Conference proceedings by Ellen E. Bell
El Paraíso está ubicado en un amplio valle en la Sierra del Espíritu Santo creada por el río Morj... more El Paraíso está ubicado en un amplio valle en la Sierra del Espíritu Santo creada por el río Morjá, un tributario que desemboca en el río Motagua al norte del sitio. El sitio queda sólo 27 km al noreste de Copan, 30 km al sur de Quirigua y 20 km al oeste de El Puente (Figura 1). Sin embargo, esta zona se encuentra apartada por sierras bajas y pasables de los valles del río Copan y río Chamelecón al este y oeste. De hecho, esta ubicación debe de haber jugado un papel clave en las rutas de intercambio entre Quirigua y Copan (Figura 2) y con los sitios en la cuenca del río Chamelecón.
Papers by Ellen E. Bell
Journal of Field Archaeology, 2002
Page 1. UNDERSTANDING EARLY CLASSIC r El1en E. Bell Marcello A. Canute 'and Robert J. Sharer... more Page 1. UNDERSTANDING EARLY CLASSIC r El1en E. Bell Marcello A. Canute 'and Robert J. Sharer Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. is a Visiting Adjunct Instructor in Anthropology at Kenyon College. is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Yale University. ...
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2010
Phosphorus analysis of earthen and plaster floors has been used in Mesoamerica to locate and iden... more Phosphorus analysis of earthen and plaster floors has been used in Mesoamerica to locate and identify activities at ancient sites. This study uses phosphorus analysis to discern if the inhabitants of two Late Classic coeval and proximal sites located in the El Paraíso Valley of Honduras were different culturally from each other. The buried earthen and plaster surfaces of both
Expedition, 2000
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Ancient Mesoamerica, 2013
Investigations of Classic period (a.d.400–900) settlement in the El Paraíso Valley, western Hondu... more Investigations of Classic period (a.d.400–900) settlement in the El Paraíso Valley, western Honduras, have identified a pattern of paired centers that suggests a previously unrecognized model of political organization in the Maya area. In the El Paraíso Valley, the largely contemporary, equally-sized, and proximate centers of El Cafetal and El Paraíso differ radically from one another in their spatial organization, construction techniques, architectural embellishment, use of open space, and portable material culture. Analysis of these differences suggests that El Cafetal was inhabited by an autochthonous population while El Paraíso was founded under the auspices of the Copan dynasty as an administrative outpost. We suggest that the juxtaposition of these two sites results from a regional strategy of sociopolitical integration implemented by Copan rulers that was adapted to the ethnically diverse regions along the edge of the Copan kingdom.
Ancient Mesoamerica, 1999
Excavations beneath the Copan Acropolis provide the most complete record known for the origins an... more Excavations beneath the Copan Acropolis provide the most complete record known for the origins and development of an Early Classic Maya royal complex (ca. a.d. 420–650). Beginning at the time of the historically identified dynastic founder, the earliest levels include the first royal compound, centered on a small talud-tablero platform, a vaulted tomb that may be that of the founder, and an adjacent tomb that may be that of the founder's wife and dynastic matriarch. The timing and development of architecture provide evidence of the founding and growth of Copan as the capital of a Classic-period polity during the reigns of the first seven kings (a.d. 426–544). By the reigns of Rulers 8–11 (a.d. 544–628), the Early Classic Acropolis covered about the same area as its final version in the Late Classic. Documentation of specific Acropolis buildings provides evidence of the external connections that reinforced the authority of Copan's Early Classic kings. Building sequences refle...
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Conference proceedings by Ellen E. Bell
Papers by Ellen E. Bell