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

Mapping at Holmul

The western transect was mapped by Kristen Gardella and Collin Watters from the 1 km to the 3.5 km marker from the Holmul datum (main plaza). The baseline of the transect was first laid out with a total station placing stakes every 25 meters. From the baseline tracts of 125 m in length were surveyed in each direction. The total width of the mapped area for the transect was 250 m.  Within the new mapped area, 85 new structures and 14 groups were found. The highest concentration of residential groups occurs between the 1 and 2 km markers in connection with a broad upland ridge running SE-NW.  This area appears to connect with the nearby dense residential zone and ritual area known as La Sufricaya only 500 m southeast of the transect, thus forming a continuous residential sprawl along this ridge. Several well-preserved chultuns, quarries and five terraces are distributed between some of the major residential groups in this area, as a testimony of the high extracting and building activity (Figure 9).

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