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Palaces and acropoleis were essentially elite residential compounds.

"Palaces of the Royal Court at Tikal".

As Maya society developed, and the elite became more powerful, Maya royalty developed their household shrines into the great pyramids that held the tombs of their ancestors.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.

Border settlements, usually located about halfway between neighbouring capitals, often switched allegiance over the course of their history, and at times acted independently.

Cotton was spun, dyed, and woven into valuable textiles in order to be traded.

Tikal and Calakmul both developed extensive systems of allies and vassals; lesser cities that entered one of these networks gained prestige from their association with the top-tier city, and maintained peaceful relations with other members of the same network.

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