Chiquirines

Chiquirines is an ancient Pre-Columbian archaeological site, located in the modern-day Retalhuleu Department, Guatemala. It is located near the major Preclassic Period site of Ujuxte and is considered to be a satellite of that city and contemporary with it.[1] Chiquirines features a smaller copy of a complex at Ujuxte, consisting of seven mounds arranged around a central plaza upon a basal platform.[2] The largest of these mounds had a stairway ascending the west side.[3] Broken fragments of sculpture have been found at Chiquirines.[4]

Chiquirines
Chiquirines
Coordinates: 14°33′57″N 92°03′18″W
Country Guatemala
DepartmentRetalhuleu Department

Chiquirines was discovered during a regional survey undertaken during the 1993–1994 field seasons at Ujuxte.[5] The site is situated 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) to the northwest of Ujuxte.[6] Archaeologist Michael Love has mapped more than 40 mounds at Chiquirines.[7] Ceramic finds at Chiquirines date to the same period as those at Ujuxte and confirm that the two sites were contemporary.[8]

Chiquirines is the pluralised Spanish name, of Nahuatl origin, of the cicada species Odopoea imbellis.[9]

Notes
  1. Love 1999, p.141. Poe n.d. A, p.8.
  2. Love 1999, p.141. Poe n.d. C.
  3. Love 1999, p.141.
  4. Love 1999, p.142.
  5. Poe n.d. B.
  6. Poe n.d. A, p.8.
  7. Poe n.d. A, p.2.
  8. Poe n.d. D.
  9. Hernández 2008, p.77.

References
  • Hernández, Esther (2008). "Indigenismos en el Vocabulario de la Lengua Cakchiquel Atribuido a Fray Domingo de Vico, MS. BNF R. 7507" (PDF). Revista de Filología Española (in Spanish). LXXXVIII (1): 67–88. ISSN 0210-9174. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  • Love, Michael (1999). "Ideology, Material Culture, and Daily Practice in Pre-Classic Mesoamerica: A Pacific Coast Perspective". In David C. Grove; Rosemary A. Joyce (eds.). Social Patterns in Pre-Classic Mesoamerica. pp. 127–154. ISBN 0-88402-252-8.
  • Poe, William Clay (n.d. A). "GPS mapping at the prehistoric site of Ujuxte, Guatemala: January 1997 field season" (PDF). The Mesoamerican Archaeology Field School, Sonoma State University. Retrieved 2010-09-11. Check date values in: |year= (help)
  • Poe, William Clay (n.d. B). "History of Archaeological Research at Ujuxte". Sonoma State University. Retrieved 2010-09-12. Check date values in: |year= (help)
  • Poe, William Clay (n.d. C). "Research Design and Methodology of GPS Mapping at Ujuxte". Sonoma State University. Retrieved 2010-09-12. Check date values in: |year= (help)
  • Poe, William Clay (n.d. D). "Evidence for the Dependency of Cuatunco/Los Enquentros and Chiquirines". Sonoma State University. Retrieved 2010-09-12. Check date values in: |year= (help)
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