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SOLAR OBSERVATORY OR ALLEGORY? CALAKMUL'S GROUP E-TYPE COMPLEX FORM AND FUNCTION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2017

Anne S. Dowd ,
Anthony F. Aveni  and
Ramón Carrasco
Anne S. Dowd*
Affiliation:
ArchæoLOGIC USA, LLC, Western Division, P.O. Box 4363, Vail, Colorado 81658-4363
Anthony F. Aveni
Affiliation:
Colgate University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 331 Ho Science Center, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, New York 13346
Ramón Carrasco
Affiliation:
C.R.S.–INAH, Centro INAH Campeche, Calle 59, No. 36, entre Calle 14 y 16, Anexo a la Casa del Teniente del Rey, C.P. 24000, Campeche, México
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E-mail correspondence to: [email protected]
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Abstract

Members of the Proyecto Arqueológico de la Biosfera Calakmul under Carrasco's direction excavated the Cenote Style Group E-type complex at the Maya site of Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico. The Cenote Style refers to the plan of the E-Group with a series of three temples built onto a long narrow eastern range structure facing a western structure across a broad central plaza. Architectural data exist to evaluate this standardizing group's utility for observing solar events. Astronomical evidence for the function of this complex is presented and discussed. The overall orientation of Structures IVa, IVb, IVc, and VI is slightly east, 13° of true north, while a pair of doorways in Structure IVc align with the setting sun during the summer solstice point, despite the break in the buildings' floor-plan symmetry this represents.

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Special Section: Mesoamerican Cultural Astronomy and the Calendar
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , Fall 2017 , pp. 559 - 583
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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