[Aztlan] About El Carrizal

[Proyecto Arqueológico El Carrizal]

Greetings to everyone from Mexico,

We are pleased about the interest that our research has aroused within the
past few months. However, we need to make some comments on incorrect
information that has been circulating over the web.

El Carrizal is an archaeological site located in South-Central Veracruz,
which was excavated by Universidad Veracruzana archaeologist Bertha Cuevas
in 1961 and 1962. Her research determined that the site belonged to the Late
Formative. Later revisions of the artifacts (Scott 1976, Kurosaki 2006 and
Daneels 2005) re-located its cronology within the Terminal Formative (100
B.C. - 100 A.D.). Our own research is leading to a main Terminal
Formative occupation, although lab work has just begun after 4 months of
fieldwork. We have found Olmec style figurines but they are scarce and
generally were not recovered from primary contexts, so early occupation of
the site still needs to be studied before making statements.Apart from that,
Post-Olmec or Izapan style sculpture was both recovered during the 60's
excavations and the 2009 survey.

The Proyecto Arqueológico El Carrizal is NOT an INAH project. It is an UNAM
- Universidad Veracruzana effort, coordinated by Natalia Donner (UNAM
graduate student) and Jonathan Hernández Arana, both graduated from
Universidad Veracruzana. Funds have been provided by Veracruz' State
Government and permits were generously granted by the Consejo de
Arqueología.

We are constantly publishing updates through the following links:

http://paelcarrizal.blogspot.com
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/veracruz

We also have a facebook profile, you can always add us to get news from the
Project.

Thanks again for expressing your interest in our research. We hope to
contribute to Veracruz' and Mesoamerican archaeology.


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Proyecto Arqueólogico El Carrizal
Aqlgos. Natalia R. Donner y Jonathan Hdez Arana