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Setting Setting
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Minanha Minanha
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Setting Setting
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Investigations Investigations
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Site Plan and Urban Features Site Plan and Urban Features
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Chronology Chronology
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Political History Political History
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Discussion Discussion
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Caracol Caracol
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Site Plan and Urban Features Site Plan and Urban Features
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Chronology Chronology
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Political History Political History
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Discussion and Concluding Remarks Discussion and Concluding Remarks
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6 Vaca Plateau and Maya Mountains
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Published:April 2015
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Abstract
This chapter presents two cities–Caracol and Minanha–from the Vaca Plateau area of the Maya Mountains. Caracol is the largest Maya city in the eastern lowlands, while Minanha is a small and short-lived center. The two cities represent contrasting expressions of Maya urbanism, but were likely linked politically by proximity. The chapter begins with a description of the natural setting of the area before examining first Minanha and then Caracol. The former experienced a rapid Late Classic expansion that accompanied the establishment of the royal court, possibly by elite from Caracol, ca. 675 CE, becoming the largest and most important city in the north Vaca Plateau until its royal acropolis was terminated ca. 810 CE. Caracol is a remarkable Maya site and a unique expression of city building in the eastern lowlands dominated by the towering Caana structure. Caracol’s large number of carved monuments and hieroglyphic texts provide more historical information than is available for all the other cities of the eastern lowlands combined. With its massive monumental buildings, large paved plazas, expansive network of causeways (sacbeob), extensive agricultural terraces, and dense settlement, Caracol represents a heavily engineered built environment and highly planned urban landscape.
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