Prehispanic Architecture and Sculpture in Central Yucatan

Bibliographic Data

ID2565337
AuthorsDavid F Potter (corresponding author)
Year1976
Volume41
Issue4
Pages430-448
Publication date1976-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/279010
OpenAlexW2334781836
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

Analysis of the style of architecture and related sculpture, contemporaneous with part of the Late Classic period, prevalent in what have traditionally been designated as the Rio Bee and Chenes regions of the Maya lowlands, suggests the advisability of reconsideration of these regional designations. The Rio Bee and Chenes styles cannot readily be differentiated either in time or space and are, therefore, appropriately no more than substyles in a wider Central Yucatan regional style. In this style, internal distinctions are markedly less than those between other regional styles of the Maya lowlands. Further, on the basis of these same architectural and sculptural considerations, the Central Yucatan style is more appropriately the first phase of the Florescent period of Yucatan than the middle of the Late Classic period of the Peten with which it is contemporaneous

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Maya · Period (music) · Sculpture · Style (visual arts) · Architecture · History · Latin American history and culture

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