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The Skyband Group, CopÃ¡n Honduras: Penn State Excavations 1990, 1997

By (author) David Webster

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The Skyband Group is an impressive elite site in the urban core of CopÃ¡n, Honduras, which is dominated by the palatial compounds of Maya sub-royal nobles. Such grandees often bore court titles showing that they were clients and officials of kings, but also competitors for political power, especially just before the dynastic collapse around AD 800. Penn State University excavations in 1990 and 1997 revealed large vaulted buildings, richly embellished with facade sculpture, and an elaborate carved throne in the form of a sky band, replete with celestial images of the sun, moon, and Venus. Artifacts andÂ burials retrieved from these buildings and smaller ancillary structures are characteristic of elite residences, but the iconography of the facades and the throne also reveals connections with CopÃ¡nâ€™s royal dynasty and efforts by the last ruler to shore up his faltering kingdom. Activity at the Skyband Group and other sites in the CopÃ¡n valley continued after the abruptÂ political debacle, an example of the â€˜slow collapseâ€™ process that is increasingly evident among the great Maya centers in the southern lowlands of Mesoamerica.

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