Abstract
Abstract While Classic Maya architecture has long been famed, its origins are obscure. Excavations at the Preclassic site of Cuello, Belize, have yielded a sequence of buildings for the period between 1000 BC and AD 400, which demonstrates the transformation of a domestic compound into a ceremonial precinct. Ephemeral constructions of earth and plaster give place to larger and more solid buildings faced with masonry, and eventually to solid stone‐fill structures with ashlar facing. Ceremonial architecture exhibits more, and more rapid, innovation than residential buildings.
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