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    Evidence from Escalera al Cielo: Abandonment of a Terminal Classic Puuc Maya Hill Complex in Yucatán, Mexico

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    This is a postprint (author's final draft) version of an article published in Journal of Field Arhcaeology in 2012. The final version of this article may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/0093469012Z.00000000025 (login may be required). The version made available in OpenBU was supplied by the author.Excavations at the hilltop site of Escalera al Cielo, located in the Puuc Maya region of Yucatán, Mexico, have uncovered evidence of a planned abandonment at the end of the Terminal Classic period (A.D. 800–950). Six buildings investigated among three residential groups contain rich floor assemblages similar to those known from only a few rapidly abandoned sites in the Maya area. Through an analysis of de facto refuse—most of which was recovered in locations of storage and provisional discard—and midden refuse, this paper illustrates how the assemblages represent an example of household-level abandonment with anticipated return. We also consider Escalera al Cielo in light of our present understanding of the political and environmental history of the Puuc region during the late 9th century A.D

    Tomás Gallareta Negrón

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    WARFARE, CERAMIC ECONOMY, AND THE ITZA

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    Invasão tolteca em Chichén Itzá? Uma nova leitura da questão a partir da cultura material das Terras Maias Baixas do Norte

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    Este artigo trata de uma das questões mais controversas da Arqueologia do México: uma possível invasão tolteca na cidade de Chichén Itzá. O assunto divide opiniões. Para um grupo de pesquisadores, Chichén Itzá é fruto da invasão dos habitantes de Tula, uma cidade do altiplano mexicano, a mais de 100 de distância dela. Já para outros pesquisadores, esta invasão não ocorreu e Chichén Itzá tem seu desenvolvimento dentro de uma tradição maia. Neste texto, mostramos algumas evidências arqueológicas em favor da segunda linha de pesquisa apresentada acima
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