The Early/Middle Formative Kanocha Phase (1200-850 B.C.) at Blackman Eddy, Belize
James F. Garber, M. Kathryn Brown, and Christopher J. Hartman

BR-F6

This feature is a coursed limestone alignment (3.4 m long) oriented on an east-west axis across the bedrock surface (Figure 5). At present there is no direct association of the alignment with any of the recognized construction phases. It may have been part of a north wall of a rectangular platform that extended southward. It is located directly on bedrock just north of the area where bedrock starts to slope to the north. On the west end of the alignment (where bedrock begins to slope upward) instead of using trimmed stones, bedrock was carved to mimic the shape and height of the stone alignment. The uppermost courses of the wall are 43 cm above bedrock. These trimmed stones are approximately 20 x 14 x 7 cm.

The earliest trimmed limestone platforms of the Structure B1 sequence are B-8th and B1-9th. Both are apsidal in shape. The earlier building phases of B1 are represented by circular posthole patterns (B1-10th and B11-11th). The earliest rectangular plan of the sequence is B1-7th. BR-F6 may represent the remnants of an even earlier rectangular platform, setting the pattern for the structures that followed.

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