Sierra del Lacandón Regional Archaeology Project
First Field Season 2003
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Research Year:  2003
Culture:  Maya
Chronology:  Classic
Location:  Petén, Guatemala
Site:  Sierra del Lacandón National Park

Table of Contents

Abstract
Introduction
Reconnaissance of Esmeralda
Reconnaissance of Fajardo
Reconnaissance of Texcoco
Reconnaissance of Tecolote
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Research Team of the 2003 Field Season
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Abstract

This report describes the results of the first field season of the Sierra del Lacandón Regional Archaeology Project (SLRAP), which carried out the first systematic archaeological reconnaissance of the Sierra del Lacandón National Park of Guatemala from May 10 to June 1, 2003. The primary research goal of the SLRAP is to achieve a better understanding of political integration in Classic period Maya society, particularly as this pertains to the relationship between primary rulers and the subordinate nobility who governed the frontier settlements between competing kingdoms. In addition, the SLRAP was charged by park authorities with creating a cultural inventory of the park in low-lying areas adjacent to the Usumacinta River that are threatened by inundation resulting from the construction of hydroelectric dams at the Boca del Cerro in Tabasco, México. The SLRAP achieved great success in its first field season, and established the basis for future research in the park. Members of the project identified two previously unknown sites and investigated two sites that had been informally reported, but not adequately documented.

Submitted 07/24/2003 by:
Dr. Charles Golden
cgolden@sas.upenn.edu

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