Contextualizing the Glyphic Texts of Tipan Chen Uitz, Cayo District, Belize

Christopher R. Andres; Christophe Helmke; Shawn G. Morton; Gabriel D. Wrobel; Jason J. González

Contextualizing the Glyphic Texts of Tipan Chen Uitz, Cayo District, Belize

Christopher R. Andres, Christophe Helmke, Shawn G. Morton, Gabriel D. Wrobel, Jason J. González

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

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Abstract

The 2011 investigations of the Caves Branch Archaeological Survey at the large and recently documented Maya site of Tipan Chen Uitz resulted in the discovery of the site's first monument with a glyphic inscription. Prior to this discovery, the site's glyphic corpus was limited to a small collection of texts rendered on fragmentary ceramics. In this paper, we describe these sherds as well as the monument (Monument 1), report on their archaeological contexts, provide an epigraphic analysis of the texts, and consider these written sources relative to our growing understanding of Tipan and its place in the ancient political landscape. The discovery of Monument 1 is important, for it stands to contribute to sociopolitical reconstructions in this part of the central Maya Lowlands and has significant implications for the possible presence of other, as yet undiscovered, Late Classic period (A.D. 550-830) monuments at Tipan.

Original language	English
Journal	Latin American Antiquity
Volume	25
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	46-64
Number of pages	19
ISSN	1045-6635
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Contextualizing the Glyphic Texts of Tipan Chen Uitz, Cayo District, Belize

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