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    Early New World

    Monumentality

    Edd b Rchad L. Bug

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    9

    Monumental Architecture and Social

    Complexity in the Intermediate Area

    . effrey Frost n effrey iter

    g m a El Salvad ad Hdua hugh Ncaagua,

    Ca Rca, Paama, ad Clmba wll kw gldwk ad a a

    c hghl dvlpd chdm c. Bu huld b quall -

    wd xv ad mpv lag-cal cuc. h

    amla wh h g h ma cm a up. Bu hughu h

    Imda Aa, p-Hpac ppl cd mpv ucu adxvl mdd ladcap, cag xv bul vm

    mumal pp. Cdabl vaabl p h c-

    uc, bu h a ma mla, a al cc pa-

    , ad cmmal wh h Nw Wld achcual ad.

    I h chap w a vw h al au mumal

    achcu ad cal cmplx h Imda Aa. W wll bg

    b b vwg h aual ad culual ladcap h g ad

    h p-Hpac chlg. wll b llwd b m gal -mak h u mumal achcu.

    TeIntermediateArea

    Imda Aa l bw h w hgh culu aa M-

    amca h h ad h Cal Ad h uh. w a

    a umb publca (Sh 1992; Hp ad ca Z. 2003) ha

    vw h llcual pahwa llwd cagz h aa a a cd-a cmpad h w ucla g. O c uch

    a judgm h uppd abc lag-cal cpa achcu

    cmpaabl cal h achcu h Maa Ica, xampl.

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    232 R. J ad J Qul

    T h gav c ca b addd h lack a-lvl plcal -

    m. bad galza vlk h pc makabl ad

    mpv dav cculual dv, plcal cmplx, ad

    gg a. Idd, alm a whch h m ud,mumal achcu p h g.

    hgh Ada a ad abllad ad h xv v -

    m Clmba; h a, d, caal wlad h hma g;

    ad h lavl d galad hw Ca Rca, amg ma

    h mcg, a all h Imda Aa. A h m

    Eupa cac, alg h ch ca Clumbu avld h la

    vag (15021504), h wa cdabl vaabl cplcal

    m h, m madc ppl cmplxl akd chdm c-. ppl had a cmm valu m pzg gld jwl,

    alhugh h w dc pc m l cpp all

    pducd d g. Gld bjc w xchagd v lag -

    g, a a a Mamca, wh bh ppl ad bjc mvg hugh

    h ladcap (Ck al. 2003), ad h p wa lkd -

    c kwldg (Hlm 1979). Idd, h wdpad u gld bjc

    ad h aca wh lgu ccp ad cal akg ma b

    a makg a culual hz h Imda Aa a a whl(Qul 2003), m abu 700 cac.

    I add al dald accu Imda Aa culu a

    h m Eupa cac, g vdc x culual c-

    u m ph h hc a. I ma g, Eupa

    bal pad mad l m ad d ad -

    m vall, ad av ppl ad bu uvvd. Taa C-

    lmba a a xampl h; g vdc ugg ha h p

    a cuum m phc m (Ba 2003; Rchl-Dlma 1951).A w mv m h hlgcal p h hhc pa dp

    ph, hwv, vw h pa quckl bcm bcud. A

    cmba d vga much h g, p pva

    gac ma, ad lavl ll ach cmpad ha d

    h aa ha uld lavl p kwldg ac ppl

    h g bd a w hudd a a m p h Eupa

    cu.

    Chlg h Imda Aa va cdabl, c-g lg pd, mm chg v a mllum, uch a

    La Maa (ca. 1500100 ) Ca Rca ad Eal Qumbaa (ca. 600

    900 ) Clmba, wh ll dcabl chag wh hm. A

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    Mumal Achcu ad Scal Cmplx h Imda Aa 233

    h am m, hwv, c advac bh gc (Baa 1993,

    1998) ad lguc ud (Cla Umaa 1995) dca ga aq-

    u h huma ccupa h g, cludg h hmu, wh

    Pal-Ida ccupa ma plac (Bd ad Ck 1978; Sak1978) ad h al vdc camc h Nw Wld Clmba,

    cca 6000 (Oula-Cacd 1995). Alhugh m al a a al

    wll chcld m plac, m pag d vlv chag

    lhc, h duc camc, ad ubqu ad d cal

    chag bad h w maal.

    wa cdabl hg culual pa h I-

    mda Aa, ad ma ubgal m a vdc, pcall

    h cac a. ph, dv a mad b chla h ba dc u achalgcal vdc, cludg l gldwk,

    camc ad, ad pa wkg, cludg h cavg

    ad c au mlh acad wh ua c.

    O a mac cal, a al cda h dc p h

    d a dagal l ughl llwg h d h Talamaca Mu-

    a Rag, ug m hw uha Ca Rca. Nh

    h l ppl w ucd b ad pacpad Mamca pa-

    , whl uh culu w wh h b gal Adapa. am g dcv lcal pa a h am m

    ha p a gal uh, ad d accu chag hugh

    m. d h-uh a w m dc la

    ph; a al m, pag wa d wh m hmg-

    Achac mav culu, xampl.

    TeIntermediateAreaandtheMonumentalDilemma

    dg whch Imda Aa lag-cal cuc huld b

    cdd h cag mumal achcu a pall

    dbaabl u. Whl ac cuc h Imda Aa g-

    all lack h vcal mpv h -- cuc

    Maa Ica mpl, xv mdca h ladcap ha -

    cludd xpav hzal cuc plaza ad pa, ua

    ad pl, mpl ad mb, ad mla au a cdabl

    phca plag ad pdgu cucg wk ga cal ha a mpv achvm.

    Whl achalg a ahplg dmad ha w ak c-culual

    vw huma dav, w gl blv ha uch xc huld

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    234 R. J ad J Qul

    b d wh cau ad wh apppa cx. Cmpaav a-

    m, uch a u lag-cal achcu, al m wll

    bcau h achcu xacd m h lag culual cx

    whch wa bul ad ud. Cdg h m mumal m c u cuc lag cal ad wh p-

    cc cal-culual ma, u d cl ha ppd b

    Tgg (1990). W d mumal cuc a wk mad b

    huma a a cal ha xpall lag ha h ud quda

    pup ad a m pa ha uqu a ad mad

    a maal ha hav had ga amu g vd

    hm uch a plhg, cavg, ad mla acv.

    Whl w blv ha h d ma b u lwh, pac-ulal valuabl cdg mpv wk h Imda Aa.

    Hwv, h d cu l uuual ad xcpal achc-

    u ad h cuc. Such a d ca g ca whch

    ma lag cuc w mad bu ad u a xcpal

    cmpa h. I h wd, c whch v lag

    cuc pjc ccud, phap lag paladd vllag, h

    z w pld a gaph ad all h w clud lavl cl

    gh wh ul a h lag d h gaph, ud u d,ha c wuld b ad hav mumal achcu.

    I u d mumal vald, h w d cla w

    apc h ubjc la cda h Imda Aa.

    ha bcau h lavl ll amu ach cducd

    h g ad h pcal gwh ha hb a dc

    , w hav l ha a dal udadg h ag vaabl

    ad cuc h g gal ad a pd

    m. u, ha cul a cdd a cadda mum-al achcu ma h lg u b l xcpal ha h pl

    m a la mgh ak lw a hach mumal

    ha mgh b vuall dvlpd.

    cd cda ha whl w hav lcd h llwg

    ca ud a xampl mumal achcu, w wh mphaz

    ha h w mpv cuc hughu h g a h m

    h cac wh Eupa, ma whch w paculal

    xcpal wh h Imda Aa. W mak h am palbcau w blv ha ma u cllagu ad h gal publc ma

    ull appca h dg whch cmmu h Suh

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    Mumal Achcu ad Scal Cmplx h Imda Aa 235

    Amca ad h hmu w abl mahal lab cuc v

    h quda kd.

    OriginsofIntermediateAreaMonumentalConstructions

    al dabl cuc h Imda Aa cpd

    wh h la mav pd ( 300600), a m apd cal ad

    chlgcal chag hughu Ca Rca ad Paama (Hp 2005,

    11, 18). m cla dvlpm a chag lm pa, h

    appaac lag achcual cuc, ad h dvlpm

    mal ac du, whch cludd cavd clum, laba

    ma, l-z culpu, ad jad pda.I dug h pd ha a pl l mgh hav dvlpd ha

    pdd v ual c mua cmplx (Hp 2005, 1725).

    Evdc h dvlpm paculal g uh Ca Rca

    ad w Paama, wh achalg hav dd dz c-

    mal mud . Bal, lcad w Paama, h b kw

    ad m vl vgad la mav ad uqu

    z ad achcual laba ad aac amblag.

    cv a aa appxmal 30 hca (La, Sh, ad Rhal1975; Palumb 2009; Rhal 1980). Mahw Slg 1949 xcava

    h cal z vald a lag plam mud 30 m b 50 m

    wh a l-z culpu alg pm (Slg 1950).

    culpu a huma m ad appa pa hachcal

    la.

    vau ad mpv al ppl h h I-

    mda Aa h mav Pd w h uda la

    dvlpm. Such dvlpm appa hav acclad bggm m cca 700 wh a u w da ad pacc dvlpd.

    w mulad, pa, b uc m h Suh Amca

    ad w acad wh h duc gldwkg chlg.

    Schla gall ag ha gldwkg dud m h Suh

    Amca h hmu g; pc clal dcad h

    h Imda Aa aud 700 (Sak 2003). Alhugh h

    cuc mud ad h wkg lag bjc wa pac-

    cd b h m, h m hav b a damac ca uchacv ad a a l wh h appaac gld wkg.

    I ma b gca ha h chag ccud wh a gal m

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    236 R. J ad J Qul

    pd wh maj culual ama w akg plac h Eal

    ImdaEal Hz a h Cal Ad ad h La

    Clac Pd Mamca, hugh xplaa uch pa a

    cul mwha luv. p-700 u culual a maag m Suh Amca

    wa m gl adpd uh h Ca Rca dv md

    abv, alhugh h wa had ad a . Gldwkg wa ad-

    pd wh gu h h Imda Aa, ad h valu pl-

    hd g ad h mpcu dcld gcal a pg

    gd. I appa aca wh h adp gld, h w g-

    ca chag gaza, cal gaza, maal culu,

    ad mua pacc. I pacula, h au mumal cuc- chagd damacall dug h pd. chag alg wh h

    adp h u a dcud abv qu lkl wa d w

    ccmc la.

    Blw, w u w xampl mumal achcu ha a

    dcv l h cal ad uqu qual bu al h

    hugh wh whch h hav b achalgcall vgad

    d lk m cll a h u mumal cuc h

    Imda Aa. Guaab d Tualba ad h RvaPa dla Ra cmplx a bh wll-udd lag-cal cuc

    h Imda Aa ad a bh mblmac h uqu au

    uh Cal Amca mumal achcu ha hav l -

    cl ad b dlad.

    Guayabodeurrialba

    Guaab d Tualba, ha calld Guaab, lcad aa alud 1100 m, appxmal klm ha h

    md w Tualba, h Alac Wahd Ca Rca. Whl

    chcall all h h d h MamcaSuh Amca d-

    vdg l, culual pa w dcl Ca Rca. Whl had

    m a la ph wh uh Ca Rca cmmu,

    xhb lavl w cla Mamca uc.

    A cal aa appxmal w hca ha b clad

    pcal vga, xpg m ha 50 achcual au, -cludg mud, plaza, hu uda, a cal cauwa, ad h

    cuc (gu 9.1). Expla aa ll ud h cap

    ugg ha h ma m lag ha h aa cul xpd,

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    Figure9

    .1.Mapof

    GuayabodeTurrialba.

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    238 R. J ad J Qul

    alhugh h m mpv achcual au appa b h

    c z. Oud h z, whl m gca cuc ma

    b p, uch a caal, lag hu, ad pa, h appa b a

    gadual dmu h z cuc lcad ah awa mh c. I lkl ha h aa c dc, phap wh

    mall lcal cmal pcc ha a wdl pacd a ububa--

    ual quc whch h mu h Guaab cmplx clal

    dd.

    Ccula hu uda bw 10 ad 30 m dam a

    lcad hughu h c ad h lp uudg hll.

    lag uda, lcad a h c h , w cucd

    mud up h m all (ca Zama 1979, 1980; Huadd Mdza 2004; T 2002). I add, vau pavd pa, pah,

    p, ad h au a lcad h ha h cmplx.

    O h m mpv au a h a cbbl cauwa

    gh m wd ad 150 m lg, ug m h uha dg

    h wad h cal mud cmplx. wa appal h p-

    cpal acc h , ad wa mad mp. I a cad

    a cal ax algg h , h cauwa, h c aa, ad h

    mkg c h Tualba Vlca, whch wa lcad h dacbhd h cmplx (gu 9.2). T uh accua h mpac

    h u, h am buda h cauwa akd b a pa

    cagula -acd mud, ach 2.5 m hgh (Sucu 36 ad

    37). mud ma hav vd a p a a mal ac

    h , bu h ma al hav mpad a pcal aua Guaab,

    a cagula ucu a xml a hughu h Imd-

    a Aa. Achalg hav acd h cauwa klm ah

    uha, hwv, wh d ah pa mud, ach vm dam. m h, val mall pah xd uwad

    lk Guaab da (ca Zama 1980, 106). hw

    d h cauwa ma wh Guaab a a cal cagula

    plaza 30 m b 50 m. Excava wh h plaza pducd a wd

    va aac, cludg l, agm camc,

    culpu, ad pglph (T ad Ga 2002).

    Lcad a h w d h ax ad w h plaza Mud 1.

    A 28 m dam ad 2.76 m all lag mud a h ad c a ah c acd wh cbbl (gu 9.3).

    Evdc ha b ud h pc a ccula ucu p

    Mud 1 (ca Zama 1979). I llwd wdpad cv

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    gu 9.2. Cauwa

    a Guaab. Mud 1

    h backgud ad

    Tualba Vlca h

    dac. (Ph b J.Qul).

    gu 9.3. Mud 1 ad plaza/pl a Guaab d Tualba. (Ph b J. Qul.)

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    Mumal Achcu ad Scal Cmplx h Imda Aa 241

    Cal V. Hama (1901) h la h cu, bu uual

    w dd. l h cmpa h g mla

    Guaab ha ha b xvl hzall xcavad val h

    pa achcu La Cabaa (Sak 1978, 1992). c aah c w adjac ccula mud, ach 10 m dam

    ad l ha w m hgh, a ughl 17-m cbbl-md qua

    plaza h mud, a mud hu ccl, ad a pavd cau-

    wa ladg h plaza.

    m h lavl pa ma avalabl appa ha lag-

    cal cmplx Alac Ca Rca bw cca 500 1300

    w bul ad ccupd b ch aml ad h llw. ad

    ha cc Guaab wh h (ma whch a ukw) ug-g ha allac cludg phap ual lkd m gh.

    Whh Guaab wa a xcpall lag xampl h kd

    ch c, a cul appa b h ca, ca b ull kw

    ul m wk d uch achcual cmplx.

    RivasandthePantendelaReina

    RvaPa d la Ra cmplx h ha c hGal Vall bw 840 ad 880 m abv a lvl h hll

    h Talamaca Mua, wh h R Chp Pacc ad h R

    Buava m m h R Gal. cmpud am h ul

    w paa dga, Rva, a dal ad cmal

    cmplx v ac, ad h Pa d la Ra mua cmplx

    a adjac dg p. a pa a gl cmplx, hwv.

    RvaPa d la Ra cmplx lcad wha cmml

    d a h Suh Z Ca Rca, paad m h CalVall ad h Alac Wahd b h Talamaca Mua. R

    Gal w uhwad, ad ac m ppl had cl wh

    cmmu Paama; h p l ad dal ad cmal

    achcu h w gup w mla, alhugh h w ub-

    gal vaa.

    Pa d la Ra wa dd h la 1800 b lcal

    huaqueros (l) lkg gld, ad ud v damag a

    gad a pua a h ch gld-bag cm uh- Cal Amca (Bzzl d Wll 1966; Lhp 1926; Pz-Zld

    19071908; P 1892).

    I h pd bw 900 ad 1300, RvaPa d la Ra wa

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    242 R. J ad J Qul

    Baseo

    fPantend

    ela

    Reina

    RioC

    hi

    rrip

    delPacfico

    La Reina

    Sur

    La Reina

    Norte

    Platform Stairway PavementsRivas

    Site

    Str. 1

    890m

    900m

    910m

    930m920m

    880m

    meters

    0 50

    Grid North

    gu 9.4. Rva-Pa d la Ra .

    a gl cmal-mua cmplx gal gcac (Qul

    2004) (gu 9.4). Rva clud dl bul aa achcu cv-

    g 30,000 qua m ad clud dwllg, amp, a, plaza,

    da, wall, ad h achcual au dpd alg h hd ad

    uh ac abv h w bak h R Chp Pacc (gu9.5). Rva abu h ba h 60-m-hgh dg h Pa d la

    Ra, whch a lcad umu mb, ua achcu, ad

    h au ha cv a aa 20,000 qua m.

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    Mumal Achcu ad Scal Cmplx h Imda Aa 243

    A Rva, ad cbbl ad buld w ud cuc a va

    au. m pm a lag ccula hu g, mla

    h dcbd abv a Guaab. O l cbbl wa uuall a-agd a ccl (bu m cmml w l m); h vd a

    h uda whch pl culd b placd buld hachd ucu,

    da d a ranchos. wa a pa-gal buldg chqu.

    ughu h Rva , mulpl ccula uda bw 10 ad

    30 m dam cd m a gl cguu xpa

    achcu ha d llw a cla gazaal pla a vw. I

    clud ucu ad h achcual au vag z, hap,

    ad cuc chqu. Each ucu cc wh ghbgucu ha a jd b wall, p, da, h au,

    makg dcul clal d h pc buda a dvdual

    ucu.

    gu 9.5. Sucu uda ad acad achcu a Rva. (Ph b J.

    Qul.)

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    244 R. J ad J Qul

    Sm h lag ccula ucu xhb upgh a gu-

    la val aud h pm, phap uda wd p

    ha uppd . M ccl had mav quadagula add

    d. A Rva, h pch vaabl ac w, wad h Pad la Ra.

    Gall mla pa cuc ad dbu u

    mad dcul da acv c, whch w v-

    dc b h aagm achcual au. h

    ucu, bh lag ad mall, ldd w au aac. D

    accumula hd wh w ma chppd ad gud

    l w ud p ad mmdal adjac bud cbbl g,

    ad l h am aa w dak ad gacall ch, uggg haubaal mdd had b dpd h.

    N all ranchos lkl w dc w all cbbl ccl d.

    Sm pac appa hav b ud ad ma hav vd a cu-

    ad plaza had b mulpl ucu. Wh m h ucu

    wa a la bgh ddh-ag l, h w clal dd c-

    cupa uac a h . ppad uac ugg ha h uc-

    u ma hav b a publc pac dac, cm, h publc

    pmac, wh h bgh l ud hlp ca a clul ad vu-all plag plam whch pm.

    I cmpa Guaab, h wa ll vcal cuc a R-

    va, wh h hgh adg wall w l ha w m hgh.

    buld ulzd ad mdd aual au uch a ck ucppg,

    alluval ac, ad chag pgaph gv h cuc a

    vcal dm. uh vcal da wa pvdd b lg

    aw dg Plc gavl, kw a ballenas, whch ml u

    paalll h gal dc h ac. I ma plac aual w cmbd wh huma-mad cuc pduc cauwa-lk

    au ad awa.

    Excava dd vdc w cuc pha. A lw c-

    uc pha acad wh umu camc aac ad ga-

    call ch l wa vlad wh a l la ddh-ag la

    appxmal 30 cm hck (Qul 2004, 53, 70). lcal am

    h piedra muerta (dad ck), amd h mall agm

    havl wahd ck ca. Piedra muerta ud h vac wh h Rva lcad, bu h pdma l p

    h uudg hll, cludg h aa h Pa d la Ra. I

    m hapiedra muerta wa bugh bu al achcu ad

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    Mumal Achcu ad Scal Cmplx h Imda Aa 245

    ll lw aa d cuc a lvl ba h cd pha

    achcu. I dcul chaacz hw h la pha d m

    h al pha bcau w w abl xp l mall c h

    lw lvl. I d m ha h upp achcu wa cucd a lag cal ha h lw ad ha cpd wh h pch-lk

    add d wad h Pa d la Ra. Elwh a h ,

    m ucu appad hav b paall dambld, phap

    ba buldg maal w cuc. Radcab da d-

    ca a-cmpa h w buldg pha, uggg ha h

    ll ad cd buldg pha ccud dug a lavl h pd

    m.

    A lkd achcual au wa h c mpa acv- a Rva. O h w d h a lag ccula ucu wh

    pa lcad mmdal blw h hgh ac a h , whch

    hapl a hgh h m. O h ac, cl dg, w

    dd w paall dc pavm. Alhugh h au

    dd cv gav, h hap ad z h pavm pd g

    paalll cm pavm. uhm, h pc val

    clum, cmm lm Chqu cm, ad h placm

    h au la h lag pla uh uggd ha haa vd mua uc.

    pavm pd dcl bw h Rva ad h ba

    a lag cbbl awa 18 m wd ad m ha 100 m lg

    ha h p h Pa d la Ra dg. awa lk h

    Rva cmal c a ah ad plam mud pd

    bw w dg-p cm: La Ra N ad La Ra Su.

    c h awa al m a pcpal a-w ax h

    .1 ax pa bw h w pavm h uppmac, pd a a ppaa aa mua , ad cu

    awad bc val pad achcual au wh h

    dal-cmal c Rva. Sm h achcu alg h

    ax uqu h Rva ad clud a cagula plaza, pad

    cauwa, ad a p. a d h ax appa ga

    d wh Sucu 1, whch 28 m dam ad h cd

    lag ucu a Rva. pma acc h ucu d

    wh a dc l gh dw h cal ax h h plama h umm h awa.

    pvlgd lca Sucu 1 gl ugg ha vd

    mpa mua uc; ual acv lkl gad wh

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    246 R. J ad J Qul

    h ucu ad pgd wwad hugh val pcalzd

    achcual au, up h awa h plam, ad vuall

    h w cm. mpac h Rva a a lcal ual

    uh mphazd b h ac ha l a h lag ucudcud abv d h ax h a bu m da ucu

    al a d wad , a vdcd b h gh l m h c

    ccula ucu ug hugh quadagula pa ha p

    h a.

    Bd h plam a h umm h awa, h h ad

    uh, l w paall dc m aa: La Ra N ad La

    Ra Su, ach appxmal 5,300 qua m. Wall ackd

    up 50 cm all d h buda ad dc bual aawh hm. Lg ha b xml v hughu h cm

    aa, ad h al gaza ach cm aa wa dcul

    dc. Bad a umb l vdc, hwv, w ccludd

    ha ach cm wa ubdvdd mall u ha ma hav p-

    d aml h cpa gup u. dv a d-

    macad b val paal ad achcual au ha clud l

    , wall, chag lva, vaca pac, ad w

    clum ( 2009). vall pa h cm ad a h gal, hwv, mphaz dual.

    RvaPa d la Ra cmplx wa ablhd aud 900

    ad wa ccupd cuul ul mm a 1300, wh wa

    abadd ppula lvl dppd lw ha h a acha-

    lgcall vbl (Qul ad 2007, 2930). Nav ppl h -

    g w l lavl udubd cmpad h La Amca

    ad cud gah a gal c cduc mua ual. A

    p uch val (Gabb 1875) dcb acv ha w uda a gal pv mdl acv a RvaPa d la Ra.

    SummaryandConclusions

    Lk ma h wld g, h g mumal cuc-

    h Imda Aa a h c umul h bual ad

    mmalza hgh-akg dvdual. ac ha ma

    c clu mud ugg ha h w gal c. dg whch uch gal lad xcd auh hugh lgu

    pacc ah ha hugh m dc plcal cl had a.

    W mgh ugg ha uch l cmbd lgu auh ha wa

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    mal acad wh acc pg gd, uch a jad m M-

    amca, ad wh a lag gup k-bad llw. Such u, hw-

    v, awa uh ud, pcall gad al uch a Bal.

    Hw lab wa cud mak ad all lag mum auch c ah u ha w ca ull valua a p. W

    ca a, hwv, ha cug ach dca ha cplcal

    m w cmplxl gazd hughu h Imda Aa m

    (a la) AD 700 wad, whh h a calld cmplx chdm

    a cgzd a m labal cud cal m.

    Eugh wk ha b cad u a Guaab ad RvaPa d la

    Ra ha h ca b cmpad wh gad h pla ad cuc-

    . I add, m ugg ca b mad a hw lab ma havb cud buld hm ad hw ppula w mblzd h

    u.

    Guaab ad RvaPa d la Ra w ccupd a ughl h

    am m pd ad had a bac achcual vcabulah u

    cbbl ad ag, ccula hu g, pa, cagula plaza, ad

    cauwa-lk ucu. Nvhl, h a abl dc a-

    chcu a h w , uch a h hgh umb mud a Guaab

    ad h cmpaavl lw umb a RvaPa d la Ra. Hw-v, dp h dc, a bac achcual pa p a

    bh : lg cbbld walkwaa cauwa a Guaab ad a

    h Pa d la Raakd b mud ad ladg m a aa

    lavl lw acal h m mpa ad mblcall chagd

    c. A Guaab h cauwa w m h dg h aa

    mumal cuc h ma mud, whch ma hav b bh

    a ch dc ad a ua umulu, whl a RvaPa d la

    Ra h awa ccd a aa ha ma hav cad dcad mua ppaa aa h cm h dg p.

    Wha h achcual pag ad h vdc a Guaab

    ugg ch auh, RvaPa d la Ra appa hav b

    gazd a a gal c h gahg lavl qual cal

    gup ha w lkl gazd gma pcpl ug ccp

    dual. d cal m appa cla wh h ga

    dvd la phc Ca Rca d al h chap. R-

    vaPa d la Ra pa lkl p h w wav ha camm h uh ha cd a budl pacc ad bl ha -

    cludd gldwkg, w camc l, w achcual m, ad w

    cal la ma h cmplx ad mua pacc.

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    248 R. J ad J Qul

    Whl h Guaab pa clud a mua cmp, appa

    hav b m havl wghd wad h auh a lvg ch ad

    h ( h) clam auh hugh clam acc pual pw

    a acd ladcap (h Tualba Vlca ad h cmc c), hughac (h Mud 1 umulu), ad hugh lk h pw c

    h g (cauwa ad pah ccd h ). pa

    wa appal wdpad h Alac Wahd g Ca Rca.

    x h m, uh ad h, ma a pc b xpld,

    a d dg gal.

    Ma m u abu h mumal cuc ad wk ad

    cal cmplx h Imda Aa culd b addd ha h

    b dcu pd abv; RvaPa d la Ra ad Guaaba h b kw c mla ha gad al la

    w cmpa wh h w . Ev wh Ca Rca, a ull

    dcu mumal huld clud h ga cmal cmplx

    h a Palma Su h Dqu Dla (Lhp 1963). ah ald,

    h El Ca Cal Paama p a cmpll d pa

    la phc mumal cuc (Vll 1927, 1929), whl h

    wll-kw S C Cm Cmplx (Lhp 1937, 1942; Ma

    1941, 1942), v klm da m ad lkl lad El Ca, a ga amu ma cal cmplx. Whl h mum-

    al achcu uh Cal Amca d hav h vcal

    ma Nw Wld ucu, h abudal dma ha

    bh h x ad h c ha pducd hm w mpv.

    W hp ha h dcu w ha hlpd p u h ch

    ad dv h achalgcal cd ad h cal cla h

    Imda Aa.

    Notes

    1. Rva ac ad h Pa d la Ra a d appxmal h-

    a-uhw. pup h dcu, hwv, w wll h ha

    dc a h, h uha dc a a, h uha-hw dc a

    a-w, ad h.

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