Ally, Client or Outpost? Evaluating the Relationship between Xunantunich and Naranjo in the Late Classic Period
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Ally, Client or Outpost? Evaluating the Relationship between Xunantunich and Naranjo in the Late Classic Period. / Awe, Jaime J.; Helmke, Christophe; Slocum, Diane; Tilden, Douglas.
In: Ancient Mesoamerica, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2020, p. 494-506.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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T1 - Ally, Client or Outpost?
T2 - Evaluating the Relationship between Xunantunich and Naranjo in the Late Classic Period
AU - Awe, Jaime J.
AU - Helmke, Christophe
AU - Slocum, Diane
AU - Tilden, Douglas
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Investigations at Xunantunich indicate that this major Belize River Valley site rose rapidly to regional prominence during the Late Classic Hats' Chaak phase (a.d. 670–780). While the social, political, and economic reasons for Xunantunich's relatively late and rapid rise are still not fully understood, it has been suggested that this ascent was a direct result of either a patron-client relationship with, or owing to direct control by, the larger primary center of Naranjo in neighboring Guatemala. In this paper, we evaluate previous arguments for this proposed dynamic relationship between the two sites, and we discuss the political implications of more recently acquired data in our assessment of this relationship.
AB - Investigations at Xunantunich indicate that this major Belize River Valley site rose rapidly to regional prominence during the Late Classic Hats' Chaak phase (a.d. 670–780). While the social, political, and economic reasons for Xunantunich's relatively late and rapid rise are still not fully understood, it has been suggested that this ascent was a direct result of either a patron-client relationship with, or owing to direct control by, the larger primary center of Naranjo in neighboring Guatemala. In this paper, we evaluate previous arguments for this proposed dynamic relationship between the two sites, and we discuss the political implications of more recently acquired data in our assessment of this relationship.
U2 - 10.1017/S095653612000036X
DO - 10.1017/S095653612000036X
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 494
EP - 506
JO - Ancient Mesoamerica
JF - Ancient Mesoamerica
SN - 0956-5361
IS - 3
ER -
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