PILGRIMAGES LAST MILE - LATE MAYA MONUMENT VENERATION AT LA-MILPA, BELIZE

Authors
Citation
N. Hammond et Mr. Bobo, PILGRIMAGES LAST MILE - LATE MAYA MONUMENT VENERATION AT LA-MILPA, BELIZE, World archaeology, 26(1), 1994, pp. 19-34
Citations number
32
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
ISSN journal
0043-8243
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
19 - 34
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-8243(1994)26:1<19:PLM-LM>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Pilgrimage over short distances and as the result of social stress is a well-documented phenomenon. The movement of Classic Maya (AD 250-900 ) stone monuments at the site of La Milpa, in Belize, includes the res etting of fragments no longer carrying a coherent message, suggesting that this occurred during the Postclassic period after the abandonment of La Milpa, and that it was carried out by pilgrims who also deposit ed incense-burners in front of some monuments. The dating of these to c. AD 1500-1650 suggests a response to the Spanish conquest of the May a lowlands, perhaps in the form of a revitalization movement appealing to ancestral forces for aid.