Early (300-100 B.C.) temple precinct in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 110(19): E1707-15, 2013 May 07.
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Archaeological investigations during the past two decades in Mexico's Valley of Oaxaca have documented the appearance of key public buildings, such as the royal palace and multiroom temple, associated with the rise of an archaic state at ca. 300-100 B.C. A fuller picture is now emerging from the site of El Palenque, where recent excavations have defined a temple precinct on the east side of the site's plaza. This precinct exhibits characteristics similar to those of the temple precincts of later Mesoamerican states described by Colonial period sources. The excavation data document a walled enclosure containing three multiroom temples, two special residences identified as priests' residences, and an array of ritual features and activity areas. The temple precinct's components are interpreted as comprising a hierarchy of temples staffed by a specialized priesthood. A series of radiocarbon dates indicate that the precinct's differentiated components were all in use during the 300-100 B.C. period of archaic state emergence. The El Palenque temple precinct is the earliest temple precinct excavated thus far in the Valley of Oaxaca.
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Assunto principal:
Arqueologia
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Comportamento Ritualístico
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
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En
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos