Article ID: CBB994108800

The Starry Deer Caiman and Structure 44 at Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico (2016)

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This paper analyses the meaning of astronomical alignments of Structure 44 from Yaxchilan, Mexico. The lack of direct solar referents calls for a more integrative approach in which archaeoastronomy is supplemented by the research fields of archaeology, epigraphy and iconography. The designation of Structure 44 as an otoot (dwelling, house) building allows us to conceptualize it as a type of animate entity which is linked with the representation of the figure of the Starry Deer Caiman, one of the Maya Milky Way constellations.

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Authors & Contributors
Gullberg, Steven
Aldana, Gerardo Villalobos
Moyano, Ricardo
Iwaniszewski, Stanislaw
Ramón Jiménez Jiménez
Seonaid Valiant
Concepts
Mayan civilization
Aztecs
Incas
Archaeoastronomy
Amerindians
Archaeology
Time Periods
Precolumbian period (America)
Prehistory
Medieval
Ancient
20th century, early
19th century
Places
Mexico
Mesoamerica
Guatemala
Central America
Argentina
Machu Picchu
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