Abstract

SION, Julien. Classic/Posclassic transition in Los Naranjos (Honduras): Between ruptures and new interactions. Trace (Méx. DF) [online]. 2023, n.84, pp.162-195.  Epub Dec 11, 2023. ISSN 2007-2392.  https://doi.org/10.22134/trace.84.2023.851.

The evolution of the societies that lived since the 9th century A. D. in North-western Honduras, part of the southern limits of Mesoamerica, are very little researched and they are still misunderstood. This article compiles the first results of the PARYNA research focused on Los Naranjos, the main pre-Hispanic center of the Lake Yojoa basin, which allowed to recover more data about the Classic/Postclassic transition in this region. In this site and its hinterland it was been possible to identify, in particular, a series of ruptures in the political history of the community and the emergence of new cultural practices. Clearly, these local dynamics were also related to notable reorganizations of the interaction networks, regional as well as pan-Mesoamerican, in which the site’s population, especially its rulers, participated.

Keywords : Los Naranjos; Northwestern Honduras; Terminal Classic/Early Postclassic; settlement patterns; networks of interaction.

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