Río Bec. Des grandes maisons et des récoltes

In the Río Bec region, archaeological, iconographic and epigraphic data indicate that kingship has been weakly articulated from AD 550 to 950. Sub-royal elites were active, creating highly visible houses with land domains that served factional strategies and, late in time, diffused architectural ide...

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Main Authors: Marie-Charlotte Arnauld, Dominique Michelet, Chloé Andrieu, Alfonso Lacadena, Éva Lemonnier, Boris Vannière, Philippe Nondédéo, Julie Patrois
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Published: Société des américanistes 2014-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/14042
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author Marie-Charlotte Arnauld
Dominique Michelet
Chloé Andrieu
Alfonso Lacadena
Éva Lemonnier
Boris Vannière
Philippe Nondédéo
Julie Patrois
author_facet Marie-Charlotte Arnauld
Dominique Michelet
Chloé Andrieu
Alfonso Lacadena
Éva Lemonnier
Boris Vannière
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Julie Patrois
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description In the Río Bec region, archaeological, iconographic and epigraphic data indicate that kingship has been weakly articulated from AD 550 to 950. Sub-royal elites were active, creating highly visible houses with land domains that served factional strategies and, late in time, diffused architectural ideas over a wide area. The picture is one of a highly fragmented society consisting of many economically autonomous agents, each pursuing corporate interests that combined intensive staple production and auto-construction of stable residences on their land, with minimal insertion in craft production and regional exchanges.
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spellingShingle Marie-Charlotte Arnauld
Dominique Michelet
Chloé Andrieu
Alfonso Lacadena
Éva Lemonnier
Boris Vannière
Philippe Nondédéo
Julie Patrois
Río Bec. Des grandes maisons et des récoltes
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
Late-Terminal Classic
Lowlands
architecture
auto-construction
infield agriculture
Mayas
title Río Bec. Des grandes maisons et des récoltes
title_full Río Bec. Des grandes maisons et des récoltes
title_fullStr Río Bec. Des grandes maisons et des récoltes
title_full_unstemmed Río Bec. Des grandes maisons et des récoltes
title_short Río Bec. Des grandes maisons et des récoltes
title_sort rio bec des grandes maisons et des recoltes
topic Late-Terminal Classic
Lowlands
architecture
auto-construction
infield agriculture
Mayas
url https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/14042
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