[Aztlan] Important excavations at Ichkabal

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

INAH has announced that the first stage of the excavation and  
reconstruction of 4 buildings at Ichkabal in Quintana Roo will take 2  
years. One of the mysteries that may be cleared up is whether the site  
is related to the Kaan dynasty. Dzibanche is 8 miles away and the Kaan  
dynasty ruled there from 450-620 CE. It may be discovered that  
Ichkabal was the place of origin for the dynasty. The archaeological  
team is also looking for evidence of early Teotihuacan influence and  
what the nature of that influence was. INAH found that the site of  
Dzibanche had intense occupation until the Spanish arrival and the  
same may be found at Ichkabal. If this is the case, it would change  
the Maya collapse narrative on its head.

And finally, researchers at the site will be looking for raised fields  
agriculture rather than slash and burn at the site to see if the  
raised fields theory has some substance to it.

INAH has the story here;
http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=39&Itemid=150

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Mike Ruggeri

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