|Title||Preclassic excavations at Punta de Chimino, Peten,
Guatemala: Investigating social emplacement on an early Maya
landscape| |Year of Publication||2006| |University||University
of Arizona| |Keywords||Excavations, Guatemala, Maya, Peten,
Preclassic Maya, Punta de Chimino, Social emplacement| Two
excavation seasons in Punta de Chimino's E-Group Acropolis
provide a record of monument construction, refurbishment,
desecration, and abandonment. This evidence is used to explore
the material dimensions of social emplacement---any act, event,
practice, or behavior that affects the way a community and its
descendants relate to a particular locality over time. The
attributes and treatment of monuments are taken to signify
cultural and political dispositions. An extensive overview of
Preclassic and Protoclassic Maya archaeology situates Punta de
Chimino's monumental remains in different historical settings.
Bayesian analysis of the stratified sequence of radiocarbon and
luminescence dates is used to accurately pinp