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Buried in two places: Lineages from elite Maya tombs also found in distant caves

2026-06-10

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Classic Maya societies (250-900 CE) carved out urban centers in the rainforest reaching population heights and political complexity previously unknown in the Mesoamerican tropics. Kinship was a central feature of the social fabric, and rulership was legitimized through claims of direct descent from mythical ancestors. Mortuary practices kept the dead close to the living, and ancestor veneration sometimes produced...

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Literature Corpus work: 0105efa6-f92b-59c2-9fb5-38af27cb958a
DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.07.724338

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