Nahua-pipiles ritual landscapes of the post-classic in the Costa del Bálsamo, El Salvador
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https://doi.org/10.5377/entorno.v0i53.6306Keywords:
Archeology - El Salvador - History, Nahua-Pipil Archeology, Archaeological remains, Archaeological excavations, Ancient architecture.Abstract
Ritual landscapes are formed by both physical and symbolic appropriation of a particular area during a specific time period. During Epiclassic (600-850 AD) and Postclassic (850-1524 AD) periods, the Nahua-Pipil staged a massive diasporic migration from central Mexico to the Central American Pacific coast. This article analyzes, from a landscape archeology perspective, recent discoveries of Postclassic archaeological sites registered in Balsam Coast, interpreting the particularly geomorphology as the ritual landscape desired by the Nahua-Pipil in order to evoke their deities and legitimize their own historical memory through cognitive constructs associated with their homeland.
Entorno, august 2013, issue 53: 67-75
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