One of the most significant engineering accomplishments of Maya civilization is Sacbe 1, a raised road connecting the ancient urban centers of Yaxuna and Coba. Using new lidar data in concert with excavation, epigraphic inscriptions, and landscape reconnaissance, we show that settlement and an urban experience emanated westward from Coba along the sacbe. The leaders of Coba-in particular, an ambitious seventh-century queen-used the sacbe to expand the political and cultural influence of their dynasty into the center of the peninsula while securing territory and resources. Gaps in the sacbe, precise delineation of its many curves, and examination of features near these curves call to mind several possible intentions governing its construction and use. Sites located along the causeway did not present significant barriers to the expansion of Coba. Sacbe 1 represents a uniquely urban space that expanded urban social networks into a rural hinterland while advancing state interests for territory and influence.
Uno de los logros m & aacute;s significativos de la ingenier & iacute;a en la cultura Maya es el Sacbe 1. Un camino elevado que conecta los centros urbanos antiguos de Yaxun & aacute; y Cob & aacute;. Utilizando nueva informaci & oacute;n proveniente del lidar, junto con excavaciones, inscripciones epigr & aacute;ficas y reconocimiento del paisaje, mostramos que el asentamiento y la experiencia urbana emanaba hacia el oeste desde Cob & aacute; a lo largo del sacb & eacute;. Los l & iacute;deres de Cob & aacute;, en particular una reina ambiciosa del siglo diecisiete, usaban al sacb & eacute; para expandir la influencia pol & iacute;tica y cultural de su dinast & iacute;a hacia el centro de la pen & iacute;nsula mientras aseguraban m & aacute;s territorio y recursos. Los intervalos en el sacb & eacute;, los delineamientos precisos de sus numerosas curvas y la examinaci & oacute;n de los rasgos cercanos a estas curvas, nos sugieren diversas intencionalidades en su construcci & oacute;n y uso. Los sitios localizados a lo largo del sacb & eacute; no representaban barreras significativas a la expansi & oacute;n de Cob & aacute;. El Sacb & eacute; 1 representa un espacio urbano & uacute;nico que expande las redes sociales hacia las & aacute;reas rurales pr & oacute;ximas, mientras que promueve los intereses estatales en b & uacute;squeda de mayor influencia y territorios.
- Sacbe 1 and Classic Maya Urban Culture
- Traci Ardren - University of MiamiScott R. Hutson - University of KentuckyTravis W. Stanton - University of California SystemPatrick Rohrer - University of California SystemJustin P. Lowry - SUNY Plattsburgh
- Latin American antiquity
- Cambridge Univ Press
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- Fundacion Roberto Hernandez Dumbarton Oaks Selz Foundation Center for the Humanities at the University of Miami 1623603 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- APC covered by University of Miami Libraries
- College of A&S; A&S - Anthropology
- English
- Journal article
- 991032925818602976