Chitinamit
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Site description
The site overlooks the Queca River in a rugged region that is considered particularly poor for agriculture, it is therefore likely that the mountain-top location was selected because it was readily defensible.[4] The site is located on the mountain of Chujuyup, on the western edge of the Chuyujup Valley and was excavated in 1977 by Kenneth Brown of the University of Houston.[5] It is defended by a stone rampart and possesses stone terraces, together with a ballcourt and a temple to the K'iche' patron god, also named Jakawitz. Its occupation seems to have come to a violent end, with many projectile points being found together with evidence of the burning of buildings.[6]
Chitinamit includes residential structures measuring roughly Script error: No such module "convert". with the walls marked out with vertical schistose slabs measuring approximately Script error: No such module "convert". high. These structures differ from the architectural style of the original Maya population and are presumed to represent the style of intrusive K'iche' lineages.[7] The site is arranged around an enclosed plaza.[8]
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Notes
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- ↑ Sharer & Traxler 2006, p.622.
- ↑ Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Item 1005.
- ↑ Sharer & Traxler 2006, p.290. Smith 2005, p.423. Van Akkeren 2002, p.1.
- ↑ Christenson 2003, 2007, p.210.
- ↑ Carmack & Weeks 1981, pp.324-326. Van Akkeren 2002, p.1. Christenson 2003, 2007, p.210.
- ↑ Fox 1989, p.674.n.9.
- ↑ Fox 1987, 2008, p.91.
- ↑ Carmack 2001a, p.288.
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