Antiquity· 2026Q1
Revealing slow monumentality: luminescence and soil narratives from Aguas Buenas, central Nicaragua
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New excavation results from Aguas Buenas, Nicaragua, combine soil analysis and luminescence dating to reconstruct mound-building sequences and their temporal rhythms, shedding light on communal monumentality in southern Central America.
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- Excavations at Aguas Buenas (4th-9th centuries CE) in central Nicaragua provide new data on mound-building.
- Soil-profile descriptions and luminescence profiling were used to reconstruct construction sequences.
- The study reconstructs the temporal rhythms of mound construction.
- Findings shed light on communal monumentality in southern Central America.
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Abstract
New results from the 2025 excavations at Aguas Buenas (fourth–ninth centuries CE), central Nicaragua, combine soil-profile descriptions and luminescence profiling to reconstruct mound-building sequences and their temporal rhythms. Here, the authors explain how this helps to shed light on communal forms of monumentality in southern Central America.
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