Maya E Groups Calendars Astronomy and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands David 0813054354 9780813054353

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0813054354
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780813054353
• Author: David A. Freidel

As complex societies emerged in the Maya lowlands during the first millen­nium BCE, so did stable communities focused around public squares and the worship of a divine ruler tied to a Maize God cult. “E Groups,” central to many of these settle­ments, are architectural complexes: typically, a long platform supporting three struc­tures and facing a western pyramid across a formal plaza. Aligned with the movements of the sun, E Groups have long been interpreted as giant calendrical devices crucial to the rise of Maya civilization. This volume presents new archaeological data to reveal that E Groups were constructed earlier than previously thought. In fact, they are the earliest identifiable architectural plan at many Maya settlements. More than just astronomical observatories or calendars, E Groups were a key ele­ment of community organization, urbanism, and identity in the heart of the Maya lowlands. They served as gathering places for emerging communities and centers of ritual; they were the very first civic-religious public architecture in the Maya lowlands.

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