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LAS RUINAS DE ARENAL

Preliminary report on a subregional major center in the western Belize Valley (1991–1992 excavations)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1999

Jennifer T. Taschek  and
Joseph W. Ball
Jennifer T. Taschek
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4443, USA
Joseph W. Ball
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4443, USA
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Abstract

Las Ruinas de Arenal is a small “major” Lowland Maya center located at the southwest edge of the upper or western Belize Valley. This paper presents a preliminary description of Las Ruinas in formal, spatial, and temporal terms and reports the results of two short seasons of archaeological investigations carried out there in 1991 and 1992. Some aspects of the site's likely cultural, historical, and sociopolitical significance also are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , July 1999 , pp. 215 - 235
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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