Xnaheb

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Xnaheb is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, one of five primary sites identified in the southern Belize region.^[1] The center is built on on a ridge of foothills that extends from the Maya Mountains, in what is now the Toledo District of Belize.^[2] C Michael Hogan has suggested that this site is not as substantive as nearby Nim Li Punit, since its major works are ´´facades built against hills´´.^[3] Based on certain architecural similarities between the two sites, it is possible that Xnaheb was originally founded as an offshoot of Nim Li Punit.^[4]

[edit] See also

Lubaantun

[edit] Notes

^ Leventhal (1992, pp.145,152); see also "The Glyphic Corpus of Xnaheb" PDF (3390 KiB), section report in Wanyerka (2004).
^ Pemberton (2005, p.10)
^ Hogan (2007).
^ Dunham et al. (1989, p.275).

[edit] References

Dunham, Peter S.; Thomas R. Jamison, and Richard M. Leventhal (1989). "Secondary development and settlement economics: The Classic Maya of Southern Belize", in Patricia A. McAnany and Barry L. Isaac (eds.): Prehistoric Maya Economies of Belize, Research in Economic Anthropology, Supplement 4. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, pp.255–292. ISBN 1-55938-051-9. OCLC 20029874.

Hogan, C. Michael (2007-12-27). Nim Li Punit. The Megalithic Portal. A. Burnham (ed.). Retrieved on 2008-03-18.

Levanthal, Richard M. (1992). "The Development of a Regional Tradition in Southern Belize", in Elin C. Danien and Robert J. Sharer (eds.): New Theories on the Ancient Maya, University Museum Monograph series, #77. Philadelphia: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, pp.145–154. ISBN 0-924171-13-8. OCLC 25510312.

Pemberton, Keith Michael (2005). "Models for Ancient Maya Coastal Site Development and Economy: Examination of Pork and Doughboy Point, Port Honduras, Belize" (PDF). Master's Thesis. . Louisiana State University, Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection Retrieved on 2008-03-18.

Wanyerka, Phillip J. (2004). The Southern Belize Epigraphic Project: The Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of Southern Belize (PDF online publication). The Foundation Granting Department: Reports Submitted to FAMSI. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI). Retrieved on 2008-03-18.