Izapa

Izapa adalah sebuah situs arkeologi dari zaman pra-Kolumbus di negara bagian Chiapas, Meksiko. Situs ini diduduki pada zaman Formatif Akhir. Situs ini terletak di tepi Sungai Izapa.

Permukiman ini mencapai puncak kejayaannya dari tahun 850 SM hingga 100 SM. Beberapa arkeolog menduga bahwa Izapa sudah dihuni dari tahun 1500 SM, dan jika benar maka situs ini setua situs Olmek di San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán dan La Venta. Izapa masih diduduki hingga zaman Pascaklasik Awal sekitar tahun 1200 M.

Akibat berlimpahnya prasasti dan monumen Maya di Izapa, istilah "langgam Izapa" mengacu kepada peninggalan-peninggalan serupa di luar wilayah ini, termasuk peninggalan-peninggalan di Takalik Abaj dan Kaminaljuyu.

Catatan kaki

Daftar pustaka 
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 Gómez Rueda, Hernando (1995) Exploración de Sistemas Hidráulicos en Izapa. In VIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 1994 pp. 9–18. Guatemala.
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 Mendelsohn, Rebecca R. (2017) Resilience and Interregional Interaction at the Early Mesoamerican City of Izapa: The Formative to Classic Period Transition. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY.
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 Smith, Virginia G., Izapa Relief Carving: Form, Content, Rules for Design, and Role in Mesoamerican Art History and Archaeology, Dumbarton Oaks, 1984.
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Situs arkeologi di Meksiko