Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands (Maya Studies)

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In ancient Maya cities, “E Groups” are sets of buildings aligned with the movements of the sun. This volume presents new archaeological data to show that E Groups were constructed in advance than up to now thought–actually, they’re the earliest identifiable architectural plan at many Maya settlements. More than simply astronomical observatories or calendars, E Groups were gathering places for emerging communities and centers of ritual: the first actual civic-religious public architecture within the Maya lowlands. Investigating all kinds of E Group sites in different contexts, this volume pieces together the improvement of social and political complexity within the ancient Maya civilization.

Contributors: 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. STANTON

A volume within the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

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