Archaeological Reconnaissance in Southeastern Campeche, México: 2002 Field Season Report

El Chismito
The site extends on gently elevated terrains south of the aguada of El Chismito, which lies a few kilometers northeast of the former central chiclera Villahermosa in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. The mounds, largely between 3 and 6 m high, are disposed in quadrangles and patio groups covering at least 30 hectares. A few mounds have heights of up to 10 m.

In the middle of a plaza, defined on its western flank by a massive structure of rectangular ground plan and some 8 m high, there is a badly eroded standing stela, whose height above the plaza level, width and thickness are 1.4 m, 1 m and 65 cm, respectively (Figure 15). There seem to be remains of a relief on its south face, but no particular motif can be discerned. About 4 m south of the stela a worked stone is lying, badly deteriorated and embraced by roots of a tree, probably another stela.

Some Chicanel and Tzakol sherds, indicating occupation in the Late Preclassic and Early Classic, were found in looters’ trenches.

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