantonA volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780813052816 0813052815 9780813054353 0813054354