The Pomoná Kingdom and its Hinterland

Results of Fieldwork

Site identification was undertaken with the aid of maps and aerial photography, as well as the assistance of local informants and our own collective knowledge of sites in the region. When a site was located a variety of techniques, which included compass and tape, theodolite (total station), and Global Positioning System (GPS) were applied for the survey. The larger and more complex sites were mapped in greater detail, using the Total Station and the GPS.

Due to security concerns the survey was limited to the area extending 3 km to the northwest of Panhale extending east across the foothills sweeping the area in a 5 to 3-km radius from Panhale, up to the limits of the town of Tenosique. Nine sites of varying complexity, including the two sectors of Panhale, were identified and surveyed in this area; they are described below (Figure 4).

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