Chiquirines

Chiquirines

Chiquirines

Place in Retalhuleu Department, Guatemala

Chiquirines is an ancient Pre-Columbian archaeological site, located in the modern-day Retalhuleu Department, Guatemala. It is located near the major Preclassic Period site of Ujuxte and is considered to be a satellite of that city and contemporary with it.[1][2] Chiquirines features a smaller copy of a complex at Ujuxte, consisting of seven mounds arranged around a central plaza upon a basal platform.[1][3] The largest of these mounds had a stairway ascending the west side.[1] Broken fragments of sculpture have been found at Chiquirines.[4]

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Chiquirines was discovered during a regional survey undertaken during the 1993–1994 field seasons at Ujuxte.[5] The site is situated 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) to the northwest of Ujuxte.[2] Archaeologist Michael Love has mapped more than 40 mounds at Chiquirines.[6] Ceramic finds at Chiquirines date to the same period as those at Ujuxte and confirm that the two sites were contemporary.[7]

Chiquirines is the pluralised Spanish name, of Nahuatl origin, of the cicada species Odopoea imbellis.[8]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Love 1999, p. 141.
  2. [2]
    Poe 1997, p. 8.
  3. [3]
    Poe Research.
  4. [4]
    Love 1999, p. 142.
  5. [5]
    Poe History.
  6. [6]
    Poe 1997, p. 2.
  7. [7]
    Poe Evidence.
  8. [8]
    Hernández 2008, p. 77.

References

  • Hernández, Esther (2008). "Indigenismos en el Vocabulario de la Lengua Cakchiquel Atribuido a Fray Domingo de Vico, MS. BNF R. 7507" (PDF). Revista de Filología Española (in Spanish). LXXXVIII (1): 67–88. doi:10.3989/rfe.2008.v88.i1.45. ISSN 0210-9174. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  • Love, Michael (1999). "Ideology, Material Culture, and Daily Practice in Pre-Classic Mesoamerica: A Pacific Coast Perspective". In David C. Grove; Rosemary A. Joyce (eds.). Social Patterns in Pre-Classic Mesoamerica. pp. 127–154. ISBN 0-88402-252-8.
  • Poe, William Clay (January 1997). "GPS mapping at the prehistoric site of Ujuxte, Guatemala: January 1997 field season" (PDF). The Mesoamerican Archaeology Field School, Sonoma State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-10. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  • Poe, William Clay. "History of Archaeological Research at Ujuxte". Sonoma State University. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  • Poe, William Clay. "Research Design and Methodology of GPS Mapping at Ujuxte". Sonoma State University. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  • Poe, William Clay. "Evidence for the Dependency of Cuatunco/Los Enquentros and Chiquirines". Sonoma State University. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
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