Records of Ancient Human-Environmental Interaction from Mayan Southern Petén, Guatemala
Part 1:  A 1300-year record of human activity and climate change from Cancuén

List of Figures

Figure  1.  The central parts of the Mesoamerica region, Central America, showing the location of Cancuén and related Maya lowland sites. From Cook et al. (2005).

Figure  2.  The Maya city of Cancuén. From Cook et al. (2005).

Figure  3.  The 'port' area of Cancuén. The immediate catchment of the gully is marked in red, the excavations in the central part of the gully are marked with a circular symbol.

Figure  4.  Human remains being unearthed at some 2 m depth in the gully at Cancuén.

Figure  5.  Detail of the eastern wall of the excavated pit in the 'port' area of Cancuén. The stratigraphy presented in this report is based on the eastern wall of this excavation. Sediment samples were also collected from this wall. Human skeletal remains towards the base of unit IV can be observed in the bottom of the photograph.

Figure  6.  The physical and chemical stratigraphy and chronology of the 'port' gully-fill sequence from Cancuén, Guatemala. Stratigraphic unit numbers (I–VIII) refer to units which are described in full in Appendix 1.

Figure  7.  The present day Río Pasión, viewed from the western bank of the channel, at the edge of the 'port' gully.

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