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VELASQUEZ FERGUSSON, Laura. The Triadic Pattern in the Urban Context and Ideological Ancient Maya Settlements. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2014, vol.43, pp.11-40. ISSN 0185-2574.

More than a thousand years after its origins during the Late Preclassic period, triadic arrangements have persisted in the Maya Lowlands architectural tradition, consolidating a wide and complex urban space composed of E-Group assemblages as well as ballgame patios. This singular combination in such a unit, demonstrates that a deep symbolic content was developed through the function and meaning of each one of them, integrating the heart of the Maya city. Furthermore, chronological continuity of the triadic concept resulted in a constructive evolution as evidence of abrupt functional and structural changes at the end of the Classic period. On this basis I analyze the role of triadic arrangements as a specialized architectural element in relation to the urban planning and into the "architecture of power" framework.

Palabras llave : Triadic arrangements; Preclassic; Maya Lowlands; architecture.

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