Archaeological Investigations at Holmul, Petén, Guatemala
Preliminary Results of the Third Season, 2002

Methodology

The goal of the 2001 field season was to continue the program of systematic mapping and excavation initiated in 2000 in Holmul’s site center and peripheral areas (Estrada-Belli 2000, 2001, 2002) focusing on the following points:

1. Mapping of the Holmul ceremonial center (with total station) and
2. of the residential areas by survey transects (by tape and compass);
3. Locating and mapping peripheral centers guided by GPS and geo-referenced aerial photos and satellite imagery;
4. Investigating site chronology and architectural form and function through recording of existing looters’ trenches profiles and new excavations at Holmul and minor centers;
5. Stabilizing looted or damaged structures, prioritizing those bearing painted or carved iconography;
6. Analysis of artifact chronology, manufacture technology, and exchange using ceramic and lithic data;
7. Analysis of iconographic and epigraphic data.

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