El mascarón arquitectónico preclásico de la Estructura 3 de Chacté, Guatemala
Recent archaeological investigations carried out at the Maya site of Chacté, a peripheral architectural suburb of the ancient city of El Mirador, located in northern Guatemala, revealed an important occupation of the Late Preclassic (ca. 350 BC), a period in which El Mirador and its allied centers r...
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| author | Carlos Morales-Aguilar Daniel Salazar Lama Ivan Šprajc Richard D. Hansen |
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| description | Recent archaeological investigations carried out at the Maya site of Chacté, a peripheral architectural suburb of the ancient city of El Mirador, located in northern Guatemala, revealed an important occupation of the Late Preclassic (ca. 350 BC), a period in which El Mirador and its allied centers reached their peak in cultural development and socio-political terms. Chacté represents a part of this development by constructing a ceremonial center with large plazas and elite buildings. The site was also linked to the great center of El Mirador by a 4 km-long causeway. Archaeological excavations in Chacté focused on Structure 3, the eastern building of an E-Group complex, where an important Preclassic sculpture mask was found. In this paper, we offer a preliminary iconographic interpretation of this sculpture mask that might represent the K’inich Ajaw god, symbolizing the emergence of the sun in the east. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9db3ab3903d04eeda4110c49308e909b2025-02-05T15:54:15ZengSociété des américanistesJournal de la Société des Américanistes0037-91741957-78422022-07-01108111715010.4000/jsa.20808El mascarón arquitectónico preclásico de la Estructura 3 de Chacté, GuatemalaCarlos Morales-AguilarDaniel Salazar LamaIvan ŠprajcRichard D. HansenRecent archaeological investigations carried out at the Maya site of Chacté, a peripheral architectural suburb of the ancient city of El Mirador, located in northern Guatemala, revealed an important occupation of the Late Preclassic (ca. 350 BC), a period in which El Mirador and its allied centers reached their peak in cultural development and socio-political terms. Chacté represents a part of this development by constructing a ceremonial center with large plazas and elite buildings. The site was also linked to the great center of El Mirador by a 4 km-long causeway. Archaeological excavations in Chacté focused on Structure 3, the eastern building of an E-Group complex, where an important Preclassic sculpture mask was found. In this paper, we offer a preliminary iconographic interpretation of this sculpture mask that might represent the K’inich Ajaw god, symbolizing the emergence of the sun in the east.https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/20808E-GroupLate PreclassicMaya iconographyarchitectural maskK’inich AjawEl Mirador |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Morales-Aguilar Daniel Salazar Lama Ivan Šprajc Richard D. Hansen El mascarón arquitectónico preclásico de la Estructura 3 de Chacté, Guatemala Journal de la Société des Américanistes E-Group Late Preclassic Maya iconography architectural mask K’inich Ajaw El Mirador |
| title | El mascarón arquitectónico preclásico de la Estructura 3 de Chacté, Guatemala |
| title_full | El mascarón arquitectónico preclásico de la Estructura 3 de Chacté, Guatemala |
| title_fullStr | El mascarón arquitectónico preclásico de la Estructura 3 de Chacté, Guatemala |
| title_full_unstemmed | El mascarón arquitectónico preclásico de la Estructura 3 de Chacté, Guatemala |
| title_short | El mascarón arquitectónico preclásico de la Estructura 3 de Chacté, Guatemala |
| title_sort | el mascaron arquitectonico preclasico de la estructura 3 de chacte guatemala |
| topic | E-Group Late Preclassic Maya iconography architectural mask K’inich Ajaw El Mirador |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/20808 |
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