The Maya Are a People of Movement: Reconstructing Shifts in Maya Mobility From Oxygen Isotopes Across Three Millenia at Santa Rita Corozal (Chactemal), Northern Belize.

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Decades of archaeological and bioarchaeological research have demonstrated that ancient Maya cities underwent dynamic changes over time, including shifts in sociopolitical organization as well as their cultural and economic ties to other areas of Mesoamerica. Such transformations are often associated with the movement of people across and beyond the Maya world, but the relationship between temporary and permanent migrations and sociopolitical change is complex and differs over time and between contexts. At Santa Rita Corozal (Chactemal), archaeological evidence indicates that early phases were marked by ties to central Belize and the Petén, while later phases show ties to the Northern Lowlands of the Yucatán. Ethnohistoric records similarly document movements of people b

SUBMITTER: Locker AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11923413 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature