A Reconstruction of Ystagua Village

Agriculture and Human Values, 2004

The tropical lowlands of southern Mexico and Central America are composed of a complex mosaic of landscapes that presented a variety of possibilities and challenges to the subsistence practices of the ancient Maya. The Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project has been investigating ancient Maya agricultural practices and use of resources in a unique fresh-water wetland zone located in the northeast corner of the Yucatán Peninsula. While containing only a sparse population today, the Yalahau region once supported numerous Maya communities and civic-ceremonial centers, particularly during the Late Preclassic and Early Classic periods, between approximately 100 B.C. and A.D. 450. Our investigations have developed evidence that the ancient Maya manipulated and cultivated the wetland landscape of the region, used soil or algae from the wetlands to enrich upland garden plots, and cultivated trees within their communities. We suggest that the study of ancient Maya agricultural practices can contribute to sustainable development of the area today and in the future. ) is a specialist in Maya archaeology and has conducted field research in Belize and Mexico. Her research interests include settlement patterns, human ecology, community structure, ancient agriculture, the use of scientific method in archaeology, and the development of innovative teaching methods. She is currently employed in Connecticut as an archaeological

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, 2014

Laboratory of Anthropology note, 1962

Recording and partial excavation of terraced gardens associated with two Pueblo sites - a two room surface structure, pithouse or kiva, and a large Pueblo with an enclosed kiva. Excavations (Archaeology) Salvage archaeology Pueblos Pit houses Surface architecture Kivas Lithic analysis Pottery analysis Terraces and terracing Prehistoric agriculture McKinley County (N.M.) Thoreau Region (N.M.) Terrace Site (N.M.) LA 6485

Laboratory of Anthropology note, 1987

Kuaua Project Museum of New Mexico Project ; no. 41.388. Excavations to test for the presence of subsurface cultural deposits which could be impacted by a proposed restroom facility. Ceramic analysis dates occupations of the site from the 1300s into the 1700s. Comparative analysis Excavations (Archaeology) Test excavations Lithic analysis Lithic technology Ground stone artifacts Projectile points Bone artifacts Metal artifacts Pottery types Rio Grande Glaze ware pottery Animal remains (Archaeology) Faunal analysis Plant remains (Archaeology) Palynology Human settlements Tiwa Indians -- Antiquities Tiwa Indians -- New Mexico -- Kuaua Pueblo Historical archaeology Spaniards -- New Mexico -- Sandoval County -- Antiquities Pueblo architecture Adobe brick Majolica Nails Sandoval County (N.M.) Kuaua Pueblo (N.M.) Coronado Historic Site (N.M.) LA 187

Communication Research Reports

In this contribution, we report on the 2007 season of the Mopan Valley Archaeological Project. The 2007 season had two goals. First, it sought to better understand Buenavista del Cayo's East Plaza, including its layout, use, and history. To accomplish that, we employed shovel testing, remote sensing, extensive excavations, microartifact analysis, and soil chemistry analysis. The results show the plaza was significantly remodeled during the Late Classic period to create zones of low cobble platforms, some organized around walkways, that were demarcated by large linear stone features. Macroartifact patterning reveals that the highest densities of ceramic and lithic materials were found in different areas, suggesting distinct activity zones within the plaza. The season's second goal was to understand the history and socioeconomic composition of the settlement zone immediately south of Buenavista's site core. Mapping and testing revealed 19 mapped sites, including housemounds, terraces, and possible check-dams. The artifacts and architecture revealed through testing suggest a range of socioeconomic status. Occupation of this zone begins in the Preclassic; peaks in the Late Classic, reaching a maximum in the early part of that period; declines slightly into the later Late Classic; and drops precipitously in the Terminal Classic.

Art for archaeology's sake : material culture and style across the disciplines : proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Conference of the Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary, 2005

Antiquity, 2018

sepulture. By the fourth century AD this underpinned the notion of the ruler as Sun God, portrayed in Classic Maya art and reified in the Late Classic Twin Pyramid Groups of Tikal and Yaxha (Coggins 1980). The construction of an eastern ancestor shrine in residential groups may have been a domestication of public architectural forms, the lineage founder and ruler writ small. What we still do not know is why a public architecture emerged in the Maya lowlands almost three millennia ago, although this book goes some way to documenting the what, where, when and how. References Coggins, C.C. 1980. The shape of time: some political implications of a four-part figure.

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Pugh, Timothy W. 2001 Architecture, Ritual, and Social Identity at Late Postclassic Zacpetén, Petén Guatemala: Identification of the Kowoj. PhD Dissertation. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.