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THE YALAHAU REGION: A STUDY OF ANCIENT MAYA SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2012

Jeffrey B. Glover
Jeffrey B. Glover*
Affiliation:
Georgia State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology, P.O. Box 3998 Atlanta, GA 30302-3998
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E-mail correspondence to: jglover@gsu.edu
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Abstract

The Yalahau Regional Settlement Pattern Survey (YRSPS) addresses the complex negotiations that constituted ancient Maya society through an investigation of the distribution of settlement across the Yalahau region of northern Quintana Roo, Mexico. This paper begins with a brief culture-historical background of the Yalahau region where occupation ranges from the Middle Preclassic period (700–200 b.c.) to the Postclassic period (a.d. 1100–1521). The region had its peak occupation during the Terminal Preclassic period (75 b.c./a.d. 100–a.d. 400), and this paper explores how monumental architecture, through its size and the rituals conducted in and around it, materialized an enduring sense of community identity during this time period. In so doing, this paper examines the tensions within and between communities as sociopolitical strategies are negotiated and contested in the continually messy process of constituting society.

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Special Section: Contemporary Archaeology in Yucatan
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , Fall 2012 , pp. 271 - 295
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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