Question

Explain The Concept Of E Groups

Answer 1

• Among Maya settlements, unique architectural complexes are found. These are known as as E-Groups.
• The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples.
• E-Groups are named after “Group E” at the Classic period site of Uaxactun.
• Mesoamerican archaeologists were the first ones to document it.
• Uaxactun is located in the Petén Basin region of the Maya lowlands, in the present-day department of Petén, Guatemala. Uaxactun is an ancient sacred place of the Maya civilization.
• At Uaxactun, the Group E complex consists of a long terraced platform with three supra-structures arranged along a linear axis oriented north-south.
• At the site of Seibal, the oldest documented E-Group can be found.