Investigations at Xunantunich indicate that this major Belize River Valley site rose rapidly to regional prominence during the Late Classic Hats' Chaak phase (a.d. 670–780). While the social, political, and economic reasons for Xunantunich's relatively late and rapid rise are still not fully understood, it has been suggested that this ascent was a direct result of either a patron-client relationship with, or owing to direct control by, the larger primary center of Naranjo in neighboring Guatemala. In this paper, we evaluate previous arguments for this proposed dynamic relationship between the two sites, and we discuss the political implications of more recently acquired data in our assessment of this relationship.

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盟友、客户还是前哨？评估晚期经典时期的 Xunantunich 和 NARANJO 之间的关系

在 Xunantunich 的调查表明，这个主要的伯利兹河谷遗址在晚期经典帽子的 Chaak 阶段迅速上升到区域突出地位（广告670–780)。虽然徐南图尼奇相对较晚和迅速崛起的社会、政治和经济原因尚不完全清楚，但有人认为，这种上升是与主顾关系或受其直接控制的直接结果邻近危地马拉的纳兰霍较大的主要中心。在本文中，我们评估了关于这两个站点之间动态关系的先前论点，并讨论了最近获得的数据在我们评估这种关系时的政治影响。