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Structure and Change in a Late Classic Maya Domestic Group at Copan, Honduras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

James J. Sheehy
James J. Sheehy
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Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Abstract

The dynamic process involving the establishment, growth, and decline of Patio Group 9M-22-A, an elite Late Classic Maya domestic group at Copan, Honduras, is described in terms of 11 time spans. Architectural and stratigraphie changes occurring within these time spans are integrated with 70 obsidian hydration dates and demonstrate that the patio group was occupied to the end of the tenth century, with sporadic activity continuing into the eleventh century. Changes in the leadership roles spanning several generations within the patio group are inferred from the archaeological data and related to socioeconomic variables influencing the development cycle.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , Spring 1991 , pp. 1 - 20
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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